Folk remedies for burns

Burns at home or at work are not uncommon. Often, careless handling of dishes, household appliances, chemicals leads to thermal or chemical injuries. In most cases, we are not prepared for such a case, and first aid has to be provided with improvised means. Folk remedies for burns: what and how can be used for thermal and other burn injuries?

Folk remedy for burns from boiling water

A boiling water burn is probably one of the most common types of burn injuries. If the damage is severe, you cannot do without a doctor's help. A first-degree burn, which is accompanied by redness and a burning sensation, can be treated with folk remedies.

For example, raw potatoes or carrots will help well with a minor burn from boiling water. Cut the vegetable into two parts and apply the cut side to the affected area of the skin. Hold it on the wound for about 5 minutes, then replace the piece of vegetable with a new one. Repeat this until the unpleasant burning sensation stops.

If you need a faster effect, you can grate a potato or carrot. Apply the resulting gruel to the burn site and secure with a bandage. This "compress" should be replaced every 2 hours until the condition is relieved.

If you don't have any potatoes or carrots at hand, maybe you can find some potato starch? If you add a few spoons of clean water to the starch powder (until you get a thick gruel), you can apply this remedy to the sore spot under a bandage or gauze.

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Folk remedies for oil burns

An oil burn is always more difficult to bear than a boiling water burn, since hot oil continues its negative effect for some time after it gets on the skin. Thus, the burn is more pronounced.

In case of an oil burn, it is necessary to act as quickly as possible to prevent the injury from getting worse. You can choose any of the first aid options offered below in such a situation.

• Take some fresh cottage cheese, apply it to the burnt area and secure it with a bandage or scarf. The bandage should be changed several times a day.
• Cool the burnt skin in cold clean water and immediately sprinkle the affected area with baking soda. Mandatory conditions: the skin must be moist, and the soda layer must be very thick (8-10 mm). Keep the product on as long as possible. If necessary, you can fix it with a bandage.
• Instead of soda, you can use salt - dry or dissolved in clean water (1 tbsp. per half a glass of water).

Folk remedy for iron burns

The most common types of iron burns are first or second degree burns: the injury can be caused by accident, if you rush or get distracted while ironing. In this case, the skin of the hands, in particular, the palms, is most often burned. What folk remedies can be used in such a situation?

• Cut a fresh aloe leaf and apply the cut side to the affected skin. You can tie a bandage or scarf over the leaf.
• Rinse the cooled white cabbage leaf under running cold water and apply to the burn.
• We cut off a piece of cold pumpkin pulp and apply it to the wound.

If blisters appear at the site of the burn, you should definitely see a doctor, and you should do this immediately. Do not puncture the blisters!

Folk remedies for skin burns

• Mix the yolk of a raw or boiled egg with 1 teaspoon of honey and apply to the skin reddened by the burn. This will soothe the pain and speed up the healing of the wound.
• Mix 10 ml of flax oil and 20 g of beeswax. Heat the mixture in a water bath, cool and apply to the burnt area. This remedy will quickly relieve swelling and effectively heal the wound.
• Grind some charcoal into small crumbs and sprinkle it on the burn surface. This will eliminate pain and exudation, and prevent the appearance of watery blisters on the skin.

If blisters (watery blisters) have already appeared, you can try one of the following remedies.

• Melt 100 g of pork fat, add 20 g of propolis, keep on low heat for about half an hour and cool. The result is an ointment that can be applied to burned areas of the skin. This folk remedy will help prevent inflammation, relieve pain and speed up tissue recovery.
• Lubricate the affected area alternately with beaten egg white and celandine herb infusion (approximately 40 minutes later). This treatment regimen helps relieve pain and stimulates skin regeneration processes.

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Folk remedies for steam burns

A steam burn is somewhat similar to a boiling water burn, but is often more extensive. You can also use folk remedies in such a situation, but only after a preliminary consultation with a medical specialist.

The following folk recipes are suitable as first aid for a steam burn.

• We moisten a piece of cloth or gauze in cold sour milk and apply it to the damaged area of skin. We change the dressing regularly every 2 hours.
• Heat a mixture of sea buckthorn oil, sunflower oil and beeswax in a ratio of 3:3:1 until warm. Apply the resulting ointment to the burn site approximately 4 times a day.
• Boil a large onion, grind it in a meat grinder or blender. Mix the resulting gruel with flaxseed oil, distribute it over a piece of bandage and apply to the affected area. Repeat the dressings up to 3 times a day.

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Folk remedies for welding burns

Signs of an eye burn from welding do not appear immediately, but within a few hours. At first, there is pain and stinging in the eyes, photophobia appears, and tears are released. In the vast majority of cases, the listed symptoms are temporary and go away on their own after a few days. However, the use of folk remedies will help alleviate the condition of the victim and speed up the restoration of vision.

For example, honey is considered an excellent remedy for welding burns: the natural product prevents tissue swelling and serves as a preventative measure against corneal opacity. Honey has a rich vitamin composition, but it can only be used when there is no conjunctival inflammation.

Another good folk remedy is aloe juice – it is a natural biostimulant that starts and accelerates regenerative processes.

In addition, we recommend paying attention to the following folk recipes:

• prepare an infusion of linden blossom (1 tbsp. per 200 ml of boiling water), filter, soak cotton pads in the infusion and apply to the eyes. Keep for at least half an hour;
• cut thin round strips of raw potato and apply to the affected eyes for 15-20 minutes;
• prepare a calendula (marigold) infusion and use it to wash your eyes. For the infusion you will need 1 tbsp of the herb and 200 ml of water;
• Eye rinsing can also be done with chamomile infusion.

Some healers recommend dripping your own urine into your eyes for welding burns. The effect of this method is not described, but many claim that it is still quite effective.

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Folk remedies for fire burns

• Take beets, grate on the fine side of the grater. Apply the gruel to the burnt area, bandage it on top. Leave for several hours. Such a simple folk remedy will relieve pain and help the skin recover.
• Take fresh sea buckthorn berries, grind them into a puree and apply to the burn. Wrap a bandage or scarf on top. Sea buckthorn juice will relieve swelling and soothe the skin.
• Grate 1 potato on a fine grater, mix in 1 teaspoon of honey. If juice has separated, drain it. Apply the gruel to the sore spot, covering it with gauze or a handkerchief. This remedy will relieve pain and prevent inflammation.

Folk remedies for water burns

A hot water burn can be treated with other folk remedies. And some remedies for burns can be prepared in advance and stored in the refrigerator until an emergency occurs.

• Take sea buckthorn and fir oils, mix in equal parts. This mixture can be applied to the skin damaged by the burn for several days until the skin condition improves.
• To prepare a medicine for a burn, take 100 g of St. John's wort, pour 1 glass of sunflower oil and leave in the refrigerator for 21 days. After that, strain the product and use it to lubricate the burnt areas.
• A superficial wound can be lubricated with concentrated sugar syrup. To prepare it, mix 5 tbsp. sugar in 150 ml of warm water.

A good and simple folk remedy for burns is considered to be tea - both strong black and green. Brew the tea as for drinking, soak a piece of bandage folded several times in it and apply it to the affected area. As soon as the bandage dries, it is necessary to change it for another one until the pain subsides.

You can cure inflamed skin with a compress of clover infusion. To prepare the infusion, take 3 tbsp. of flowers and pour 250 ml of boiling water over them. After half an hour, you can soak a bandage in the infusion and apply it to the damaged area.

Folk remedies for sunburn

The main folk remedy for sunburn is considered to be fermented milk products. Sour cream, kefir, fermented baked milk and even whey are suitable for first aid. Lubricate the skin with any of the listed products and leave for about half an hour, then wash off.

If you don't have kefir at hand, you can grind several fresh cucumbers in a blender and spread the resulting puree evenly over the affected skin. Cover it with a scarf or gauze to prevent it from drying out. This procedure will cool and soothe the inflamed skin.

After an unsuccessful tan, many people use strong brewed green tea to lubricate all reddened areas of the skin.

If the redness after sunbathing is not severe, you can prepare the following remedy: take 1 tbsp. of vegetable oil, mix with 2-3 spoons of sour cream and 1 raw yolk. Mix everything well and spread a thin layer over the affected skin. Cover with gauze on top. Repeat the procedure as needed.

Folk remedies for chemical burns

Chemical burns are specific skin lesions that can be much more dangerous than thermal injuries. The first thing to do after such a burn is to wash off the substance that caused the damage from the skin surface.

If the provoking substance was acid, the wound should be washed with a soda solution or a solution of ammonia diluted with water. You can also apply a compress with the listed agents.

If the burn was caused by an alkali, the wound is treated with acids - for example, a solution of citric acid or vinegar.

If the leather has been damaged by various fertilizers and pest control products, the leather can be treated with gasoline.

To speed up regeneration after thoroughly washing the wound, you can apply a clean and cooled burdock or plantain leaf to the skin, but it is more effective to use the ground plant (passed through a meat grinder).

A burn wound will heal faster if the affected areas are treated with fresh pumpkin juice several times a day.

Folk remedy for burns with vinegar

In case of a burn with concentrated vinegar, first aid should be provided immediately. The sequence of actions should be approximately as follows:

• If vinegar gets on your clothes, they should be removed immediately to avoid further skin irritation;
• Wash the burnt skin with water, then with a solution of laundry or other soap, then with a soda solution. The total duration of washing is 25-30 minutes.

The water used to wash the skin should be cool.

After thorough rinsing, you can begin using folk remedies.

• Remedy No. 1: sprinkle a thick layer of tooth powder onto the damaged skin and wash it off only after 2 hours.
• Remedy No. 2: apply a paste of baking soda and water to the burn site for half an hour.
• Remedy No. 3: dilute 1 tbsp. of starch in a glass of water and apply it to the wound as a compress 3 times a day.

Remember: if the injury is serious, it is better not to use folk remedies for burns, so as not to lose precious time. In such a situation, it is better to immediately call an ambulance, or go to the emergency room or directly to the doctor.

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