Minutus

What exactly is Lucoses iodine. The stuff I bought today is :-
iodine BP 2.5% w/v potassium iodide BP 2.5 w/v alcohol 89% v/v and purified water.
I have no idea what the w/v and v/v means!! I decided to try it on a deep scrape I did a week ago after reading about putting it on the scab and it will heal from inside without scarring!!
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

Sounds like the person writing the label migh have had a hearing problem - but Wikipedia says

Lugol's solution consists of 5 g iodine (I2) and 10 g potassium iodide (KI) mixed with 85 ml distilled water , to make a brown solution with a total iodine content of 130 mg/mL. Potassium iodide renders the elementary iodine soluble in water through the formation of the I3- ion. It is not to be confused with simple tincture of iodine solutions, which consist of elemental iodine dissolved in alcohol. Lugol's solution contains no alcohol.

so it is a slightly different concentration - so maybe it's an own brand type of mixture. It doesn't even google.

Gail
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