Iodine
-"The Universal Medicine"
5% Lugol's / SSKI Solution Dosage Chart
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2 drops 5% Lugol's Solution.
Contains 5mg
iodine
and 7.5mg iodide
5% Lugol's solution
contains 50 mg iodine and 75 mg iodide/ml; (above calculation based
on 20 drops/ml)
1 drop SSKI (Super Saturated Potassium
Iodide). Contains ~50mg iodide
Make sure you are not allergic to Lugol's solution (5%) or SSKI.
Rub a drop into back of forearm and leave for 24 hours
to see if there is any reaction.
For internal doses, always take Lugol's or SSKI in 4-6 oz of
water/juice/milk.
Preferably with a tsp. of apple
cider vinegar for slight acidification;
Lugol's contains both the
oxidant
iodine (I2)
and the antioxidant
(I-) so having a neutral effect
If taking large amounts of Lugol's solution, don't take iodine
at the same time as high dose (>500mg)
supplemental
Vitamin C.
Taking a concurrent high
C dose will negate disinfectant/antimicrobial effect of
iodine; Take high-dose vitamin
C at least 2 hours before or after
taking Lugol's solution.
Antidotes
for
iodine
overdose
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Chocolate or cocoa.
High in
bromine which displaces iodine;
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Vitamin C.
Take ¼ tsp. (~2.5g) in juice or water
Chart refers to 5% Lugol's Solution unless
otherwise specified
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PROBLEM
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5% Lugol's Solution
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Comments
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Acne
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2 drops/day
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Antibacterial
/Antiviral /Antifungal
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1-2 drops 4x/day
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Until problem solved.
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Atrial Fibrillation
/Arrhythmias
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Build from 1 up to 5 drops
Then 1 drop for maintenance
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A gradual build-up, holding each new dose level
for a few days and monitoring for any problems is advised, until
your heart begins to beat smoothly, at which point your body is
receiving sufficient iodine (for most people this is around 9-30mg). Stay at this dose for 3 months, then begin to cut back each
week. If you begin to feel your heart act up again, you have gone
past your maintenance dose - generally, this is around 3 mg.
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Baldness
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Rub in for~ 3 months
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Eventually a crust forms, beneath which fine
hairs will start to grow; Can use decolorized tincture of iodine
(doesn't stain)
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Bladder infection
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1-2 drops 4x/day
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Works better than antibiotics;
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Cancer
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4 drops 2x/day
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Dr. Brownstein used from 200mg (i.e. 8 drops
4x/day) up to 300 mg for prostate and breast cancer patients having
metastases. Use iodine in a nebulizer for lung cancer;
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Candida
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8 drops/day
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In blood
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Cholesterol (high)
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2-4 drops/day
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Iodine reduces Lipoprotein (a) and acts as
antioxidant to prevent oxidative damage to arterial walls;
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Chronic bronchitis/COPD
/Emphysema
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3-6 drops/day
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Remarkable expectorant(removes excessive mucus in chronic lung
diseases); Reduces bronchial infection with regular use; Iodine can
be put into a nebulizer for aerosol treatment for transdermal effect
into the lung tissues in the case of lung cancer, emphysema, asthma
and tuberculosis.
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Cold / Flu
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6
drops, 2-3 x over 24 hours
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Cuts/scabs
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Apply after wound has closed.
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Prevents infection, aids healing; iodine stings when used on an
open wound.
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Dermatitis
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Apply Lugols
with Q-tip
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Dab the dermatitis with soaked Q-tip; If on the
face use decolorized iodine tincture; sensitive skin (E.g. around
your nose) will sting. Don't inhale fumes while it dries (~10 secs).
Apply vitamin E oil (E.g. from capsule) to keep area moist day and night and prevent
reddened, dry skin from flaking. Do the topical iodine for 2 days,
3x a day. After the 2nd day, cut back to 1x a day, but keep
going with the vitamin E oil. After 3 days of 1x daily
application, cut the iodine back to every other day for 10 days (or
less). Keep up the vitamin E oil every day until the
dermatitis has disappeared completely. Initially the
skin will look red and inflamed, but the vitamin E
speeds up the healing process.cess.
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Dewormer for Cats and dogs
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1-2 drops depending on size
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Slower than commercial wormers but safer and
with less side effects.
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Estrone detox.
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Metabolizes carcinogenic estrone and estrogen
metabolite 16-α-hydroxyestrone ==> "anti-carcinogenic"estriol;
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Fibrocystic Breasts
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4 drops
twice/day
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This dose has been observed to reduce fibrocystic
breasts to
insignificance in 3-6 months. MINIMUM amount of iodine required for control
and prevention of fibrocystic
breasts is equivalent to 0.1 mg/kg body weight/day
(this is the amount used by Ghent et al). For example, for a 110 #
woman, the minimum daily amount of iodine would be 5 mg.
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Fibrotic conditions /
Keloids
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Rub in 3x/day
Mix 50/50 w/ DMSO
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Dupuytren's contracture (thickening along a
tendon/pulls finger down towards palm) / Peyronie's disease
(thickening along penis shaft / painful erections); + Taking 2g PABA
3x/day helps;
Can take few months; (up to a year for
keloids);
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Fistulas
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Mix 50/50 w/ DMSO
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Peri-anal / Recto-anal fistulas (tunnels);
patience and frequent swabbing inside and out required (use
Q-tip). DMSO helps
absorption;
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Food poisoning
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6 drops,
3-4 x daily -for 3 days
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Brings relief for food poisoning very quickly - usually within a couple of hours; E.g. Salmonella or Giardia;
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GERD
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2 drops /day
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Gerd is usally due to insufficient
stomach acid, not too much; Iodine is needed to make stomach acid;
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Goiter, Cretinism
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0.05 mg/day
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The smallest intake to prevent these
severely iodine deficient conditions
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Heavy metal detoxification
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2 drops/day
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Urinary levels of mercury, lead, cadmium
increase several fold after 24 hrs; aluminum takes a month or more
of continued supplementation;
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Hemorrhoids
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SSKI (20 drops) + flax oil
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Rub in at bedtime; SSKI by itself stings, so
mix with flax oil;
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Hypothyroidism
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1-6 drops
daily
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Doses in this range seemed equally effective in
resolving underactive thyroid.
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Infected hangnail
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Rub in several times daily
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Problem usually gone a in a few days.
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Migraine
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Nails
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Colorless SSKI
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Dip your fingernails in colorless iodine once a
day for 1 week; then once a week for 3 to 4 weeks; then once a
month. It dries almost instantly. It begins hardening the nails
under the cuticle and as the nail grows out it stays hard and un
breakable. Once the new hard nail reaches the length you want, you
will never again have chipped and broken nails.
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Nuclear Power plant Accident
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See Radioactive Fallout SSKI doses
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In the event of a nuclear power plant accident,
the Japanese government gives those affected 50 mg of iodide/day to
prevent thyroid cancer from the thyroid's excessive absorption of
radioactive iodine. Japanese typically consume high amounts of
iodine/iodide in Kelp.
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Ovarian Cyst
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Dose similar to fibrocystic
breasts
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Precancerous skin lesions/ leg ulcers
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Rub in twice daily
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Regenerates skin from bottom up, eventually
sloughing off old skin with little/no scar formation; adding vitamin E helps too;
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Radioactive Fallout
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SSKI Dose
Adult: 100mg iodide(2drops)
Child: 3-18yrs
(1
drop SSKI)
Infant: 1 mth-2yrs( ½drop)
<1mth:(¼drop)
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Taken ½ hour to 1 day before
radioactive iodines are swallowed /inhaled prevents ~99% of damage
to thyroid by saturating it with non-radioactive iodine.
Excess non-absorbed radioactive iodine is quickly eliminated by
kidneys. Iodide dose provides protection for 24 hours. Babies NOT
protected via breast milk.
More dose info:
U.S. Center for Disease Control
Note: 1 -130mg Potassium Iodide tablet contains ~100mg iodide.
Lugol's Dose is 26 drops = ~100mg iodide
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Reduce Gas from eating beans
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Soak beans in water for 1 hr or more with 2
drops added
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Pour off soaking water before cooking, and add
fresh water. Lugol's inactivates an enzyme-inhibitor in
beans, which interferes with starch digestion in the gut, producing
gas.
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Ringworm
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Apply topically
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Ringworm is a fungus; clears in a few days
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Sebaceous cysts
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Lugol's or SSKI mixed with DMSO
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Cysts contain oily material, appear on face,
groin, labia; rub in mixture for a week or two to dissolve cyst's
fatty contents. Iodine makes all oils, fats, cholesterol (wax)
water-soluble.
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Sialoliths / parotid duct stones
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3-4 drops SSKI in water daily
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"Stones" can form in the duct(s) carrying
saliva from the parotid glands (located at the "angle of the jaw").
3-4 daily drops of SSKI reportedly dissolves parotid duct stones
within 4-8 months.
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Skin tags/moles
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Rub in morning and night; tags fall off in ~ 1
week, moles disappear.
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Sore throat/ Tonsillitis
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Put some SSKI or Lugol's in a spray bottle;
Spraying throat brings relief within 24 hours;
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UTI
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6 drops 3x/day
4-7 days
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Kills bacteria; Decreases acidity in bladder.
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Vaginal infection
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20-30 drops in small douche 1x/day
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Takes 5-10 days to resolve; To make douche, use
2 tablespoons of an iodine solution to 1 quart of warm water once
per day.
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