Minor burns - What do you do?

[sumi]

Oh yes, licking the honey from around the burn is great fun and essential to the whole healing process ya know

Beekissed, someone is either using a ton of the stuff, or they are repacking it in smaller quantities and selling it… Either way, a large amount of it doesn't sound like a bad thing. They have so many uses.

Years ago when I started keeping chickens, an old man told me to cut up some leaves from the aloe plants and put them in the chickens' water bowl. He said it helps keep them healthy and keep parasites under control.

 

[wyoDreamer]

last fall, my cousin was trying to fix a propane heater. At one point it sorta blew-up and he ended up with massive burns on his hands, arms and face. He knew that honey was good for burns, and he had just harvested his honey hives, so he applied honey to all his burns. They continued to hurt pretty bad, then he remembered that flour was supposed to take the "burn" out of a burn, so he applied copious amounts of flour to his burns. The "burning" was dramatically reduced and bearable, but at that point his wife decided that they were bad enough that he was taken to the emergency room. She said the faces on the medical staff when he walked into the ER was priceless. They spend alot of time cleaning his burns out and his wife had to change his dressings for about a week, but even his doctor said he couldn't believe how fast the burns healed and didn't leave a single scar.

 

[sumi]

She said the faces on the medical staff when he walked into the ER was priceless.

I can imagine! lol

Honey really is fantastic. I am so glad I learned to use it on burns and wish I knew this years ago. I actually burnt myself pretty good on my finger the other night and immediately dabbed some honey on the area. It stopped burning within seconds and though it's still healing, it's not bothering me at all

 

[moxies_chickennuggets]

I keep 2 aloe vera plants.

 

[Britesea]

When I was making glass beads (we're talking about molten glass- 1500F) I learned about using Lavender essential oil. It really works to heal the burn without scarring. A dilute spray is also great for sunburn.
The reason things like flour are reputed to help with burns is because they prevent air from hitting the burned flesh-- THAT is why the burn hurts. Most people have heard about running cold water on a burn; but they don't do it long enough. You need to run fresh cold water (not ice) over the burn for at least 15 minutes to stop the flesh from continuing to burn. I would say use the cold water first, then use lavender (or honey) afterwards- to help with the healing. Of course, this is only for first degree burns. Second and third degree is more dangerous and can get infected- especially if you use things like flour.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Yah, some of his burns were second degree, if not third degree. Maybe the thick layer of honey helped to keep the flour from getting too deep into the burns.