12 Best Home Remedies for Minor Burns – First Aid for Minor Burns

Causes

You can get highly painful burns from various sources, mainly due to non-compliance with safety rules:

• chemical substances;
• solar radiation;
• electricity;
• flame;
• steam;
• heated iron.

The affected area can be localized or widespread. The effectiveness of treatment depends on this indicator. The severity of the injury also influences.

Degrees

When selecting possible options from the arsenal of traditional treatment, you need to understand that they will be safe and effective only with a low (1.2) degree of damage. Classification:

• 1st degree. Characterized by mild swelling, redness, and slight pain.
• 2nd degree. It is manifested by the development of bubbles with a liquid substance on the burned areas.
• 3rd degree. The skin becomes covered with whitish blisters filled with blood. With such a defeat, traditional methods do not bring the expected result. Medical attention required.
• 4th degree. There are deep lesions in tissues and even bones. Urgent hospitalization is required.

Types of burns

In medical terminology, it is customary to classify all burns according to the degree of damage to the skin and adjacent tissues, as well as the size of the area.

They are distinguished into 4 degrees:

1. The first degree is characterized by damage to the surface layer of the epithelium . There is redness, slight swelling and pain in a certain area. All sensations go away on their own within a few days.
2. In the second degree, redness also appears , but not only the upper layer of the epidermis is affected, but also the one that is deeper. There is swelling, and blisters with a thin wall appear on the wound. If the bubble does not burst, then the infection has not leaked inside, the burn goes away within 2 weeks.
3. The third degree is divided into 2 types : in the first type, thick-walled blisters and scab formation are observed. In the second subtype, tissue necrosis occurs, pus is released, and scars remain.
4. With thermal damage from boiling water of 4 degrees, charring of the skin and a black scab occurs.

Last degree burns in children and adults require immediate professional medical help.

Important ! Burns of 1st and 2nd degrees are considered life-threatening if more than 30% of the body is affected, as well as 3-4 degrees if 10% of the body is affected. During pregnancy, damage to 10% of the body is considered dangerous.

To independently find out the degree of thermal damage to the skin, use Glumov’s method: when 1% of the body is equal in size to 1 human palm. Using this method, you can determine the size of the affected tissues in a child.

First aid

Immediately after receiving a burn, emergency measures are necessary:

• Eliminate the source of danger. For extensive lesions, clothing should be removed quickly.
• Direct a stream of cool water onto the burned areas, holding it for at least 30 minutes.
• If chemicals come into contact, neutralizing solutions should be applied quickly. If the injury is caused by acid, you will need an alkaline soap or soda solution. For alkali damage, use a solution of table vinegar or citric acid.
• Areas with blisters are covered with a sterile bandage after applying an antiseptic drug.
• If the pain is severe, you will need to take painkillers.

Then, for uncomplicated grade 1 and 2 injuries, proven folk recipes are used for treatment, taking into account medical recommendations and possible contraindications.

There is also the 9% rule. It states that on:

• head
• neck
• Breasts
• Belly
• Each hand
• Each hip
• Skin on the lower leg and foot - 9% each of the total body area .

• On the back - 18%.

• On the genitals - 1%.

For large burns, it is more convenient to use the rule of the palm, and for small burns, it is more convenient to use the rule of nines.

Minor burns can be treated with folk remedies. For example, scalding with boiling water or steam, since they rarely reach degree 2 of severity.

Treatment of a chemical burn

After pre-washing with neutralizing agents for a chemical burn at home, the following treatment methods are used:

1. Cut a fresh burdock leaf. They wash it, carefully cut off the thick veins and lightly beat it with a wooden hammer. Apply to the affected area, securing with a cloth. Perform at night.
2. The plantain leaves, washed and wiped with a paper napkin, are finely chopped and rubbed with a wooden spoon. Spread the pulp on a gauze napkin and then fix it on the burn for 40 minutes.
3. Squeeze the juice from the grated pumpkin pulp. Every four hours, soak a cotton swab in it and carefully wipe the burned skin.
4. A fresh cabbage leaf relieves pain well and speeds up healing. It is washed with warm boiled water, the veins are beaten off a little to make them soft. Apply to the burn area, securing with gauze.
5. To prevent the formation of blisters, sprinkle the reddened surface with baking soda mixed in equal parts with starch.
6. Fir oil is highly effective for blisters. A sterile gauze patch is impregnated with the drug and fixed with a bandage. Change the compress four to five times a day.

Black elderberry leaves - 2 tbsp. l. pour 500 ml of milk into an enamel ladle. Place the dishes in a water bath for 10 minutes. The cooled broth is expressed through two-layer gauze. Soak a soft cotton napkin with the healing liquid and place steamed leaves on it.

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This application is replaced with a fresh variety every six hours. In an enamel pan, place a peeled medium onion, cut into eight pieces, with grated raw beets and crushed elderberry roots - 2 tbsp. l.

Additionally, add 100 g of garden rose petals and 2 tsp. chamomile inflorescences. Pour a liter of water into the mixture and boil over low heat for 10 minutes. The cooled, strained broth serves as the basis for lotions.

Treating burns at home

The article was prepared by a specialist for informational purposes only. We urge you not to self-medicate. When the first symptoms appear, consult a doctor.

Content:

How to treat and anoint a burn?

This article describes methods of treating burns using sea buckthorn oil, panthenol, bodyaga, sour cream and home remedies, as well as useful information on how to properly treat burns of various origins and severity.

Sea buckthorn oil for burns

Sea buckthorn oil is a very effective remedy in the treatment of external and internal burns of thermal (exposure to high temperatures), chemical (exposure to acids and other active substances) and radiation (exposure to radiation during radiation therapy against cancer) origin.

The value of this product lies in the fact that it contains active substances that have good healing properties that affect the affected tissue and its cells. In this case, the process of restoration of the affected area occurs quickly, and pain is significantly reduced.

The method of using sea buckthorn oil for burns is quite simple and is as follows:

• gauze wipes are soaked in sterile sea buckthorn oil;
• placed on a pre-treated burn surface;
• secured with bandages;
• daily monitoring of the wound condition is carried out;
• in case of suppuration, the wound is additionally treated and the bandage is changed;
• if healing proceeds normally, the bandage is changed after 3 days;
• The bandage is removed after 8-10 days.

There are cases when applying a bandage is difficult - treating non-deep facial burns. Then an open method of treatment is used using irrigation of burn surfaces. Initially, this procedure is carried out as it is absorbed, and then up to 2 times a day for a week.

During and after the use of radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer of the esophagus, a course of taking sea buckthorn oil orally 2-3 times a day, 0.5 tablespoon, is prescribed during irradiation and after it for 3 weeks.

Burn Egg

Treatment of burns with eggs can be carried out in several ways:

1. In the case of mild thermal external burns, use a thick white separated from the yolk and apply it to the treated surface of the skin. The resulting film should not be removed; it should fall off on its own.
2. When treating more complex burns, beat the egg white and yolk and apply the resulting mixture to the affected area. The course is repeated until the skin is completely restored.
3. Egg oil has long been used in folk medicine to treat severe burns.

You get it like this:

• Boil the egg for 15 minutes, peel it and separate the white from the yolk;
• Place the yolk in a heated frying pan with vegetable oil and fry over low heat, stirring constantly, until black;
• then drain the resulting oil;
• Lubricate the burn areas with this oil.

One egg yields 0.5 teaspoon of medicine. The course of treatment is carried out until complete recovery. As a result, the burned areas recover faster, and in their place the scars are practically invisible if the procedure is applied immediately after the burn.

Panthenol for burns

"Panthenol" is sold in pharmacy chains in the form of ointment, spray or cream. At home, this is the best first aid remedy for various burns. The drug contains the active substance dexpanthenol, which has a rapid healing, restorative effect and anti-inflammatory effect.

Immediately after receiving a burn, you should clean the affected area from traumatic effects, cool for 10-15 minutes, and then apply Panthenol in a thin layer. On the first day, you can use the product up to 4 or more times if necessary. If the wound is infected, it should first be treated with an antiseptic.

Badyaga for burns

The use of badyagi for the treatment of burns is allowed only in case of combating the consequences of this phenomenon - scars. It is not worth applying products from badyagi to fresh wounds and burns of any complexity, since the condition can be aggravated due to the active substance, which causes a strong flow of blood to the affected area. As a result, pain may increase, itching, swelling and an allergic reaction may appear.

When getting rid of burn scars, it is advisable to use badyagi powder mixed with vegetable oil until it becomes thick like sour cream. This mixture is applied in a thin layer to the affected area daily for several hours. As a result, rapid resorption of thickenings and tissue restoration occurs. Using this method, you can get rid of both old scars and newly formed ones.

The mechanism of action of badyagi on the skin is that the needles of this mollusk, in a crushed state, enter the surface layers of the skin, causing irritation and stimulating local blood flow. Next, cell renewal mechanisms are launched.

Sour cream for sunburn

A proven remedy for treating sunburn is the use of sour cream. Its use is first aid if symptoms of sunburn appear in the form of skin redness and pain. And also in the case when more complex thermal burns with swelling of the skin and blisters filled with liquid are received.

When the first signs of burning appear, you should leave a sunny place and cool your body as quickly as possible by taking a cold bath. After this, apply a thin layer of cold sour cream to the skin and let it absorb. You can also use fatty fermented milk products in the form of yogurt. Treatment in this way can be continued for several days until the redness and soreness of the burned surfaces disappear.

The therapeutic effect of sour cream is that it soothes the skin and moisturizes it, and also activates metabolic and regenerative processes in the cells of affected tissues.

Home remedy for burns

There are many effective home remedies to combat burns.

Raw potatoes for sunburn. Immediately after the burn. You should grate the potatoes on a fine grater. add a little sour cream or full-fat kefir to it and apply the paste in a thin layer to the burned area. This remedy will quickly relieve pain and promote rapid restoration of epidermal cells.

Oak bark and poplar buds against burns. To prepare an anti-burn ointment, take two tablespoons of oak bark and one tablespoon of poplar buds. Grind the mixture until smooth and stir. Add 7 tablespoons of butter to it, put everything in a container and put it in a warm oven for 12 hours. After this, the mixture is kept in a water bath for half an hour and filtered. The resulting ointment can be used for burns of all types.

Its therapeutic effect lies in the positive effect of oak bark components on the restoration of organs and tissues. as well as the antiseptic effect of substances contained in poplar buds. Butter is used in ointments as a nutritive and binding agent. In the complex, all components complement each other, increasing the immunity of the affected areas and the body as a whole. This recipe has been known in folk medicine for a long time.

Author of the article:

Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna |
Herbalist Education: Diploma in General Medicine and Therapy received from the University named after N.I. Pirogov (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Herbal Medicine at the Moscow People's Friendship University (2008). Our authors

From a burn with boiling water

When choosing the most effective version of a traditional healing method that provides effective assistance for a 1st or 2nd degree burn with boiling water, pay attention to the following proven remedies:

1. Peel the washed raw potato tuber. Grind it on a grater and immediately spread the pulp on cheesecloth. Make a fresh compress every 10 minutes for an hour, removing the residue with a moistened soft cloth.
2. Wheat flour helps reduce pain and prevent the formation of blisters. It should be sifted through a sieve and poured in a thick layer onto the affected area.
3. Mint toothpaste, which is placed in a thick layer on the redness, has a decongestant, analgesic effect. Wash off after two hours.
4. Relieves soreness and inflammation with brown, fragrance-free laundry soap that has pronounced antiseptic properties. The block is crushed on a grater. The shavings are slightly moistened and placed on the burn area.
5. Reduces swelling and effectively relieves pain using raw beets. The root crop is washed, peeled and rubbed. Spread on the skin immediately after performing cooling procedures.
6. If aloe grows at home for at least three years, this plant will serve as an excellent remedy for burns. Cut the leaf and wash it under running water. Wipe with a linen napkin, cut along the longitudinal line and select the pulp onto a plate, which is ground with a wooden spatula. Distribute over skin that has been burned by boiling water. Aloe juice is used for the same purpose.
7. Honey has a beneficial effect, which is slightly heated to a liquid state and gently lubricated on the reddened area.
8. Strong brewing of black tea helps against burns from boiling water. A soft cotton piece folded in half is soaked in it and kept for at least an hour. This product activates regeneration processes and has a calming and disinfecting effect.

How to treat burns at home

1. Stop contact with the burning factor. Put out the flames on your clothes and move away from the fire. If you are burned by boiling water, immediately remove clothing in contact with the body. Throw a hot object.
2. Cool the burnt surface. It is best to do this under running water at a temperature of 10-18 degrees. You can immerse the limb in a container of water or apply a damp cloth. You need to cool for 5 to 10 minutes; in case of a chemical burn, rinse with running water for up to 20 minutes (except for burns with quicklime). Cooling has an analgesic effect and also prevents the spread of heating of healthy tissue at the border of the burn.
3. Anesthesia. For severe pain, you can take paracetamol, ibuprofen, ketanov, analgin, and other analgesics.
4. Local treatment. The main goal in treating burns is to protect the surface from germs, relieve pain and speed up the restoration of the damaged layer of skin. They simply use sterile wipes, special wipes for burns, sprays and ointments that promote healing.
5. General treatment. It would be a good idea to take restorative medications and also follow a proper diet to ensure that the burn heals faster and without consequences. It is recommended to increase the amount of protein in the diet (meat, fish, dairy products), as well as vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins. Additionally, you can take vitamin C and Aevit. It is recommended to drink more.

Oil burn

If heated oil gets on the skin, the use of folk remedies at home is justified if there are no serious deep tissue damage.

Pounded pumpkin pulp perfectly cools an oil-burned area. This option is recommended for children as the safest way to relieve pain and prevent the formation of blisters. Leave the compress under a sterile bandage for five hours, then remove the residue with a soft, moistened cloth.

Oak bark, known for its regenerative abilities, accelerates healing. Use 1 tbsp. l. crushed raw materials, which are boiled at low temperature for 10 minutes in 100 ml of water. The cooled, filtered decoction is used for lotions.

A cabbage leaf crushed in a meat grinder, mixed with egg white to an elastic, homogeneous consistency, quickly relieves pain and promotes healing. During the day, the bandage with this ointment is replaced every six hours.

To produce a product with wound-healing and antiseptic characteristics, 10 tablets of streptocide are ground in a mortar. In an enamel bowl, mix the powder with 100 ml olive oil and heat for 30 minutes using a water bath. Treat the burn with cooled ointment every three hours.

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After a fire burn

To heal thermal burns received from open fire, effective recipes recommended by traditional healers are selected.

Pour 300 ml sunflower oil into an enamel bowl. Add green stems of St. John's wort - 100 g. Boil the composition at low temperature for 30 minutes. In cooled, filtered form, St. John's wort oil is used to lubricate inflamed skin after a fire burn three times a day.

Combine two fresh eggs with homemade cow butter - 3 tbsp. l. Knead vigorously until an elastic, homogeneous paste is obtained. After spreading over the burned area, cover it with a sterile bandage.

Remove it after the product has dried and, if necessary, repeat the procedure, which has a healing and moisturizing effect.

Sea buckthorn oil, which has strong healing properties, helps well. The drug is applied to the affected areas every eight hours.

To prevent the appearance of ulcers, swelling, inflammation, dissolve baking soda in 200 ml of slightly warmed water - 1 tsp. Compresses are made based on the solution.

If the blisters are already beginning to burst and a sharp pain appears, boil the peeled onion and crush it using a mixer. Pour 1/2 tsp into the slurry while vigorously stirring. linseed oil. Spread the healing mass and cover with a bandage. Change the compress in the morning and evening.

Folk remedies

Often, not only adults, but also children are burned by boiling water. If the lesion is small, you can use folk remedies to heal wounds.

Most of them are based on the use of natural ingredients that can be found in everyone’s home.

Note ! If your child's tongue is burned, immediately apply a piece of ice. Also use lavender oil - it has antiseptic properties. Dr. Komarovsky draws the attention of parents to the fact of timely seeking medical help. If, in addition to external factors, there is vomiting, dizziness, or deterioration in health, the child should be shown to a doctor.

The best remedy for burns: vegetable and fruit juices. They contain a maximum of vitamins B and C, which help restore damaged cells.

It is also worth paying attention to other folk remedies that can quickly heal burn wounds:

You should not prescribe antibiotics for yourself or your child. If the lesions are small, turn to folk remedies and light ointments.

Remedies for iron burns

If you handle a heated iron carelessly, burns often occur, most often localized on the hands, although other parts of the body may also be affected. Many traditional methods can quickly relieve pain and prevent the formation of blisters.

Lightly beaten white of a fresh chicken egg relieves burning and pain in 1st degree burns. They lubricate the burned area, repeating the procedure after two hours if necessary.

This product does not require rinsing. If a 2nd degree burn occurs, then the egg white, beaten together with the yolk, is used for coating.

If you apply tomato paste immediately after touching the iron, swelling will not form, the pain will quickly subside, and blisters will not appear.

Grated potatoes, thoroughly mixed with honey in a ratio of 4:1, successfully treat iron burns. The mass is wrapped in a piece of bandage and left on the affected area for two hours. Such sessions are practiced five times a day.

It is recommended to treat the burned area with black cumin oil every four hours. This procedure softens the dermis and promotes healing without scars.

Applying liquid vitamin E to a burn can be beneficial. At the same time, it is recommended to take it orally.

Medicines for burns

How to treat a fire burn is a pressing question for those who have suffered a thermal injury. Despite the fact that a doctor prescribes a restorative course of drugs, people who have suffered minor injuries try to treat burns on their own, without going to the hospital.

For stages 1 or 2, self-therapy, although not recommended, does not pose a significant danger. With severe degrees of damage, hospitalization and treatment under the supervision of doctors are required.

If you still want to use proven remedies, use one of the following drugs:

• Bepanten or Panthenol. The main active ingredient of the ointments is dexpanthenol, which accelerates cell regeneration. Panthenol is also available in spray form. The aerosol is convenient to apply; it avoids pressure on the skin, thereby reducing pain;
• Olazol spray has anti-inflammatory and wound-healing properties;
• Levomekol ointment is an antibacterial agent that eliminates pathogenic microflora. A crust forms on the surface faster and no pus appears.

Drink plenty of fluids during recovery. Take a course of vitamins, which must include substances of groups B, A, E. When going outside, protect the affected areas from the sun.

Steam burn - treatment

Given the high heating temperature, steam can burn you even more than boiling water. It is important to quickly find your bearings and apply a method from the database of popular advice that can relieve severe pain and speed up healing.

You can use aloe juice, potato pulp, egg white foam. It is also advisable to make a homemade anti-burn ointment. Place unsalted butter and melted beeswax - 100 g each, with the addition of linseed oil - 20 g, into an enamel bowl.

Place the container in a steam bath and heat it with constant stirring for five minutes. When warm, the ointment is placed on a piece of gauze and the affected area is covered. The bandage should be changed twice a day.

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For sunburn

Many people are familiar with the burning sensation followed by redness of the skin after prolonged exposure to bright sunlight.

It is recommended to immediately coat the damaged areas with cool fermented milk products. Fermented baked milk, yogurt, and whey significantly reduce pain and prevent the risk of blisters. You can use other non-native techniques:

• Raw cucumbers will help cool the skin, reduce swelling and pain. They are grated or crushed in a blender. The paste, wrapped in gauze, is kept on the inflamed skin for 30 minutes.
• Cool, strong brewed green tea, used to wipe off redness several times a day, has a beneficial effect.
• For mild redness, use a product that moisturizes the skin and activates the regeneration of burned tissues. To make it, the egg yolk is ground until smooth with sour cream - 1 tbsp. l. and olive oil - 1 tsp. Lubricate the painful areas in the morning and evening, covering the top with sterile gauze.
• Fresh juice obtained from ripe tomatoes relieves the burning sensation. Fill the bath with cool water, pour two glasses of juice and soak for 10 minutes.
• It is recommended that on the second day you begin to lubricate sun-damaged skin with slightly warmed coconut oil. It is advisable to apply it at night. Such procedures provide excellent hydration of the dermis.
• Boil 4 tbsp in 250 ml of water. l. oatmeal until cooked. Strain the jelly-like liquid into a separate cup and, after cooling, apply evenly to the reddened skin. Repeat every eight hours. After such a healing manipulation, the removal of swelling and inflammation is accelerated.
• Mix apple cider vinegar with boiled water at room temperature in equal volumes while thoroughly mixing. A soft linen napkin is soaked in the solution and distributed over the burn area. Such pain-relieving lotions are repeated every six hours.
• Turmeric helps prevent blisters from appearing. Thanks to its pronounced antiseptic properties, this spice quickly removes inflammation and relieves pain. Mix equal parts of turmeric powder, ground barley and natural yogurt without additives. The homogeneous mass is kept on the redness for 30 minutes, and then the residue is washed off with cool water.
• Boil until tender and peel the potatoes. Grind on a grater and cool. Gently spread over the burned dermis, leaving for an hour.

Precautionary measures

Most often, injuries from burns occur at home. They can be avoided if you take preventive measures and do not violate the simple rules of safe behavior:

1. Avoid smoking in bed.
2. A fire alarm is installed in the house.
3. Train all household members on the rules of evacuation in case of fire.
4. Install a fire extinguisher near the kitchen area.
5. Store flammable and aggressive substances in non-flammable containers in a well-ventilated area.
6. Keep matches and lighters out of the reach of children.
7. Children are taught not to turn on stoves and household appliances on their own.
8. Do not leave hot food or drinks in the child’s access area.
9. They constantly check the serviceability of stoves, fireplaces, and gas stoves.
10. Avoid prolonged exposure to the sun.

It is necessary to quickly navigate when receiving burns to avoid severe pain, as well as the development of long-healing wounds and ulcers.

It is worth forming a home base of ideas from folk methods that help solve the problem, given that in case of serious lesions it is necessary to consult a doctor.