Honey as Burn Treatment

What honey can do as a burn treatment has always been head knowledge until yesterday (13 April 2009) when unfortunately I had to experience it myself. Testimonies about honey as a home remedy for burns from honey enthusiasts have always left me dumbfounded with amazement, and then now after beholding what honey could do for scalded skin, I had to cry out “What it’s been said is really true!” I was so wowed by the fact that nature had bestowed upon us such an extraordinary medicine.

The incident happened during dinner time while I was lading boiling soup into bowls for my children. Carelessly, I swirled the bowl slightly, causing a few drops of the soup to fall unto my right palm, and because I was so startled by the unexpected hot sensation, I jolted and caused a spillage of the soup on my entire palm.

My very first instinct was to put my scalded hand under the running tap. The pain set in instantly and slowly became excruciating. In a frenzy of anxiety, I raced to grab a tube of burn cream from the fridge and apply it on my palm. In spite of that, the pain became even more intense, and my palm turned red. That was when I was reminded of the wonders of honey.

Frantically, I washed off the cream and took a teaspoon of honey from the jar to rub on my palm. With this, a warm sensation came on the skin. In no more than five minutes, the throbbing pain left! After leaving the honey on for about half an hour and then washing it off, my skin initially felt some numbness, but everything returned to normal in just minutes. There was not a sign of burn on my palm; neither blisters nor redness. I was perfectly well!

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