Charcoal derives its medicinal capabilities through its exceptional powers of absorption, and it is these absorption powers that give JL Bragg’s Medicinal Charcoal Tablets their digestive benefits. Activated charcoal is a highly effective natural adsorbent of gases and toxins in the medicinal treatment of indigestion, wind and heartburn. One of the benefits of taking JL Bragg’s Medicinal Charcoal as opposed to other digestive products is that because it is not a drug, it has no direct action on any organ of the body. It does not enter the blood stream nor is the charcoal itself adsorbed into your body. All of it passes out of your system along with the toxins and gases it has collected on its journey.