Dr. Jean Auguste Guillaume Lugol, the creator of a wonderful but little forgotten solution, which allows us to get enough iodine into our body. And what is iodine and why is the organism so important for us?
The healing properties of iodine are inviolable. It is a microelement necessary for human health. It is taken into the body through food and water. There is no life without him!
Iodine is a substance that is very rare in nature. It is found in seawater and in foodstuffs depending on the percentage of iodine in the country. That is why Lugol's solution is of great importance for the compensation of this microelement.
Iodine needs in different periods of life are different. It is enough for babies to ingest 50 mcg (micrograms), and for adults about 200 mcg. Women who are breastfeeding are recommended to dose as much as 260 mcg of iodine during the day. Iodine deficiency causes various diseases such as hyperthyroidism, goiter, heart disease and many others.
Symptoms of iodine deficiency are: muscle cramps, cold hands and feet, depressed behavior, dry skin and brittle nails and many others.
Even obesity can be a consequence of not taking iodine into the body.
Lugol's solution successfully compensates for the lack of iodine in the body. It is very useful to know nowadays when many ingredients from the diet reduce its absorption. These are, for example, bromides from bakery products.
If you start using this solution, you will do a lot of good for your body. As you already know, iodine deficiency leads to a weakening of the body's defenses, and that is the first precondition for the disease. That is why it is desirable to use iodine solution preventively.
Recipe for the preparation of Lugl's solution. (very easy to make and use)
500ml opaque glass bottle, note: the cap must be plastic.
500 ml of distilled water,
granular iodine, 25 grams and granular potassium iodide, 50 grams.
Put it all together in a certain way.
Dissolve potassium iodide in half the amount of distilled water, stirring slowly with a glass pipette.
Add iodine crystals and make up with water.
Shake.
Leave to stand for at least 24 hours, shaking the bottle occasionally.
You can take only TWO drops of this solution daily.
And here is a test that can tell us whether or not we have enough iodine in the body.
Dip your ear sticks into Lugol's solution. Draw three lines of different thickness on the inside of the forearm. Thin, a little thicker and thickest. If you do not see any lines in the morning, it means that you lack iodine in your body. Consult a general practitioner or endocrinologist for advice.
If you only have one of the thicker lines left, it means that this microelement is still a bit in deficit. And if only a thin line has disappeared, you are not in deficit, you can breathe a sigh of relief, you have a sufficient amount of iodine in your body.
