In 1829 French physician Dr. Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol designed a solution consisting of elemental iodine, potassium iodide, and distilled water.

He originally made this solution in a 5% strength. Strength Percentage tells you how many milligrams of Iodine + Iodide each 1/20 milliliter vertical drop contains.

For example one metric drop (which is 1/20 of a milliliter) of US 5% Lugols contains 2.5mg of Iodine and 5.0mg of Potassium Iodide. Of the 5.0mg, 3.75mg is Iodide, so the total amount in a drop is 2.5 + 3.75 = 6.25mg.

2%

5%

7%

These are the most common strengths available. The only reason different strengths are available is to help people calculate very small or very large amounts. It just takes more drops of a lesser percentage strength to match an amount of high strength.

UK and Euro companies sometimes use a different convention in terms of what the percentage strength is and occasionally have different drop sizes.

The best way to confirm your non-standard dispenser size is:

• Your bottle
• The maker's website
• Calling the maker of the product

You are looking for the total amount of Iodine plus Iodide in a vertical drop in milligrams. This amount excludes the Potassium from the Potassium-Iodide.

Lugols is a mixture of Iodine and Potassium Iodide. But the total amount of lugols, which is what we are looking for, is only the Iodine and Iodide, leaving the Potassium out.

• Distilled water
• Iodine
• Potassium iodide

The part that makes this confusing is we only need the Iodide part of the Potassium iodide. But when we try to calculate the Iodide, the Potassium throws a wrench into the equation.

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What needs to be explained here? When is understanding this part important?

Dropulator provides easy methods to figure out:

• How many milligrams of Lugol's are in a certain number of drops of a specific strength.
• How many drops it takes to get to a specific amount of milligrams of a certain strength of Lugol's.

If that sounds confusing: This thing lets you figure out how much iodine is in x number of drops or vice versa.

To use it
Select which strength Lugol's you have, 2%, 5%, 7%, or Custom Millimeter Amount

At this point you can either adjust how many drops, or how many mg of Lugol's.

For example: Say you want to find out how many drops it would take of Lugol's 5% to provide 50mg. Select 5% strength from the top, and enter 50 into the green Amount of Lugol's and hit enter. The Number of Drops field will update with how many drops of 5% are required to reach that amount of mg.

Another Example: Say you would like to find out how many mg of Lugol's are in 10 drops of 5%. Select 5% strength from the top, and enter 10 into the blue Number of Drops and hit enter. The Amount of Lugol's field will update with how many mg are in 10 drops of 5%.

Tip: You can change any field you would like, Dropulator will automatically calculate using whatever information is available.

Our thyroid works with a specific set of elements called halogens. Today, our food and environment are filled with Fluoride, Chlorine and Bromine, all of which are the bad halogens. When we don't get enough Iodine, the bad guy halogens take up receptors and cause our thyroid to function improperly. Research hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism to see what happens to us when our thyroids are out of whack.

When was the last time you got some iodine? Even if you have and use iodized table salt, you've been told salt is bad for you so you really don't use much. So how much are you actually getting? Probably a lot less than you are of the other halogens.

Ok, so we get some Iodine from salt. Heres where we get the others halogens: water, flour(bread), drinks, processed foods, clothing, carpets, deodorants, tooth paste, electronics, 'new car smell', couches, beds, shoes, refrigerator handles(ok thats pushing it)

So there's a pretty good chance the bad guys had their way with our receptors. This also means there's a pretty good chance our thyroid isn't able to function properly.

Our body can cope with temporary thyroid issues pretty well. It can even handle minor thyroid issues for a long time. But we keep adding more and more toxins and getting less Iodine. Our diets are also declining. Even eating organic might not provide enough Iodine. Then compound this over generations.

Dr. Browsntein's protocol is possibly the most commonly known and used Iodine protocol. Although the protocol is pretty straight forward, you should read a book Dr. Brownstein's Iodine book or two Lynne Farrow & Dr. Brownstein's Iodine book to get a full picture of what is going on.