Why is iodine put on cuts?

My father got a long, wide cut with a broken mirror and he go to the clinic. He got 3 stitches. After a few days my father changed the heating pad himself at home (I helped. He's a doc. so he know what to do).
He put some brown stuff on the cut which he said is 'iodine'.
I was wondering why is iodine put on cuts and wounds?
Thank you!Why is iodine put on cuts?
Iodine is a halogen resembling chlorine, bromine, fluorine. These chemicals are very moving in germ massacre, but iodine is not as aggressive as the others and is more gentle. It is also a vital nutrient for the body that most of us are deficient contained by due to all the fluoride anyone put in drinking hose down, in adjectives sodas, fluoride toothpaste, etc. Most Americans are very not good enough in this nutrient. Just paint a golf globe size smear on your chest of "tincture of iodine" and it should be there surrounded by 24 hours. If it disappears before that, you are inadequate. The body will absorb what it requirements and not if it doesn't need it.
All your organs want iodine. Only about 3% of adjectives the iodine you ingest ends up in your endocrine system where on earth thyroxine is produced that keeps your thyroid working in general. The rest ends up in the rest of your organs, resembling skin. If you are deficient, your integral body suffers.
That's why it is such a good disinfectant.
Good luck to you
Iodine is an antiseptic and is commonly used contained by hospital operating rooms.
iodine has antibacterial properties and thats why it is widely used as an antiseptic antibacterial agent and applied on wounds and used within dressings.

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