The Benefits of Bamboo Charcoal
Bamboo charcoal has a long history. It is mentioned as early as 1486 AD in Ming Dynasty chronicles in China. There are several benefits to bamboo charcoal that this post will investigate.
There are 2 types of bamboo charcoal: raw bamboo charcoal and bamboo briquette charcoal. Raw bamboo charcoal is made from bamboo culms, branches or roots and bamboo briquette charcoal is made from residue such as dust and powder that are compressed into sticks and then carbonized.
Bamboo charcoal is made by heating bamboo in an oven at a temperature at over 1000 degrees centigrade.
The traditional use of bamboo charcoal in China and Japan is for cooking and drying green tea. However, bamboo charcoal has recently been re-discovered by the West because of its highly absorbent nature. Bamboo charcoal makes a great ornament for the kitchen or living room and is great to remove unpleasant odors. Bamboo charcoal is also available for purchase in bags that can be put in the refrigerator or garbage bin to take away smells.
Bamboo charcoal can also be used to purify water and eliminate organic impurities. If water has been purified with chlorine, bamboo charcoal can be used to remove residual chlorine.
Bamboo charcoal in a room can be used to control humidity. If the air is too full of humidity then the bamboo charcoal will absorb water in the air to reduce humidity.
Finally, bamboo vinegar can be made during the process of making bamboo charcoal. Bamboo vinegar contains 400 different chemicals and is used in several natural medicines. Bamboo vinegar can also be used in the production of cosmetics, insecticides and deodorants.
Even from this brief review it should be evident that bamboo charcoal is an incredibly versatile and useful material with several uses and one of the by-products from making bamboo charcoal is bamboo vinegar that also is a very useful in itself.
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