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Home Remedies for Burns

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Burns Home Remedies:

Submitted at 2007-02-15 15:05:26
A few years ago while draining some pasta, I accidentally poured the boiling water over one of my hands. Needless to say it blistered and the blisters eventually ruptured leaving raw, painful sores. My mother put some Epsom Salts into a bowl of very warm, too warm (almost hot) for comfort water and had me soak my hand in this water. Within 24 hours the open sores had scabbed over and the pain was gone. After a week the had was almost healed and a month later there was no scarring.
I have used this method since on other burns with the same results but did not wait for the blister to burst and leave a raw sore.
rating: 9 (2 votes)

Submitted at 2007-01-30 20:36:25
This sounds a little crazy but it works! If you burn your tounge, immediately dump a sugar packet into your mouth. Let the sugar sit on your tounge until it's disolved. You won't even notice you burned it. Since I heard this, I never leave home without a sugar packet in my purse.
rating: 8 (3 votes)

Submitted by Renee at 2005-11-27 02:39:05
Clean with household anti-bacterial soap (aka Dial or Safeguard) then take a bowl of COOL, definetly not cold, and soak a few regular grocery store black tea bags into the water for a few minutes (during this time, take an Advil or other ibuprofen type based pain reliever to reduce swelling as well as the pain). When the tea has steeped into the water, soak the affected area (the tannic acid naturally found in black tea dramatically reduces the pain associated with household burns that do not require professional medical treatment). Once the area begins to feel better, do NOT rinse the tea off the skin; however, just GENTLY bandage the area with NON-STICK breathable (aka no plastic bandages). I hope this helps you should you ever have to endure the pain of burns. See also, the topic of sunburn.
rating: 6 (9 votes)

Submitted by Ani at 2006-07-10 10:10:08
Came across your site and thought i'd submit something.

I know of an exceptionally effective natural remedy for healing burns and lowering a fever: egg whites.

Egg whites are by far the best method to lower a high temperature within MINUTES! When I was about 4 or 5 years old, I had acquired a fever so high that I started to hallucinate. My mother was in a panic, she feared brain damage if something didn't lower the fever and FAST. My grandma told her to soak 2 cloths or hankerchiefs in egg whites and put on the soles of the feet (cover with socks). The egg whites instantaneously start to draw the temperature DOWN from the brain (where it is dangerous) to the feet (where it can do no damage). After that incident my mom used this method successfully every time I had high temp.

The egg whites are also a miracle cure for burns, even severe ones. Soak or coat affected area in egg white. While the egg white is still wet you will feel no pain from the burn. As soon as it dries up the pain comes back so reapplication is necessary. This method not only aleviates the pain it actually heals and prevents scarring from the burn.

I submited this remedy to earthclinic.com and there has been a lot of positive feed back: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/fever.html

I would like to let more people know about the miraculous effectiveness of treating fevers and burns with egg whites so please post this on your site if you deem fit.

Best regards,
Ani from Ontario, Canada
rating: 6 (15 votes)

Submitted by Kyleigh at 2006-03-14 19:13:34
Colgate toothpaste is a great salve for burns.
rating: 6 (18 votes)

Submitted by Chip at 2006-12-16 20:29:52
There are many treatments for burns. For small burns i would recommend icing immediately even though everyone else says not to. I'm 75% burned from a large fire. Severely burned. I keep getting minor burns and i find that immediate icing with quick removal when icing burns and re-ice when that calms. Keep a happy medium of comfort for at least a half hr or so and keep away from heat for a while. If blistering i'll have add another remedy.
rating: 6 (5 votes)

Submitted by Jessica V. at 2006-07-07 20:55:39
I know it sounds crazy but..MUSTARD works great.I work at a diner in the kitchen and i havent quite mastered the grill yet, the first time i burned myself my boss told my to put mustard on it..i did..it immediatly stopped the pain and it never blistered up..u cant tell i ever did it.
rating: 6 (25 votes)

Submitted by Jennifer at 2005-07-17 15:56:36
Burns:

If you have a small burn, take witch hazel and put it on the area where the burn is..if u keep the witch hazel there the burn will not hurt, but once u move the witch hazel ur gonna feel that pain again..it helps for temp. relief..

Also for burn use a aloe vera plant, take one of the leave type things open it up to where the gell type stuff is out and rub it on the area where the burn or cut is...
rating: 5 (25 votes)

Submitted by Josh at 2007-02-11 22:05:04
Take a cool wet paper towel sprinkle libreal amout of of baking soda on paper towel. Make sure baking soda gets fairly moist with water also. Apply baking soda side of cool damp paper towel directly over burn area or wrap it with paper towel baking soda towards burn if burn is on finger. After a few minuts the baking soda will pull the burn out. Reapply as necessary
rating: 5 (4 votes)

Submitted at 2007-07-23 02:25:58
For minor burns put a little bit of toothpaste or margerine on burn and it shouldnt irritate you as much
rating: 1 (2 votes)

Submitted by littlegenius13@yahoo.com at 2007-02-13 17:32:29
a few years ago my mom was burned pretty bad. she had 3rd degree burns on her legs and they turned black and had pus sacs off the sides. My grandparents were telling some of their friends about it and they happened to a lady who could help. she gave my mom a sun-tea jar filled wiht 'mushroom tea.' you keep it in the closet and this mushroom grows in it and itll grow another mushroom off the side and you can fill another jar with water and keep that mushroom in it too. the stuff tasted terrible but my mom drank it daily; her legs got better and didnt scar at all. i dont know what kind of mushroom did it or anything because we accidentally let ours die. does anyone know?
rating: 0 (0 votes)

Submitted at 2007-02-17 11:06:18
if you get a toungue burn.... eat some peanut butter....... or drink milk

my friends mom told me this....... if you have a burn from like a curling iron or a smaller burn..... put bleach on some cotton and dab it on it....... she said it stings but works for her
rating: 0 (0 votes)

Submitted by Tan at 2007-02-27 18:10:08
I had a first degree burn on my face after laser treatment, I had black patches on my face, I mixed olive oil with accacia honey and put it on the affected area, the burnt skin started peeling off and after few days my face was completely clear.Keep on using homeopathic calandula cream as well.
rating: 0 (0 votes)

Submitted at 2007-03-28 03:48:44
Burns for quick relief and prevention of blisters, apply mustard to burn. Leave on for about an hour then gently wash off.
rating: 0 (0 votes)

Submitted by shelley at 2007-06-20 19:13:37
For small superficial burns use a slice of onion. I use to work at a returaunt and would get burned all the time my boss would always say ' slap some onion on it' . Also I just burned myself trying to putout my husbands cigarette and it worked for that too. it stinks but the pain is gone. ;)
rating: 0 (0 votes)

Submitted by carla at 2008-03-19 11:02:52
Raw Mushrooms work!
I read in a small book on home remedies to take a raw mushroom or slices and apply immediately to a burn. It will not only relieve the pain, but will promote healing so that you often don't end up with a blister and if you do, it will heal in a day or 2. I burnt my fingers badly not long after reading that and applied mushrooms pieces to it. The throbbing pain stopped and I placed bandages to gently secure the mushrooms. (It will smell like mushrooms but it is worth it!) I left them on overnight and the next day, the skin was discoloured but no blister. It healed up so rapidly (within the next day) that I was amazed. I keep mushrooms in the freezer in a baggie for this purpose, and I wouldn't to be without them. I wish a burn specialist would find out what is in this and use it on the poor patients they treat.
rating: 0 (0 votes)

Submitted by tabby at 2008-04-23 17:59:52
as soon as you burn yourself say on your hand -anywhere- put toothpaste on it and the pain should go away soon .. good luck (and try to keep it on for a long time)
rating: 0 (0 votes)