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Lavender Oil

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Posted by Connie (Boston, Ma) on 03/31/2015
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I have been extremely successful with using 100% essential Lavender Oil for any type of burns. Just apply liberally and don't cover. I continue applying it for a few hours and get immediate results with no burning or blistering, just a little tenderness. My bottle is stationed in my kitchen so it is handy.

I was as surprised as you will be.

Replied by Pasqualina
(Minnesota)
04/23/2016
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Editor's Choice Lavender Oil is the fastest of all pain relief methods of all the applications I have tried from this site so far! It also stopped the development of the blister, and promoted extremely fast healing.

After picking up a searing hot metal frypan from a 350 degree oven, I knew I had a severe burn forming on my fingers and palm of hand. Extremely painful!

I immediately applied lavender oil that I had nearby, and the pain subsided almost instantly. I reapplied it again in a few minutes when I could feel a very small amount of pain starting up. I applied it again in about 20 minutes when I was heading out to the door for a meeting but no pain at that time. No need for bandages, although I was concerned earlier that I would be in too much pain to drive a car. But nothing.

The burns never developed into blistering, but the next day there only a few light reddish flat areas like a burned area would look weeks out after the skin had peeled. Only 1 spot peeled in a matter of a day or two, and it was completely healed underneath.

I applied the lavender a couple of times in the next day just for good healing. But I don't know if that was necessary.

I know this works and is not psychosomatic because it was tried on my toddler grandson who burnt his fingers and nothing could instantly stop his howls without truly working. Instant quiet and no burns.

Gattefossé, a French scientist, discovered and recorded his success with lavender essential oil after using it for a severe personal burn in the lab. This remedy led to his interest in how essential oils work.

Other EARTH CLINIC remedies tried that work:

I also have used egg whites remedy from this site which also works very nicely. I had a huge burn the size of a silver dollar and depth of blister about 1/3" on my inner lower arm. The egg white removed the pain although I had to keep applying it and healed it within 24 hours: The blister was gone before the next day (dehydration of the fluid?) and there was no scarring. Beautiful remedy.

The mushrooms remedy which are recommended on this site also works for pain and healing, but it smells of mushroom and is messy under the bandages. The healing process is fairly rapid within a couple of days, however, I found the skin color to be quite dark in the healing process and to be more rigid and maybe more susceptible to being broken. I used to keep raw mushrooms in the freezer.

Lavender Oil
Posted by Evelina (United Kingdom) on 01/26/2014
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I badly burnt the back of my right hand when putting the top back onto the coffee percolator, my hand going into the pot of hot coffee, in my panic to get my hand out I forgot to make my hand small enough to exit the narrow top of the pot. A blister the size of my hand appeared immediately. A & E ran my hand under the cold tap and applied cream. My hand was frying with this cream. They told me to come back in a few days and I may need a skin graft. In agony that night I took out my natural remedy book. LAVENDER it said. Grabbing the lavender from the bedside cabinet I saturated my hand, within minutes the pain subsided. I continued to use it over the next few days. Went back to the hospital who could not believe how it had healed and no scarring. I always keep a bottle of good quality lavender oil in my bag for burn emergencies. I hope by sharing this I may help someone, somewhere. Evelina

Replied by Sharon
(Utah)
07/07/2016

I splashed paint stripper in and around my eyes. I flushed with ice water for several hours yesterday. This morning the burn is mostly gone and I can see though my eyes feel sunburnt plus the burns on upper and lower lids are tender and discolored. My question is, have you used lavender oil in your eyes? Perhaps with a carrier oil? And also, what brand of lavender oil you use. Thank you!

Replied by Mama To Many
(Tennessee)
07/07/2016

Dear Sharon,

Even diluted, essential oils should never be used in or close to the eyes.

Honey, however, is safe for use in the eyes, though it may sting. And honey is excellent for burns. A raw and local honey would be the best.

~Mama to Many~

Lavender Oil
Posted by Medina (Birmingham, W.mids, England Uk) on 10/22/2012
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I've used neat lavender essential oil on minor burns for years for pain relief and speedy healing, but the real test came when I burnt my hand fairly badly with steam. Despite running it under a cold tap & applying ice my hand turned bright red & began to blister. It hurt like crazy. I applied neat lavender essential oil for the pain which took my breath away every time I moved my hand or a slight breeze caught it. The lavender oil dulled the pain for an hour or two then had to be reapplied. The next day, the pain had gone completely, as had the blisters and redness. It was really quite a dramatic healing effect. It calms the pain immediately, but needs to be reapplied every 2 hours or so, and also heals the burn. Amazing stuff.

Lavender Oil
Posted by Maria (Montreal, Quebec) on 01/22/2012
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Use lavender oil (preferably pure) to relieve pain from burns, also speeds up healing process and leaves burn area with no or almost no scarring.

Lavender Oil
Posted by Lynn (Lake Havasu City, AZ) on 05/20/2006
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The essential oil of lavender applied directly on to the burn immediately eases the pain and if you are consistent with applying it, will not peel.

Malaysian Medicinal Oil

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Posted by Tze Kang (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) on 05/19/2006
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Local Medicinal Oil: Mow Sun Medical Oil

This is one of the few traditional medical oils that I found in Malaysia that has very good healing power on minor burns like hot water, hot oven, fire burnt. It really surprised me when i first used it because you will not get swollen finger or hand with fluid inside if you apply on the surface immediately after the burn. Furthermore, the pain will disappear in less than 5 mins. And, your skin will not rip off however, when the skin totally recover it will just peel off naturally without any pain. Please be sure u apply it immediately after the burn, else the effectiveness will be lower.

Milk

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Posted by Christina (Union, NY)
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I have worked as a waitress for many years, as a waitress you always seem to burn yourself. Every waitress I have come across agrees that if you happen to burn yourself, apply milk to the burn. It truly does work.

Replied by Sara
(Moorpark, Ca)
06/11/2008
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I just burnt my finger and ice wasnt helping so I looked it up on google and came across this and it really worked!

Replied by Rob
(Kentucky)
09/06/2024
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MILK FOR BURNS.— A practical physician recommends cloths saturated in milk as one of the best remedies for burns. A bad burn treated in this way healed with surprising rapidity, although other remedies had been used without benefit.

From the book; Health Reformer, Volume 28, edited by John Harvey Kellogg, James Thomas Case

1893, page 59.

Lydia
(LA)
09/08/2024

The best (tested) things for burns are: moist baking soda or aluminium foil. Learned about this here on EC and use it every time I get a burn while cooking

Milk of Magnesia

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Posted by Jodi (Bowmansville, NY, USA ) on 01/21/2009
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My friend told me about Milk of Magnesia for burns. When her daughter was little she has rashes so bad on her bottom that she had to leave on the diaper quite often because of her acidity level in her urine. One day her mother was watching her and she told her mother to be very careful because of the rash. She left for a few hours and when she came home the rash was gone. She had applied Milk of Magnesia directly on her granddaughter and not long after the skin rash was gone.

My friend also told me about using it on burns, so I have tried it. My daughter and I have both burned our hands so I tried it and it worked. You need to soak it near an hour but it leaves no red marks and it feels better.

Mustard

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Posted by Celine (Jacksonville, Florida) on 07/23/2015
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I rarely get burned but this burn was a bad one on the tip of my finger. I tried almost all of the remedies that I saw and none of them really worked out well. Then I tried the mustard remedy and I soon as I put mustard on my finger the burning went away. It started burning a little bit but I just rinsed the mustard off with cold water and put more on my finger.

Mustard
Posted by Uptrender (Rolla, Missouri, Usa) on 09/12/2011
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When I get burned, I first run cold water on it for a little while, then pat it dry and grab the bottle of mustard out of my fridge and coat the burn with it. It's cold and immediately soothing. The plus side is, that the mustard helps prevent the burn from turning into a blister. If it starts to hurt again, rinse it off with cold water, pat dry and apply the cold mustard again.

Mustard
Posted by Lexibot (West Plains, Missouri) on 01/29/2010
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Mustard worked for me when I burnt my finger this morning while I was stocking the fire. After about 45 minutes of slight annoying pain, I searched and found this remedy, it works nicely. All I did was numb the finger for about 3-5 minuets with an ice cube, then squirted some plain yellow mustard on my finger and spread it around, the heat went away in seconds. All I felt was a minor sore feeling from the throbbing. Now 2 hours later, I don't feel barely a thing!

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Posted by Tehani (Los Angeles, California) on 02/24/2009
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My mother was bottling peaches from her garden and in the process, the glass jar slipped from her hand and the hot boiling water from the stove splattered on her left arm. She burned almost half of her arm, from the wrist to the elbow. She called me immediately and asked, if I know a good remedy for burns. She didn't have any medical insurance yet, and her burn needed medical attention. I told her, to use Frenche's yellow mustard, the classic yellow one that you put on hot dogs. I learned of this remedy living in Tennessee, when I burned my finger and a friend said to use mustard. I would assume you can use any mustard however, that's the one that she had in her refrigerator and it is also the one I used for my burn. I wasn't quite sure if it would work on her, since her burn was severe. So, she applied it and covered all the burn areas generously. Immediately the burning sensation had diminished. She just kept applying and reapplying and her burn healed fully within 3 and 1/2 weeks without a scar. I guess the scaring part depends on your skin type because I tend to scar easily. Just make sure the mustard is on the burn area until it's healed. The mustard will dry and flake off but just reapply more. At night, she would reapply several coats of fresh mustard and waits for it to dry. Then she used a white roll of sterile gauze that you can buy from any pharmacy, and wrapped it all around her burned arm, to prevent her bed from getting stained. Truly the yellow Mustard performed like a champion.

Mustard
Posted by Steve (Toronto, Canada) on 08/27/2008
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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.

Mustard
Posted by Suzy (Novi, Mich) on 07/22/2008
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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!

Mustard
Posted by Sandra (Birmingham, USA) on 06/11/2008
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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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