Burns will result in the upper layers of the skin damaged and reddish and painful. Mild degree burns occur because of direct contact with hot liquids, objects, vapors or sun exposure. If the burn is severe or chronic, it requires the handling of a doctor.
If burns are experienced in mild levels, then there are several ways to treat minor burns that you can do yourself using various materials around you.
How To Treat Natural Injuries
1. Cold Water
So that burns do not spread to the surface of other skin. You can stop the burning with cold water flow in the burn area for several minutes at the same time relieve the pain caused.
In addition, you can also compress burns with cold ait compress and repeat every few hours. However, avoid applying ice cubes directly to burns because ice cubes will limit blood flow and will eventually damage the delicate tissue of the skin
2. Potatoes
In raw potatoes have anti-inflammatory properties as well as soothing. Potatoes will reduce the pain while reducing the possibility of blisters due to burns.
Cut raw potatoes then rub on the burn area so that juice or water in potatoes can absorb into the skin.
The second way, stick raw pieces of potato on the burn and wrap with a bandage and let stand 15 minutes.
3. Aloe Vera
In aloe vera contains a tissue healing agent so good used to overcome burns.
. Cut fresh aloe vera and apply mucus or gel in it directly to burns.
.The second way, mix 1 teaspoon of aloe vera gel with 1 teaspoon of turmeric and apply on burns.
. If there is no fresh aloe vera plant, you can use a cream containing aloe vera.
4 Coconut Oil and Lemon Juice
The combination of coconut oil and lemon juice is efficacious for treating minor burns. Coconut oil contains vitamin E and fatty acids such as lauric acid, caprylic acid and myristic acid which is useful as an anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and antioxidant. While lemon juice is useful to relieve burns with acid content in it.
. Mix a little pure coconut oil with lime juice.
. Apply this mixture to burns and wrap with bandages.
. Replace bandages every 3 to 4 times a day.
5. Honey
Honey is also very powerful to cure burns because it has anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. In addition, honey is also useful to reduce the development of hypertrophic scars.
. Apply honey on gauze bandages and apply directly to burns.
. Replace the bandage every 3 to 4 times a day.
6. Black Tea Bag
In black tea contains tannic acid that can remove heat from burns while reducing the pain caused.
. Pour 3 bags of black tea with hot water for a few minutes until cool.
. Insert a clean cloth into it and place it on burns.
. The second way, use a former bag of black tea that is still wet directly in the burn.
7. White Vinegar
White vinegar commonly used for cooking is also very good used to cure burns. In white vinegar contains an effective antiseptic agent to treat burns while preventing the onset of infection.
. Dissolve white vinegar with water using the same comparison.
. Use this solution to rinse the burn area.
. Cover the wound area with a cloth soaked in the solution.
. Replace the bandages every two to three hours.
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