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6 YEA
1 NAY
[YEA] 08/27/2008: Steve from Toronto, Canada writes: "I laughed when I seen yellow mustard as a remedy to a burn, but so far I've had it on my finger for almost 40 minutes and I feel no pain at all. The remedy says to wait for it to be fully dried so I'll wait abit longer before I took it off but wow it works. I burned my hand when trying to take out chicken from the oven. Turned out there was a hole in the glove, bummer."
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[YEA] 07/22/2008: Suzy from Novi, Mich writes: "When I was in grade school a lunch lady told me about putting mustard on a burn after a girl in the kitchen burned herself badly.
I have used mustard ever since and it works miracles.You have to IMMEDIATELY apply the mustard in a thick layer. It will still burn for a few momments but as the mustard dries it takes the heat with it. especially helpful on burned fingers since the burns do not blister!"
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[YEA] 06/11/2008: Sandra from Birmingham, USA writes: "A coworker told us that she had put yellow mustard on a burn and the pain stopped right away. Others in the room stated that they too had the same experience. I've not heard of using yellow mustard for burns but, as one who is always getting burned on the stove, I will be giving it a go."
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[YEA] 09/16/2007: Jeannie from COSP, CO writes: "I was told about the Mustard remedy for burns over 10 years ago. At first I thought it sounded crazy. However, I had hot grease splash on my right hand, covering most of it. I immediately got the "plain yellow mustard" and smeared in over the entire burn. Today, there is no sign of any scaring at all. You need to put it on failry thick, and the key is to leave it on until it is ABSOLUTELY AND COMPLETELY DRY. If you remove it too soon it will not work! Believe me, I've done that."
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[NAY] 05/31/2006: Donna from AZ writes: "i tried using the mustard on my burn and it didn't help at all."
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[YEA] 03/05/2006: Ginger from MS writes: "After being burnt, if you have nothing else on hand, reach for the yellow mustard. Squeeze on, smear on. It works... It didn't even let it blister up, like they usually do."
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1 YEA
[YEA] 03/11/2007: Kristina from Waukesha, Wisconsin writes: "Hi, my grandma was a chef for forty years and whenever she got burned she would cut a fresh onion in half and apply it directly to the burn, I am not sure for how long. It would heal very quickly. I don't think she needed to do it more than once."
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1 BETTER BUT NOT CURED
[BETTER BUT NOT CURED] 02/02/2009: Ashley from Fresno, Ca writes: "yesterday i burned my finger on a fire place glass and my aunt is a nurse and she said to put peanut butter on it and it worked it took the sting out then the next day my hand was all ugly looking"
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1 YEA
[YEA] 06/10/2007: Nadia B from Toronto, Ontario Canada writes: "Whenever I've gotten a burn or a bruise, I've used raw pork fat (salo) applied directly to the wound and change the fat as needed. (After 8-12 hours or overnight) It never fails! The key is to apply it immediatly. I go to my local butcher and ask for pork salo. I cut the fat up into thin pieces (0.5 inch thick) of various sizes and then store them in the freezer in case of emergency. That way I always have some on hand. (Pork salo is very cheap, and in some cases the butcher will give it to you for free). DO NOT try this remedy using bacon etc (the salt will irritate the wound)."
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05/23/2009: Cindy from Ch, WI writes: "has anyone found a way to deal with a chemical burn/reaction from oven type cleaner on the skin? it happened four days ago and is swollen, itchy, oozing and spreading. it is on my face. help. the cream from the doctor doesn't seem to control the spread of it. thanks"
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1 YEA
[YEA] 07/23/2008: Demetrios from Bayonne, New Jersey writes: "If you get a kitchen burn that has not broken the skin, but you know you will definitely get a blister. Apply a paper towel or tissue with rubbing alcohol soaked on it and leave it on for awhile. Keep it wet. The time depends on the severity of the burn. If after 15 minutes or more you take the paper off and it still stings place it on again with more alcohol. What this does it it soaks up the burn and prevents the skin from forming any blisters. I have been doing this since I was a child and was taught it by my Mother, and have never gotten a blister in 50 plus years.
This is an old Greek remedy. Good health to us all. Demetrios."
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1 YEA
[YEA] 11/05/2009: Diana M. from Maungaturoto, New Zealand writes: "I found somewhere on the net about how they used to use Soya Sauce on chemical burns in the war. After burning myself on the stove (not a serious burn but enough for it to of blistered) I poured soya sauce on to it. Almost immediately the pain subsided and I never got a blister. One of my students accidently poured boiling water over his hand and he remembered me talking about soya sauce, so he poured it over his hand. He also said it took the pain away and it never turned into anything."
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2 YEA
[YEA] 06/09/2006: Emily from Jackson, Tennessee writes: "Mix equal parts of hydrocortisone cream and hemorrhoid cream and rub onto sunburned skin before bed. Although the smell is awful, by the next morning, the soreness and redness will be gone. It is amazing how this will work for the worst of sunburns!"
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[YEA] Anna from Atlanta, GA writes: "1. Aspirin first, it will reduce the pain.
2. A cool wet compress will also make you feel better instantly.
3. Soak in a tub of cool water and add a cup of white vinegar to the bath. It helps a lot."
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1 YEA
[YEA] 03/30/2009: Khulthum from Chicago, IL writes: "Tea Tree Oil to Prevent Burns
My girlfriends and I, along with all our children, meet weekly in the evenings, at our community center. One evening, when tea was being served, one of the young children ran by and knocked the entire pot of tea all over one of the older girl's legs. She is 12 years old. The sight of that steaming tea all over that poor girl's legs was like a nightmare. It looked like her legs were going to be ruined.
She was rushed to the restroom, by her mother [my friend], and placed in the shower. My friend kept running cold water on her legs to relieve the pain. But she wouldn't stop wailing and her mother didn't know what to do.
I knew that tea tree oil was good for burns, and since I had some in my bag, I offered to apply some to her legs. I had to assure my friend, and especially her daughter, that it would definately be of some help. They did not even know what tea tree oil was, so they were hesitant. But clearly ANYTHING that could help would be welcome, because the girl was screaming uncontrolably at this point.
We took her out of the shower and dried her legs as best we could. Then, I put some oil in the palm of my hand, rubbed my hands together, and rubbed the oil on her legs. For a brief moment, everything was okay. But then she started screaming like you wouldn't believe, saying it was hurting her even more.
Admittedly, I was a little surprised myself, because I had not experienced a reaction like that before [neither from myself, nor from any of my children]. My friend was alarmed, and asked me if that was normal. I told her I had never seen that type of reaction, but that I thought it was because her legs were wet and her pores were open.
I asked her daughter to be patient and wait, and that it would soon get better. She tried her best to wait in out, but she was unable to bear the pain. At this point she was jumping up and down begging us to take it off of her.
I felt really bad because she was clearly in a lot of pain because of ME, but I didn't really know what to do because I thought that water would only push the oil deeper into her her skin. After briefly discussing it, my friend decided to try washing it off, because doing something was better than doing nothing.
After washing her legs off with soap, like a much welcome blessing from God, she stopped crying. 23 loooooooonng minutes, and she finally stopped crying! She said it still hurt a little, but that it felt much better.
My friend took her daughter home, and the next morning she called me to let me know that there was not a single mark on her daughter's legs. It was as if nothing had happened!"
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1 YEA
[YEA] 07/26/2009: Hank from Moorestown, NJ writes: "I haven't tried baking soda for burns yet, but the last time I got a burn I put Chinese Tiger Balm (available in most Asian grocery stores) on and it had the same effect. It brought the stinging down significantly and after 2 applications the hurting went away."
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7 YEA
[YEA] 06/12/2009: Nancy from Concord, CA writes: "My sister applied toothpaste when I dropped a curling iron on my arm a couple Christmas' ago and it really worked. I've been using it ever since and am GRATEFUL today for that remedy. Yesterday I got on my boyfriends new motorcycle, just to see how it felt, and I burned my leg on the HOT tail pipe. I had one leg in the air (swinging it over the bike) as I leaned my other leg into the pipe, so it was sizzling there for a moment until I got my other leg down and could move it. I immediately knew it was a bad burn and came in looking for the toothpaste. I layered a generous amount over it like I had been shown, and covered the area with a gauze rap. It was a little "sensitive" for a few hours but NOT painful. I was told by my sister to always keep it wrapped over night so I took it off this morning and washed the toothpaste away. It's a bad burn, and its definitely blistered but it doesn't hurt. I KNOW from prior burns that this would have hurt like crazy still today if not for the toothpaste! Thanks Judy!!"
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[YEA] 01/19/2009: Mike from Powell River, B.C. writes: "my wife had told me that when you have a burn use tooth paste.well i thought she was crazy. but i guess its some remedy in croatia that they use .... well long storey short i tried it one day and it worked. all you do is put as much or little as you want on your burn and let it sit and dry up .wash it off maby a few minutes later. (15-30mins)..so my wife is not crazy after all...love you hun =-)"
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[YEA] 11/26/2008: Molly from Bradenton, FL, USA writes: "Toothpaste really does work for burns. When I burn myself cooking, I put a thick layer on the burn and the next day when I take it off (if it hasn't already rubbed off), there is no burn mark left behind. "
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[YEA] 06/17/2008: Tim from Columbus, Ohio writes: "re: small burns and toothpaste -- YES!!!!!! Spread a little bit of toothpaste on a burn i got from bein a stupid kid and the burns stopped hurting after about 20 minutes. go get some toothpaste, rub some onto the burn, and it will sting, be better, sting, be better, but after a while the pain just stops."
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[YEA] 06/07/2008: Jessica from Maryville, Tn. writes: "I just burnt my hand while taking a pan out of the oven. I put toothpaste on it. After about 10 mins the pain is almost gone! It really works! I just smeared a good coating on."
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[YEA] 11/28/2006: Anj from London, UK writes: "Whatever small or severe burns, spread toothpaste on it and it will stop the burning sensation in ten to thirty minutes depending on the severity of the burn. After the toothpaste has dried, leave overnight and next morning the burning sensation would be gone. Mostly people use colgate toothpaste. All our families have always used this remedy since more than fifty years."
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[YEA] 09/25/2006: Mara from Toronto, Canada writes: "The cooling effect of toothpaste always calms down a fresh burn... Always works for me... and my mom who seems to burn her self alot working around the oven"
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1 YEA
[YEA] 02/02/2007: C from PDL, USA writes: "At the Rodeos if the men got a rope burn on their hand, they would pee on it (sounds disgusting) but it worked to heal the burn"
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1 YEA
2 NAY
[NAY] 04/04/2007: Ginger from Seattle, WA writes: "Pure Vanilla Extract (remedy) on Small Burn (ailment): I acquired a small burn to a finger through a cooking mishap. I specifically googled for ways to stop the pain of a (not-third degree) burn, and found this website. I poured a small amount of pure vanilla extract directly on the burn and waited a few minutes. It appeared to have no effect, the pain quite pronounced and unchanged."
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