It is the brown anti septic that when you came into my ER that we would lavish on your lacerations, punctures, prior to scrubbing the wound out and suturing (stiches). Not for those allergic to iodine!
Great stuff... though a tad expensive, it can be bought OTC.
It's equal, drop for drop to %1 iodine, without the burn. Not for internal use of course!
No medkit should be without it!
Now is the time for ALL of us to make sure the family is up on their Tetanus shots (and all other immunizations). 'Ol Lockjaw (tetanus) is a deadly, nasty disease, that one shot should be good for 5-7 years. Though I hear that may be outdated... (geez, I last worked ER in '79, so MANY things I knew may not be so now!)
Another thing you should have around is Adolph's meat tenderizer... It contains "Papaine" which comes from the papaya fruit. We used it to quickly bring down the swelling from insect bites etc. Just add a little water to it and make a paste, and slosh it on the bite(s)... Works Great!
one of the best things you should have on hand, at all times is Betadine.<<<
You are correct, it is used to protect you from nuclear exposure also, coat both arms with it , was as I recall reading it, in an emergency.
Also would be valuable in the first aid kit, for the women, prone to a yeast infection, as they will surely have problems, at times of great stress.
Adolph’s meat tenderizer<<<
Yes, I had forgotten that use.
For years I bought a pill that contained Papaya and Peppermint in it, from a Health Food store in Florida.
The papaya ate through sour stomachs and the peppermint soothed the lining..........these 2 ingredients were all that was in the pill.
I passed out thousands of them, over the years and gave my last to my daughter in law, while she was dying with cancer.
When her mother was dying in the hospital, she got permission to take the pills into the hospital and give them to her mother, she died of chirioss of the liver.
My nephew took them for his hangovers and my friend Mary and I used them for gall bladder problems.
They can be found on the internet at health stores, but are no longer cheap.
It is easy to find the 2 pills separate, but to me they worked better in one pill.
Thank you for posting the Betadine and Adolph’s info and alerting folks to the need of having their tetanus shots up to date.
Vinegar and water, with Peppermint Essential Oil also works on insect bites.
LOL, 1979 was yesterday for me, time goes so fast.
I get up, turn on the computer while coffee makes, then it is time for a nap and repeat the process and 24 hours is gone.