Home Remedy for Burns

To fight severe burns, modern medicine has experimented with all kinds of remedies—tannic acid (now in some disrepute), bandaging, baths, skin grafting, diet, even hypnosis. But the victim of an extensive burn (more than 10% of the skin) is in most critical danger from loss of fluid and shock. The standard treatment for this has long been to administer either whole blood or blood plasma intravenously. Since plasma is often not available and since it often contains hepatitis virus, doctors have been looking for a simpler remedy.

Home Remedy for Burns

Milk it. “Milk is an excellent compress  for minor burns,” says Stephen M.  Purcell, D.O., chairman of the  Department of Dermatology at  Philadelphia College of Osteopathic  Medicine and assistant clinical  professor at Hahnemann University  School of Medicine in Philadelphia.  “Simply soak the burned area in milk  for 15 minutes or so, or apply a  milk-soaked washcloth to the area.”  Whole milk is effective: Its fat  content soothes burns and promotes  healing.

Take Vitamin C w/ bioflavonoids this  is an antioxidant needed for the  formation of collagen. Studies have  shown that high doses of vitamin C are  very necessary.

Vitamin E needed to prevent scarring.

Put some mustered on the burn. Apply some dish washing detergent on  the spot, immediately after getting  burned.

To heal the wound that has developed  due to burning, take honey and apply it  all over the wound. But do it only  after you’ve properly washed your  wound.

Soothe with aloe. Two or three days  after you burn, break off a fresh piece  of aloe and use the plant’s natural  healing moisture, or squeeze on an  over-the-counter aloe cream. Both have  an analgesic action that will make your wound feel better. Do not use aloe if  you are using blood thinners or have a  medical history of heart problems.

Go for the lotion which is having vitamin A. vitamin A is said to be great healer for burns.

An antioxidant property of Vitamin C will help your skin to heal faster and smoother. Antioxidant is needed for the formation of collagen and researches reveal that high doses of vitamin C meets up this need.