People's Pharmacy: Iodine doesn't have to stain

Friday, August 13, 2010 - 16:56 in Psychology & Sociology

I was interested in the letter from a reader who applied tincture of iodine to his nails to fight fungus. He mentioned that it stains the nails brown. I am surprised you did not tell him that iodine also comes as a colorless liquid. My mother used it for years to control toenail fungus.

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