Only after the burn is cooled, and only on unbroken skin: a very thin layer of pure cow ghee, once or twice a day. Never on a fresh burn, a blister or broken skin — fat holds the heat in.
Traditional
नारियल का तेल · Coconut oil
Once the skin has cooled and closed, a little coconut oil keeps the new skin from drying and cracking. Not on an open or weeping burn.
Traditional
हल्दी · Turmeric
Half a teaspoon of haldi in warm milk supports healing from within. Do not put turmeric powder on an open burn — it is not a dressing and can carry infection in.
Traditional
CautionThe amount used in cooking is safe. In tablet or extract form it does not go with blood-thinning medicines. Avoid larger amounts if you have gallstones. Stop before surgery.
शहद · Honey
Hospitals dress burns with medical-grade honey; kitchen honey is not sterile and is not the same thing. Keep it for eating, and let a doctor dress anything bigger than a coin.
Traditional
CautionNever give honey to a baby under one year — the risk is infant botulism. This rule has no exceptions.
आलू · Potatoes
Lay thin raw potato slices on the burn for twenty minutes — but only after twenty minutes under cool running water first.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Cool running water for twenty minutes at once — nothing else on a fresh burn.
Keep covered and clean; expose to air later as it heals.
Foods that help
घी · Gheeनारियल का तेल · Coconut oilहल्दी · Turmericशहद · Honeyआलू · Potatoes
Limit these
गर्मी · Heat
Pick what's in your kitchen and see which remedy fits you best.
Bhojanveda
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