Health benefits of braggs medicinal charcoal at a glanceit provides 100 natural relief for indigestion wind and heartburn it can be taken during pregnancy and lactation alleviates the symptoms of dyspepsia chronic or recurrent discomfort in the abdomen accompanied by bloating belching and nausea relief from occasional diarrhoea wheat and lactose free activated charcoal has been used for many years in the treatment of intestinal disorders the charcoal used in jl braggs medicinal tablets