Oils from burns

What are burns, everyone knows. Burn injuries of varying degrees can be obtained at home in the kitchen, when the fire is kindled in nature, and in any other place. However, the first aid kit is not always at hand, so the question often arises: what tool can be used to relieve the burn? For example, does oil help burn? And if so, which one?

Is it possible to smear a burn with butter?

In occasion of, whether it is possible to smear a burn with oil, opinions of experts were divided.

Many of them believe that applying any oily substance to the damaged skin can slow the healing. However, in practice, thousands of people use this method, which nevertheless proves to be quite effective: oil not only pains, but also softens the skin, which promotes early regeneration. In addition, various oils (particularly vegetable oils) are almost always at hand.

Thus, you can use oil preparations for burns. The main thing is to do it correctly, which we will discuss later in this article.

Oils with sunburn

Solar burns are one of the main problems of a hot summer period. In an effort to be beautiful, many abused stay in the sun, which subsequently manifests itself in the form of redness and burning of the skin.

Long stay under the scorching sun rays is considered very harmful to the body. In addition to burn damage, it threatens the heat stroke and even the development of tumor processes in the skin.

A sunburn can not manifest itself immediately. It is not uncommon for people to come home from a rest, and only in the evening they find that they have "been burnt". In this situation, the most often are the owners of light sensitive skin.

What to do if there was a sunburn, and there are no pharmacy products at home?

You can take a little olive oil, warm with a water bath, cool and lubricate the affected skin. Olives have a rich mineral and vitamin composition, including a number of fatty polyunsaturated acids. Thanks to this procedure, the skin softens, on it a protective film is formed, which prevents the moisture outflow and overdrying of the surface layers.

In addition to olive, you can use other unrefined vegetable oils.

Oil when burned with boiling water

Burns with boiling water are undesirable to treat independently, except for superficial and small skin lesions. At the second and even more third degree of burn damage, you should immediately seek medical help.

For an early healing of the burn wound, you can use your own cooking ointment. It will take only beeswax and sunflower oil. So, we mix 1 tbsp. L. Wax and 3 tbsp. L. Oil, warm and cool. The ointment is ready: now it can be applied to the burn sites up to 4 times a day.

According to the feedback of users, such ointment reduces painful sensations already for several hours after application, and in a few days the place of burn will become invisible.

Indications of the oils from burns

Often people underestimate the whole danger of the situation associated with burns, and try to treat themselves without referring to doctors. But you need to remember that at home you can treat only light superficial burns. For example, oil products can help in the following cases:

• if the burn area does not exceed the palm of a person;
• if the skin on the burn was red, but not charred, not white and has no signs of a complete damage;
• if the burn is not related to the mucous, the face area, the groin area and the joints;
• if it is not a electric shock;
• if the victim feels well.

If the burn is small, but it happened in a child, a pregnant woman or an elderly person, then the doctor should be obligatory and urgent.

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Release form

With a small surface burn in traditional medicine, mainly external drugs with cooling and bactericidal action are used - these can be gels or creams. Alternative medicine offers a more simple and affordable way to treat burns - this is oil therapy. You can use different oils - vegetable, ethereal, etc. Consider the application of the most popular types of oil products.

• Sea buckthorn oil is the most common oil from burns, tested for years. It successfully heals wounds, prevents inflammation. This remedy must be in every home medicine cabinet. When applied to the affected skin, the sea buckthorn helps to remove excess fluid, which eliminates swelling, prevents the growth of bacterial infection, improves the condition of the vessels.

When burns, effectively apply cotton dressings impregnated with oil. The procedure should be done in the following order:

• the affected skin is cleaned of any impurities;
• a dressing with oil is applied;
• is fixed by an additional bandage.

Dressings should be repeated daily for a week.

• Coconut oil is a product that is well suited for the treatment of sunburn. Coconut prevents putrefactive processes, accelerates recovery, not allowing the infection to penetrate into the affected tissue. The product also has a small analgesic effect.

Regularly, during the first day after receiving the burn, it is necessary to lubricate the burn surface with coconut oil. Then it will be enough to handle the wound 1-2 times a day.

• Fir oil has a unique composition that determines its anti-inflammatory and disinfecting properties. This tool is actively used to treat dermatological diseases, it will also help with thermal injuries of the skin: the wound surface is smeared with fir oil several times a day, it is possible under the bandage. The procedure is repeated until complete cure.
• Lavender oil will help not only with sunburn, but also with burns with boiling water or open fire. Concerning the successful use of lavender oil from burns, even special studies have been carried out, which have proved that lavender has excellent healing properties. Oil molecules unobstructedly adhere to deep layers of the skin, which allows to affect the affected area not only from the outside, but also from the inside.

To treat a burn, it is recommended to lubricate the affected area of the skin with undiluted lavender oil. A bandage is applied from above, which should be changed every two hours. After a while, as the burn is tightened, the wound can be lubricated with a mixture of vegetable and lavender oils.

• Butter itself is unlikely to help in the treatment of burns. However, in combination with other components, the softening properties of such a product can be very helpful. For example, with burns, a recipe is often used:
  • take 100 g of quality butter, mixed with 20 g of flaxseed oil and 40 g of beeswax;
  • The resulting mass is placed in a saucepan and placed on a small fire;
  • boil for 5 minutes;
  • The resulting product is applied to a piece of gauze and applied to the burned skin.

Such a medicine can be used twice a day, until the wound is completely healed.

• Flaxseed oil has long been used to eliminate pain, healing of scratches and inflamed places on the skin. The main external property of a linen product is its ability to quickly remove irritation of the skin. This property is explained by the presence of a large number of natural antioxidants and omega-3 essential fatty acids, as well as vitamins and minerals.

Simultaneously with the external application of flaxseed oil, it is recommended to use it inside, 1 tbsp. L. In the morning and in the evening. This will soften the skin and make them more elastic.

• Egg oil is a product of alternative medicine, widely known in the circles of experienced healers. You can get this oil as follows:
  • boil the chicken egg for 15 minutes, clean and separate the yolk;
  • stirring, fry the yolk on sunflower oil on low heat, until blackening;
  • drain the oil, filter through gauze;
  • use to lubricate burn wounds.

Egg oil helps to restore tissues and makes scarring less noticeable.

• Apricot cosmetic oil is effective for improving and strengthening the skin. However, the regenerating and tonic properties of the oil make it possible to apply it also for the treatment of burns.

Cosmetic oil is rich in vitamins, it helps to moisturize, restore, soften and increase the elasticity of the skin, and, in addition, nourishes deeply located layers of the skin. Taking into account the listed properties, apricot oil can be confidently used to treat small burns and skin cracks.

• Castor oil is often used to treat sunburn. To do this, apply a mixture on the surface of the burn on the basis of 2 tbsp. L. Castor oil, 1 tbsp. L. Soda and salt (at the tip of the knife).

To soften the compacted skin at the burn site, it is useful to use an equal mixture of castor and olive oil.

• Cumin oil can be called a universal remedy for almost all diseases. Particularly useful is the oil of black cumin - it's just a storehouse of substances necessary for the body. This oil will also benefit from burns.

You can lubricate the affected skin with oil several times a day: this simple action will strengthen and restore the tissues. However, most often cumin oil is mixed in equal proportions with olive oil. The oil compress is applied to the burn site for 1 hour, after which it is removed. The procedure can be repeated after 2 hours.

• Peach oil is very well absorbed into the skin, does not cause allergies and irritation, and also has a large number of vitamins, which helps the wound heal faster. However, in order that the burn did not leave a trace behind itself and was delayed without complications, it is recommended to use a mixture of oils:
  • take 15 drops of peach oil, 15 drops of lavender oil, mix;
  • wet a piece of bandage in oil and apply to the burn area.

Dressings should be done every 3 hours, until persistent improvement in the condition.

• Hips oil is often used in medicine, and also is a part of many medicinal and cosmetic preparations. It contains a large number of fatty acids, which help to repair the broken epithelium, and also return elasticity and elasticity to the skin.

With burns, the oil in the form of compresses is applied to the affected area for 15-20 minutes. The procedure can be repeated 3-4 times a day, daily, to ease the condition.

• Almond oil is rich in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated acids, vitamins, bioflavonoids, minerals. This composition allows you to use oil from burns, as well as to strengthen and rejuvenate the skin. With non-extensive burns with almond oil, the affected areas of the skin are lubricated. For 1 tablespoon of oil, you can add 2 drops of tea tree oil and lavender.
• Lily oil contains essential oils, mucous substances, flavonoids. To make lily oil yourself, follow this recipe:
  • 100 g of torn lily petals fall asleep in a bottle of dark glass, pour 400 ml of boiled sunflower or olive oil;
  • the bottle is placed in a dark place for 14 days, after which it is filtered, poured into another dark bottle;
  • store the medicine in the refrigerator.

Prepared lily oil is used to lubricate burn sites to accelerate healing.

• The milk thistle oil is obtained from the seeds of the plant, and its healing properties are explained by the presence of chlorophyll, vitamins, fatty polyunsaturated acids. Chlorophyll is a known remedy that is used in cosmetology and medicine to stimulate the recovery processes in tissues.

The milk thistle oil can be used to heal low-flow wound processes, since this product significantly activates the growth of granulation tissue and improves reparative reactions.

The oil is burned twice a day for 5 consecutive days. As early as 3-5 days, the wound's condition improves significantly.

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Pharmacodynamics

When applied to the burned skin, the oils act approximately the same way:

• cover the wound with a protective film that prevents the infection from entering the wound and prevents the moisture from leaving the tissues;
• prevent the formation of edema.

If the oils contain antibacterial components (for example, sea buckthorn oil, fir, dogrose), they also have an anti-inflammatory effect.

Most oil products soften the skin, preventing the appearance of scar changes.

Essential oils, including eucalyptus oil, lavender, tea tree, cloves, have an antiseptic effect. This contributes to a much faster healing of the wound surface.

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Pharmacokinetics

The oil is not absorbed into the systemic circulation from the surface of the burn wound, but acts as an external agent. For this reason, it is not possible to talk about kinetic properties.

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Dosing and administration

Practically for all oils from burns there are a number of generally accepted recommendations for use:

• Before applying oil, it is desirable to sterilize it beforehand with a water bath;
• The burnt surface must be cleaned of contaminants, the edges treated with iodine (only the edges, not the wound!);
• Burn wound should be treated with a solution of hydrogen peroxide as an additional disinfection;
• after the peroxide solution, the wound should be dried for a few minutes;
• Further it is possible to impregnate a cotton napkin with the cooled butter and to put it to the amazed skin.

In addition, a napkin with oil should be strengthened with a bandage bandage.

Dressings are recommended to be carried out at first every 3-4 hours, after - 2 times a day. If everything is done correctly, the skin will gradually improve, and the wound will completely heal in 4-15 days, depending on the characteristics of the burn.

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Use of the oils from burns during pregnancy

During pregnancy, any diseases and injuries, including burns, should be treated better by the doctor. Of course, if the burn is insignificant, and looks like a slight reddening, then you can use the oil as a first aid.

If blisters appear on the wound, or the area of the burn is relatively large, then the doctor should be treated only. Burn during pregnancy can have negative consequences:

• premature birth or the threat of termination of pregnancy as a result of a woman's stress;
• intoxication of the fetus with toxic substances, which turn out to be in the bloodstream with a large burn.

In the case of burns of 2-3 degrees, an appeal to a doctor should become mandatory.

Contraindications

Oil from burns should never be used:

• for the treatment of large burns (more than the palm area);
• for the treatment of burns of mucous membranes, genital organs, face, and also the region of joints;
• for the treatment of burns of any degree, except I;
• for the treatment of burns, received by electric current;
• for the treatment of burns, blistered, blackened or whitened;
• when the wound surface is suppurated;
• with any violation of the integrity of the skin at the site of application of the oil.

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Side effects of the oils from burns

Sometimes after applying oil on the affected skin, the sensation of burning can increase. This is a temporary phenomenon, which is associated with an additional irritation of the already irritated skin. After a short while, the burning must subside.

If the unpleasant sensations do not go away, and the redness increases, then this may be a sign of an allergic reaction to the oil. In a similar situation, the oil must be rinsed immediately with cool water with antibacterial soap and consult a doctor.

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Overdose

If you apply immediately a large amount of oil, then nothing terrible will happen - overdoses of oils did not happen.

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Interactions with other drugs

There were no reliable studies on the interaction of oils with burns with other anti-burn agents, since the use of oils is considered part of alternative medicine. For this reason, it is not recommended to combine the treatment with oils and other medications: it is better to use such drugs separately from each other.

Storage conditions

Most oils are stored at room temperature. An exception is flaxseed oil, which must be stored only in the refrigerator, otherwise it will lose its useful properties. It is impossible to freeze the oil.

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Shelf life

The shelf life of most oils, like other natural products, is relatively small. If the storage rules are observed, such terms can be 1-2 years. If the packaging with oil indicates that the product can be stored for several years, then this is not always true. A long shelf life is available only to some highly stable varieties of oil - this jojoba and crabbe, which are stored for 3 years or even longer.

Important point: oil from burns should be of high quality. Otherwise, oxidation products can have a negative and harmful effect on the components of skin cells.