<p data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Takesumi or carbonized bamboo is well known in Japan but is just now becoming well known in the US. To put it simply- it is derived from bamboo that is carbonized under very specific conditions. Most of the literature on it is from the far east and a little hard to decipher.</span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This was a very difficult product for us to get in the quantity needed for distribution. It took many months to find a few sources (we found 6) and with clinical testing we narrowed it down to 2 potential sources that met our standards. It then took going through a lot of red tape to get the samples and find someone who would export it. Each batch is checked to be free of radiation and other toxins.</span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We are making it available in powder form. It is tasteless and dissolves adequately in water so it is not difficult to take. We recommend everyone take it periodically (approximately twice weekly for the average person).</span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 20px;">Citations:</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; letter-spacing: normal;">1. Tan, Zengqiang, Jianrong Qiu, Hancai Zeng, Hao Liu, and Jun Xiang. “Removal of Elemental Mercury by Bamboo Charcoal Impregnated with H2O2.” Fuel 90.4 (2011): 1471-475. Web.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; letter-spacing: normal;">2. Lalhruaitluanga, H., K. Jayaram, M.n.v. Prasad, and K.k. Kumar. “Lead(II) Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions by Raw and Activated Charcoals of Melocanna Baccifera Roxburgh (bamboo)—A Comparative Study.” Journal of Hazardous Materials 175.1-3 (2010): 311-18. Web.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; letter-spacing: normal;">3. WANG, G. X., &amp; ZHANG, Q. W. (2008). Adsorption Law of Bamboo-Charcoal for Heavy Metal Ions in Aqueous Solution [J]. Chemistry &amp; Bioengineering, 3, 024.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; letter-spacing: normal;">4. Wang, F. Y., Wang, H., &amp; Ma, J. W. (2010). Adsorption of cadmium (II) ions from aqueous solution by a new low-cost adsorbent—Bamboo charcoal. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 177(1), 300-306.</p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; letter-spacing: normal;">5. Jiang, Y. H., Wang, P., Yang, H. J., &amp; Chen, Y. (2014). The Efficacy of Bamboo Charcoal in Comparison with Smectite to Reduce the Detrimental Effect of Aflatoxin B1 on In Vitro Rumen Fermentation of a Hay-Rich Feed Mixture. Toxins, 6(7), 2008-2023.</p><p data-mce-fragment="1"><br></p><b>*Disclaimer: </b>Our supplements are trusted and selected by practitioners. Legislation limits the information we can share. For complete details, please refer to a medical library.