What is iodine tincture

Many people are unfamiliar with iodine tincture, but when it comes to iodine wine, I believe everyone knows what it is. In fact, iodine tincture is iodine wine. Iodine wine has a wide range of uses in life. Generally, iodine wine is used for sterilization and disinfection in hospitals. In addition to this function, iodine wine can also help treat various skin diseases caused by fungi. It has many benefits.

When iodine is applied to the surface of the skin and waits for it to evaporate, you will generally feel a cool sensation. This is mainly because the iodine takes away the heat from the surface of the skin during the evaporation process. However, iodine is also somewhat irritating, especially to the pigment cells of the skin.

Iodine tincture, also known as iodine wine, is an alcohol solution of iodine and potassium iodide. Can penetrate the skin and kill bacteria (2%-3% iodine tincture is used for skin disinfection. 1% iodine tincture is used for oral mucosa disinfection). However, it cannot be used together with mercurochrome, as this will produce toxic mercuric iodide. Iodine tincture for external use. Dip a cotton swab in a small amount of iodine tincture and apply it to the affected area from the center outward. After disinfection, use 70% alcohol to deiodine.

Many people think that iodine is only used to disinfect the skin before injections or surgery. In fact, this is only one of the uses of iodine. In daily life, iodine can be used to treat many minor ailments. Iodine has a powerful effect in killing pathogens, and it can denature the proteins of pathogens. Iodine can kill bacteria, fungi, viruses, amoeba, etc., and can be used to treat many bacterial, fungal, viral and other skin diseases.

Bacterial skin infection Staphylococcus aureus can easily invade hair follicles, forming small pustules at the opening of the follicles with hair passing through the center, commonly known as folliculitis. It often occurs on the scalp, face, buttocks, and limbs. You can apply 2% iodine to the affected area 4 to 5 times a day. Each time you apply the iodine, leave the cotton swab on the affected area for 1 to 2 minutes to facilitate the penetration and absorption of the drug. Iodine can often be effective in treating folliculitis within 2 to 3 days. The effect will be better if used before folliculitis forms pustules. People need to be reminded that iodine is somewhat irritating and can stimulate skin pigment cells.

There are a few points that need to be paid attention to when using iodine. For example, it is not suitable to use iodine on wounds. It is also not suitable to use iodine on the mucous membranes around the corners of the eyes and inside the mouth. If itching, redness, swelling, etc. appear on the affected area during use, stop using iodine.