Applied as an antiseptic and disinfectant in the treatment of the initial stages of the disease (furuncle, panaritium, mastitis), when processing the hands of the surgeon (the methods of Fürbringer, Alfred), the operating field (including those with hypersensitivity to other antiseptics, in children and operations on areas with thin skin in adults - neck, face).
Preservation of biological material, production of medicinal forms for external use, tinctures, extracts.