Skin Burn Remedy

[tanklv]

Over the weekend, while preparing for the holiday dinner, I (stupidly) grabbed a hot baking sheet only seconds out of the oven (I thought I'd move it from where it was placed moments before).

Needless to say, I severly burned my hand. Very painful.

My neighbor told me about this remedy:

Take some plain white (bond) paper and crumple it up into a ball on a china or porcelain plate. Set it afire and let it burn until ashes. Disgard the ashes. On the plate under where the paper was you will find a yellowish/brown sticky residue. Rub this all over the extent of the burn. After a few seconds, the pain should lessen to a "sting" and then after a minute or two, just - NOTHING! After about 15 to 20 minutes, even the burn will slowly disappear, with the skin returning from a "crispy" red, mess, to soft like before the burn! No blisters, no scarring - nothing!

The residue will stay on the fingers for awhile - leave it there.

My neighbor first used it on her little girl when she accidentally burned her arm on a hot iron.

This is amazing. I wonder where this remedy originated - I never heard of it before!

[PC LOAD LETTER]

That's interesting. I've never heard of that, but I have heard of rubbing a bit of honey in the burn then wrapping it with something.

This is good for hiking or camping. Burn yourself on the fire, use some honey. Run out of food, use some honey. Plus a small bottle of honey is very light and won't be noticed in terms of weight.

It works because the serous fluid coming out of the burn dilutes the honey. After dilution, enzymes in the honey produce hydrogen peroxide, which cleans and disinfects the wound. There is also a natural antibiotic in honey. The honey also prevents the dressing from sticking to the healing wound.

I always carry honey in my pack.

[danyboy27]

Usually its not recommended to put any oily substance on a burn except aloes.

From my personal experience (i burn myself a lot with my shitty soldering iron) the best thing to do when you get burned is to put the skin over cold water for 15 min, wrap the whole thing in a sterile bandage, take 2 aspirins and tough it out until the blister are fully formed.

never heard of your remedy before, i am gonna check it out.
EDIT: It might have something to do with the pulp inside the paper.
EDIT:Also never use toilet paper to wrap any kind of wound, it will increase the risk of infection beccause of the particles.

[coda]

Aloe from the Aloe Vera Plant.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2119545_use-aloe-vera-treat-burns.html

[tanklv]

Aloe from the Aloe Vera Plant.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2119545_use-aloe-vera-treat-burns.html
I'm from Hawaii and am very familiar with the aloe plant - while it minimizes superficial burns, it does nothing compared to the original post - it is literally a night and day difference.

Aloe is "OK" - but the paper residue treatment is way better.

[danyboy27]

I'm from Hawaii and am very familiar with the aloe plant - while it minimizes superficial burns, it does nothing compared to the original post - it is literally a night and day difference.

Aloe is "OK" - but the paper residue treatment is way better.

It might help if we knew what kind of tree is used to make the paper in your region.

[tanklv]

It might help if we knew what kind of tree is used to make the paper in your region.

I'm in Las Vegas, and my neighbot just went and got a couple sheets from another room. I think it was just plain white bond paper - the kind you use at work or for your copy machines/printers.

I think it works with many types, but I'll ask her tomorrow.

It WAS NOT "newsprint" paper - the grey kind they use in newspapers.

[Prometeo liberado]

I've worked in many kitchens an have seen Italian cooks use Gin from the bar. From what I saw it numbed the area and of course sanitized it. A couple days latter I could not see any extreme discoloration. Gin is made of many herbs and berries so I assume this is its active ingrediant.:scared: