My dad was a research chemist for a small chemical company here in Michigan. He made a large supply of lugol's for use at home when I was a kid. I don't remember a whole lot about it except it was kept in a large dark amber bottle. Whether this was to protect it from the light or not is unknown to me.... I was rather young at the time.
My recollection was that my younger brother had been determined by some doctor to be anemic and the solution was to administer Lugol's to him on a daily basis and to impart some energy to him. This quickly became known as the 'black medicine.' That stuff sure worked! I remember that we discovered that we didn't even need to give the stuff to him, all we had to do was tell him it was time for his daily dose of 'black medicine' and he would drop whatever he was doing and start running at top speed straight out of the house. Impressive stuff. I think that administering it to him turned out to be a big energy drain for my parents though. Steve --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Paul Bond <[email protected]> wrote: From: Paul Bond <[email protected]> Subject: CS>Vit C and iodine shelf life To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 12:07 AM I make my own Lugols from Iodine and Potassium Iodine. I have it in a clear spray bottle, and notice that it’s getting lighter all the time. I had assumed this was a UV issue and should be in dark glass or even kept away from light altogether, but perhaps it’s something else. It definitely has a limited shelf life through. I can experiment with this, but it would be several months before being able to prove or disprove the UV assumption. Paul __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4881 (20100219) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
