SHUNGITE APPLICATION FOR DIARRHEA PREVENTION IN HUMANS AND ANIMALS

Research Results

During the treatment of diarrhea, the experimental and control group underwent the same kind of treatment to kill all pathogenic bacteria in the stomach. However, disbacteriosis symptoms were revealed during the follow-up observation in three patients from the control group and two patients suffered from constipation. No by-effects have been seen in the experimental group. The results of the experiment are shown in the table below:

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Clinical Characteristics of Prophylactic Application of Shungite in Piglets

No significant differences in the physiological development of the piglets from the control and experimental group have been revealed. The piglets appeared to be enjoying the fodder with and without the preparation under study equally (except the piglets which got sick). None of the piglets refused to eat the fodder containing shungite.

Significant differences were found in the overall state of the piglets from the experimental and control group. Morbidity rates of gastrointestinal diseases which mainly caused diarrhea were rather high in the control group – 36.3 %. Adding 20-30 g of shungite to the fodder has ensured a 100% prophylactic effect. 

Shungite has been revealed to have a positive effect on stool consistency. The piglets from the first and second group had a mild form of diarrhea and required no medications; defecation improved in 2-3 days. The piglets were treated for their diarrhea with tiamutin at a dose of 1.5 ml intramuscularly for three days in a row. The piglets from the control group had a more severe form of diarrhea with more frequent bowel movements with liquid stool with mucus . They were treated with tiamutin for 5 days.

E.coli and salmonellae which have pathogenic and virulent for white mice properties were identified during the bacteriological analysis of the feces of the sick piglets. Concentration of bifidus and lactic acid bacteria was low.

The microbial flora in all experimental groups before shungite application did not differ from that in the control group.

Concentration of bifidus and lactic acid bacteria in the stomach bacterial cenosis of the piglets from the fifth and sixth group increased on the 7th day of the experiment, while the most significant increase was seen by the 14th day.  No high-titer pathogenic microflora was observed.

There have been no significant differences between the biocenosis in the stomachs of clinically healthy piglets on the 7th and 14th day of the experiment and before the experiment.

Thus, the above data allows us to recommend shungite at a dose of 10 g twice daily for treating diarrhea in humans and 20-30 g together with the fodder twice a day for 14 days as a supplement to improve digestion and prevent gastrointestinal diseases in weanling piglets.

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