Boric Acid Powder is usually used in dilute solutions as a treatment for diaper rash, insect bites and stings, and sunburns. Boric acid is an effective pesticide for cockroaches, rats, and flies. Boric acid is called a swimming pool chemical because it has proved to be highly useful for maintenance.
Boric Acid is Antiseptic, Insecticide, flame retardant, or a neutron absorber, and a precursor of other chemical compounds.
Boric Acid have antiviral and antifungal properties due to this reason boric acid most commonly used in health sector to treat for yeast.
Hydrophobic preparations or from talcum powder. Independently of the exposure route, about 90 % of a dose of boric acid is excreted unchanged in the urine.