Steps. 1  1. Purchase Tincture of Iodine. Iodine is available at most drug stores in the first aid section. Buy an iodine solution with 2% iodine. 2  2. Wash and dry the affected areas. Use antibacterial soap and warm water to cleanse the ringworm site. 3  3. Apply the tincture of iodine. Iodine comes in a small glass or plastic bottle.
Excretion is important for living things because a build up of the waste products from these chemical reactions is very dangerous for the body because it can, in excess, be poisonous. Be careful though, faeces is NOT excretion.
ExcretionExcretion is the process whereby an organism eliminates metabolic wastes and unwanted chemicals from its system. Metabolism is the sum total of all the chemical reactions occurring in the cells and body. Some products of these metabolic reactions are toxic and so must be processed or eliminated from the body.