Homeopathic answer to burns

No one can predict accidents and injuries.  They can happen to anyone and anywhere. Burns are no exception. They can occur due to various reasons like touching a hot iron, or even while curling your hair with a curler, if you accidently touch the skin. Overexposure to the sun may leave us with serious sunburn or in a rushing moment, we might accidently spill hot tea or hot water on our skin causing burns.

So the reasons can be many but if it involves only the superficial layer of your skin and a smaller area then you need not worry. It’s a minor burn. But yes, minor burns are as painful as the major ones, which scald the deeper layers of the skin. 

Skin is so delicately designed that any kind of overexposure to rays, radiations, hot surfaces or hot liquid would immediately call for a reaction. Redness, burning excruciating pain is the common language of the skin that has felt the heat and is calling for immediate help.

Failure to resort to immediate help may leave our skin damaged rather stained forever. And I am sure more than the pain what keeps us on the edge is the fear of staining ourselves permanently.

So the question is how do we heal burns, as a first care measure or what are the steps one can take to keep away from staining the skin.

Come let’s unfold the mystery. Try the following:

• Cool it down: The best natural cooling agent is running water. Immerse the burn in cool tap water and it would absorb the heat. Relieve the burning pain immediately. Keep the part immersed for at least 5 minutes.
• Don’t believe in these myths: Absolutely avoid application of Colgate or butter or any home applications. It may lead to infections.
• Don’t cover the burn with metal objects: Remove any kinds of bands or ornaments around the area affected to avoid infection.
• Cover them gently : Superficial burns can get infected and severe the condition. Gently covering the part with a sterile gauge would keep it away from air and contamination. It also ensures that you do not break the blisters to leave the scar.
• Homeopathy can help: If nothing helps and if the pain is stinging and keeps getting worse, remember it’s time we treat it with homeopathy. Homeopathic medicines can gift you back the same skin if used at the right time.  

Homeopathy has these wonder medicines, which can accelerate the body’s healing process. Homeopathy helps in relieving the mental shock and the physical trauma both. It quickens the stages of repair. Hence earlier you take the medicines, quicker is the response.

I simply hope you or your loved ones never go through the pain of burns. If at all you do, I hope these homeopathic remedies are within your reach. There are many homeopathic medicines which work for burns but let’s discuss the commonly used medicines in minor wounds which can relieve your suffering.

• Arnica – This is the key to the locked up healing process in case of shock from burn and also in alleviating the pains. It may lead the healing leaving no requirement for any other medicines. Hence, doctors often use it in case of any kinds of injury as a first choice. In case of burns its best used internally rather in external forms.
• Urtica urens –Urtica urens is fabulous for itching blotches with burning heat.  It is for burns and scalds with burning, itching and stinging sensation.  This is a very good remedy for minor burns and also later in the healing for a second degree burn.
• Cantharis: Though it is recommended in third degree burns for best results, one can use it in minor burns successfully where the pain due to burning is unbearable. Use it in water doses internally. Cantharis is available as creams and ointments for external use too.

Wishing you healthy homeopathy healing!