Re: RC: sugar for wounds

[Linda Flemmer <bluwolf@earthlink.net>]

April Lee wrote:

> Why not use iodine or betadine scrub?  I found numerous references to
> mixing sugar and iodine.  Why not?  I'm quite curious because I
> actually used iodine tincture that I got from Wal-mart to make my
> mixture.
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Tincture of iodine is caustic - it will destroy new epithelial cells
> as they try to repair the wound.  They have to "swim" in to the wound
> center to do their job, so a moist environment is helpful for quicker
> healing.  (It <looks> better if it is dry, but the healing is actually
> slower).   Betadine is "tamed" iodine, or not a caustic.
>
> My objection to using the betadine scrub is it is actually a sudsing
> betadine soap.  I wouldn't think that soap would help those epithelial
> cells either - wrong pH.
>
> Linda Flemmer
> Blue Wolf Ranch
> Bruceton Mills, WV


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