What is tincture of iodine? What is its use?
Iodine is a powerful antiseptic. It is employed as tincture of iodine which is an alcohol-water solution containing 2-3 percent of iodine. Iodine is widely used in healing and treatment of wounds as it kills all the microbes present in the wounded region.
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