Guest guest Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 Hi Debbie, The only stupid questions are the ones *not* asked Does the bottle have a skull and cross bones on it? My bottle of tincture does. I read that as: poison, do not put in your mouth and in my view I don't think it would be a good idea to over do it on the skin either. This is just my view until somebody with more information responds to you. Abbe --- debbie <debbieellison06@...> wrote: > Last week I bought iodine tincture 100%,2% iodine.I > know this sounds > like a stupid question, but the only stupid question > is the 1 you don't > ask,so can I use this to supplement until I can get > somthing else? > Thanks for any advice Debbie E. ( P.S. I > bought it to do the > patch test) > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 If it is regular orange colored iodine then it cannot be ingested. You must have something like Lugol's, SSKI or detoxified Iodine to ingest it. B. My Ebay Auctions: http://tinyurl.com/o9nqv MY SOY CANDLE STORE IS OPEN! COME VISIT: http://www.marloquinn.com/SoyScentsational can I take this ? Last week I bought iodine tincture 100%,2% iodine.I know this sounds like a stupid question, but the only stupid question is the 1 you don't ask,so can I use this to supplement until I can get somthing else? Thanks for any advice Debbie E. ( P.S. I bought it to do the patch test) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 Tincture of Iodine is poison when taken internally. Tincture of Iodine can be used externally by painting it on, or used on cuts, scrapes, and scabs. Alobar On 8/7/06, debbie <debbieellison06@...> wrote: > Last week I bought iodine tincture 100%,2% iodine.I know this sounds > like a stupid question, but the only stupid question is the 1 you don't > ask,so can I use this to supplement until I can get somthing else? > Thanks for any advice Debbie E. ( P.S. I bought it to do the > patch test) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 >From: Abbe <abbe_online@...> >Reply-iodine >Does the bottle have a skull and cross bones on it? >My bottle of tincture does. Lugol's sometimes has a skull and crossbones, because if taken in too large of dosages it can cause problems. Tincture of iodine is recommended for putting in water to detox it if you're in the wilderness. However, due to the alcohol content, not good to use on a regular basis. Skipper _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 --- Skipper Beers <lsb149@...> wrote: > However, due to the alcohol > content, not good to use on > a regular basis. > > Skipper > > Skipper, Can you write a bit more about alcohol. There must be something behind what you wrote above and I would appreciate the elaboration. Thanks, Abbe __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 >From: Abbe <abbe_online@...> >Can you write a bit more about alcohol. There must be >something behind what you wrote above and I would >appreciate the elaboration. Yes, if you look at the ingredients on the tincture of iodine, it has a lot of ethyl alcohol - http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=302247 & navAction=jump & navCount=\ 1 & id=prod1550374 Active Ingredients Iodine 2% Ingredients Alcohol 47% Not to mention, the definition of tincture involves alcohol, " An alcohol solution of a nonvolatile medicine: tincture of iodine. " I suspect the homeopathic cures don't involve such a large percentage of alcohol, but I could be wrong. Skipper _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 I thought you were implying that ingesting alcohol is dangerous or not healthy in some way and yet many, especially, the homeopathic remedies have alcohol in them. I was questioning why you mentioned alcohol in a way that suggested *to me* you thought it should not be taken at all. Abbe --- Skipper Beers <lsb149@...> wrote: > >From: Abbe <abbe_online@...> > > > >Can you write a bit more about alcohol. There must > be > >something behind what you wrote above and I would > >appreciate the elaboration. > > Yes, if you look at the ingredients on the tincture > of iodine, it has a lot > of ethyl alcohol - > > > http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=302247 & navAction=jump & navCount=\ 1 & id=prod1550374 > Active Ingredients > Iodine 2% > Ingredients > Alcohol 47% > > Not to mention, the definition of tincture involves > alcohol, " An alcohol > solution of a nonvolatile medicine: tincture of > iodine. " I suspect the > homeopathic cures don't involve such a large > percentage of alcohol, but I > could be wrong. > > > > Skipper > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! > Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 >From: Abbe <abbe_online@...> >I thought you were implying that ingesting alcohol is >dangerous or not healthy in some way and yet many, >especially, the homeopathic remedies have alcohol in >them. I was questioning why you mentioned alcohol in >a way that suggested *to me* you thought it should not >be taken at all. If one chooses to take alcohol, let them do so. However, not everyone wants to, especially when it's not necessary to do so. I'm sure a limited amount is OK. My mother used to give me a shot of whiskey when I was young, she said " it would sweat it out " , and I do recall waking up at night quite warm and sweaty. I don't remember for sure if it was effective and I was better the next day or not. I tend to think it was, and that alcohol does have some medicinal value. However, taking tincture is not the same as taking Lugol's Solution or Iodoral. See- http://www.ki4u.com/#6 " Elemental (free) iodine is poisonous, except in the very small amounts in water disinfected with iodine tablets or a few drops of tincture of iodine. Furthermore, elemental iodine supplied by iodine tablets and released by tincture of iodine dropped into water is not effective as a blocking agent to prevent thyroid damage. If you do not have any potassium iodide, DO NOT TAKE IODINE TABLETS OR TINCTURE OF IODINE. " The above is talking about taking potassium iodine in a nuclear emergency to prevent thyroid damage. To me, the above means that taking enough tincture to saturate the thyroid is dangerous. Which, means one has to be careful and you can't take as much safely. You can saturate the thyroid with Lugol's (or iodoral.) As Dr. Derry described when one takes a drop or two of Lugol's per day, for a while the thyroid soaks it up, until it is saturated. Then it goes places it's needed for immunity (in females first to the ovaries and breasts, then to the areas where there is mucous.) So, I'm thinking except for topical use, and occasional oral use in limited dosages, it's not really a good idea to use it. Not just because it has alcohol, though for some that is a concern. Also, I'm thinking potassium iodine has disinfectant activity, sodium iodine doesn't - http://web.mit.edu/mitoc/www/activities/hiking/water.html " Tincture contains more sodium iodide than iodine, and because sodium iodide has no disinfectant activity, it unnecessarily increases total iodine consumption. " So, it may be that if iodine does indeed help cleanse the blood as DC Jarvis said, potassium iodine MIGHT (I know it's controversial), soidium iodide definitely doesn't. So, the largest component of the tincture would not be helpful in that regard. Of course, we know this isn't talking about the low dose of alcohol you get in a tiny tincture, though it's on the MSDS safety sheet for 2% tincture - http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/i2682.htm " Ethyl Alcohol Component: Prolonged contact may cause skin discoloration. May cause drying cracking, and dermatitis. Ethanol may cause reproductive effects such as birth defects, developmental problems and may damage the reproductive system. Repeated high exposure may damage the liver, nervous system and blood cells. " Skipper _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Skipper Beers wrote: > If one chooses to take alcohol, let them do so. However, not everyone wants > to, especially when it's not necessary to do so. I'm sure a limited amount > is OK. My mother used to give me a shot of whiskey when I was young, she > said " it would sweat it out " , and I do recall waking up at night quite warm > and sweaty. I don't remember for sure if it was effective and I was better > the next day or not. I tend to think it was, and that alcohol does have > some medicinal value. > Also, the alcohol in " tinctures " is typically not straight ethanol. Ethanol, as in whisky, doesn't make you terribly ill in small doses, but isopropyl alcohol, as is typically used in rubbing alcohol or iodine tinctures, isn't good stuff to drink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopropyl_alcohol Isopropyl alcohol is oxidized by the liver into acetone <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetone>. Symptoms <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symptom> of isopropyl alcohol poisoning include flushing <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flushing_%28physiology%29>, headache <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headache>, dizziness <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizziness>, CNS depression <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNS_depression>, nausea <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausea>, vomiting <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomiting>, anesthesia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anesthesia>, and coma <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma>. Use in well-ventilated areas and use protective gloves while using. Poisoning can occur from ingestion, inhalation, or absorption. Now, they COULD use ethanol instead, and maybe some brands do. But there were problems at one point of alcoholics drinking stuff like perfume for the ethanol, so a lot of the drugs and cosmetic products don't use ethanol any more, or if they do, they add stuff to make you throw up if you drink it. And yeah, the tincture is a different form of iodine. Not for ingestion! -- Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 >From: Heidi <heidis@...> >Also, the alcohol in " tinctures " is typically not straight ethanol. >Ethanol, as in whisky, doesn't make you terribly ill in small >doses, but isopropyl alcohol, as is typically used in >rubbing alcohol or iodine tinctures, isn't good stuff >to drink: That's true, it usually says " alcohol " and doesn't specify which kind. Skipper _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 In the US, alcohol is taxed heavily, unless it is denatured by adding dangerous chemicals to it, so it cannot be taken internally. I do not know for sure, but I suspect that tincture of Iodine contains denatured Iodone. Alobar On 8/8/06, Abbe <abbe_online@...> wrote: > > > --- Skipper Beers <lsb149@...> wrote: > > > However, due to the alcohol > > content, not good to use on > > a regular basis. > > > > Skipper > > > > > Skipper, > > Can you write a bit more about alcohol. There must be > something behind what you wrote above and I would > appreciate the elaboration. > > Thanks, > > > > Abbe > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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