Replied By Jessica (The Berkshires, Ma/usa) on 11/07/2012
Holy s*** this actually worked. My husband thought I'd lost it. I mean, I'm a RN for god's sake. But I'd grabbed the handle of a pan that had been in a 400 degree oven. 50% of my hand had been burned. Some parts blistered. All white and all in horrible pain. After trying running water for 3 hours, raw honey, aloe, witch hazel, two Tylenol with codeine, and 800 mg of Motrin, I was still in excruciating pain and desperate. The only thing that relieved the pain was running water. And how was I going to sleep, let alone nurse a 5 month old like that? So I slapped on a fresh piece of aloe and wrapped the whole hand in foil like a boxing glove. My husband snickered and I said a prayer. The pain got worse but I told myself I'd give it 40 minutes. I couldn't see the harm. What did I have to lose? The pain worsened. But after 30 minutes it got better. Didn't go away, but lessened. Now 2 hours later it's actually a dull pain and I don't think I'll have trouble sleeping other than the fact that I have foil wrapped around my hand and have to nurse my baby in a few hours. I'm amazed and thankful. Thanks earth clinic and all of your crazy posts that convinced me to give it a try.Replied By Lindaleedy (Bartow,, Fl. ) on 11/18/2012
About 1 1/2 day ago I was frying up some Porterhouse steaks for my husband's birthday and I burned the left hand on the thumb joint ; awkward place --big area tho-- I went to E. R. and the doctor gave me some antibiotics; he said the burned area was a partial thickness or second degree burn. It would take months to heal and leave a scar { I didn't care about the scar. } Keep using that hand or it will freeze up or another words the muscles would die because of lack of use. The first I grabbed was the ice bag from the freezer, and we headed for the hospital. Linda