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
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.
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