How dose painting the bottom of your foot with iodine help?

You know those little bottles of iodine that you use for cuts and such. it’s kind of a brown color. well I was just thinking about what my dad told me. I have a cold and my dad told me to paint my foot with iodine. I did it befor and it worked…but why and how dose it work? Can someone help me out?

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Basically iodine is an antiseptic like dettol or savlon and keeps the would from being infected which helps it heal a lot quicker. It is also used in certain surgical wound dressing and keeps the wound clean and a clean wound always heals well.

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