20 Home Remedies For Burns On Fingers, Face & Others Body Parts: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnose

Overview

Are you suffering from burns? Do you want to know which natural remedies to treat burns quickly? If your answer is “Yes,” you can follow these all-natural treatments as below. In this article, we will show you the best natural home remedies for burns on fingers, face, and other body parts. Keep reading this writing to understand more!

What Is Burns?

A burn, tissue damage, is a type of injury to the skin which is caused by the heat, cold, friction, electricity, and overexposure to the sun radiations or chemicals. Burns also results from electrical contact. Burns can be life-threatening emergencies or minor medical problems.

Depending on the affected location, burns have different treatments. You can treat small scalds and sunburns at home. Extensive or deep burns need taking care of by a doctor and require medical attention. Some people with burns need to go to specialized burn centers for treatments.

What Are Symptoms Of Burns

Depending on the severity of your skin tissue damage, burns have different symptoms. These symptoms can last one or two days before the signs of severe burn develop.

Here are the types of burns and their common symptoms you should know ^[1]:

• First-degree burns: This minor burn happens on only the outer layer of your skin. Its symptoms include pain and redness.
• Second-degree burns: This burn damages both the outer layer and the second layer of your skin. It causes redness, swelling, splotchy, or white skin. You may have blisters and feel the pain if you are suffering from severe pain. Furthermore, this type of burn can leave scarring.
• Third-degree burns: This burn affects the fat layer beneath the skin. The affected areas can be brown, black, or white. The skin looks leathery. Patients with third-degree burns need medical attention because this burn can damage the nerves and cause numbness.

What Are The Causes Of Burns

Here are the possible causes of burns:

• Hot stream or liquid
• Fire or flame
• Hot cooking oil
• High-temperature tap water in showers or baths
• Hot glass, metal, or other objects
• Radiation such as the X-rays
• Electric currents
• Sunlight and ultraviolet radiation
• Alcoholism and smoking
• Chemicals such as lye, strong acids, gasoline, or paint thinner

When To See A Doctor

If you notice the following signs and symptoms, you need to meet a doctor immediately.

• Burns affects all layers of your skin and even spread to the deeper tissues.
• Burns cover the feet, hands, groin, face, buttocks, or a large area of your body.
• The affected skin areas look leathery because of burns.
• Burns result from electricity or chemicals.
• Burns are charred, or the patches of brown, black or white appear on the affected area.
• Difficulty breathing
• You have signs of infection such as increased pain, oozing from the wound, swelling, and redness.
• Symptoms such as hoarseness, shortness of breath, and stridor or wheezing
• Significant scarring
• The symptoms last more than two weeks.

When you are suffering from burns ^[2], you should take it seriously because untreated burns can cause complications such as fluid loss, bacterial infection, breathing problems, life-threatening low body temperature, rigid or scared areas, cellulitis, pneumonia, respiratory failure, urinary tract infections, and joint and bone problems.

Top 20 Best Natural Home Remedies For Burns On Fingers, Face & Others Body Parts

1. Aloe Vera

Aloe vera has the properties of astringent, painkilling, soothing, and tissue-healing, which help to treat burns quickly. Aloe vera may help heal first to second-degree burns ^[3]. It is anti-inflammatory, stimulates circulation, and prevents the growth of bacteria. Its antibacterial is beneficial for preventing infection of the scarring, wounds, and blistering ^[4], ^[5]. It is also useful in healing mild to moderate sunburns.

Preparation:

• Rinse the affected area with cold water or vinegar.
• Take aloe vera leaf and squeeze it to get its gel.
• Apply this gel to the affected areas directly.
• Leave it on burns until it dry because it may cool your skin and heal burns soon.
• In case you don’t have any fresh aloe vera plant, you can buy aloe vera cream which contains the ingredient of aloe vera from the medical stores and then apply it to burns.

You should repeat this process to make the healing process faster.

2. Honey

Honey has been used to aid wound healing since ancient times and may be helpful in both first and second-degree burns. It further possesses anti-inflammatory and antioxidant abilities and thus may help heal burns faster ^[6]. When applied to the affected area, it will remove fluids from the tissues and cleanse the burned area.

Preparation:

• Take some honey and rub it to the burnt area directly.
• Keep it on your skin for a few minutes.
• Rinse it off with water.
• Or you can spread honey on the gauze bandage and put it gently on burns. Keep waiting for a few hours and rinse it off with water. Make sure to change the bandage 3 or 4 times a day.
• Keep applying these ways to heal burns faster.

3. Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar has antiseptic and astringent properties that can help you to treat burns and prevent the infection. The acetic acid found in it is known for its pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory properties. These properties may be useful for treating and healing minor burns ^[7].

Preparation:

• Take apple cider vinegar and mix it with water at an equal ratio.
• Use this mixture to rinse your affected area.
• Soak a clean cotton ball or cloth in the mixture and cover the affected area with it.
• After 3 hours, replace another clean cloth or cotton.
• Do this process regularly to reduce the pain and treat the burnt area.

4. Plantain Leaf

Plantain leaf is rich in anti-inflammatory ^[8], anti-hemorrhagic, expectorant, and antimicrobial properties that may help to heal burns without having any scars ^[9].

Preparation:

• Take some fresh plantain leaves and crush them to get the extract of juice.
• Rub the juice directly to burns.
• You can also pound the leaf and wrap it directly around your affected area of burns.

5. Raw Potato

Raw potato has soothing and anti-irritating properties that help to treat burns on the skin ^[10], ^[11]. It may decrease the pain and reduce the chance of forming scars.

Preparation:

• Take a raw potato and cut it into many slices.
• Rub these slices to burns and around it.
• While rubbing, make sure that you do not rub with pressure.
• You should use this method immediately after you have burns to have the best results.
• Repeat this process if you need.

6. Lemon Juice And Coconut Oil

Both lemon juice and coconut oil can help to treat burns. Coconut oil has a large amount of Vitamin E and many fatty acids such as myristic acid, caprylic acid, and lauric acid that offer antioxidant, antibacterial, and antifungal benefits ^[12]. Besides, it may help cool down the burn and prevent scarring and blistering of the burned skin ^[13], ^[14]. Lemon juice contains acidic properties, which naturally lighten the scars.

Preparation:

• Get some coconut oil and mix it properly with a little lemon juice.
• Apply this mixture to your affected area to heal burns.
• Follow this process regularly to get the improvements faster.

8. Black Tea Bags

Black tea has tannic acid that can help to draw out the heat of burns, and as a result, it reduces the pain and burning sensation caused by burns ^[15], ^[16].

Option 1:

• Put 3 tea bags in a cup of cool water.
• Wait for several minutes
• Rub the tea bags gently on your burnt area.

Besides, you can leave wet and cold tea bags directly on your affected area and use gauze piece covering them to hold them in place.

Option 2: 

• Prepare 3 or 4  black tea bags, 2 cups of fresh mint leaves, and 4 cups of boiled water.
• Mix these ingredients to make a mixture.
• Leave the mixture on a bottle and put it in the refrigerator for a few minutes
• Rub the mixture on your burned area or skin by a cotton ball.
• Apply this remedy regularly to get the best results.

8. Lavender Essential Oil

This oil has painkilling and antiseptic properties that can help you to treat burns and reduce the risk of scarring.  The presence of beta-caryophyllene and linalyl acetate gives lavender oil its anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects. The properties may help to heal minor burns and prevent scarring ^[17], ^[18] According to a 2016 study, aromatherapy massage with lavender essential oil together with the inhalation of the oil may soothe anxiety and pain in burn victims ^[19].

Preparation:

• Take some drops of lavender essential oil.
• Rub this oil directly to burns many times a day
• Or you can put lavender oil to a clean cloth or piece of gauze and leave it on your burned area. Ensure to replace a new bandage or cloth for every 2 or 3 hours.

9. Oatmeal

Oatmeal may help you to relieve itching caused by burns. Oatmeal is full of many antioxidants such as vitamin E, avenanthramides, and phytic acids. Avenanthramides are mainly found to ease inflammation ^[20] [21]. Thus, it may help to lower the pain and heal your burn heal quickly because of the combined impacts of these antioxidants.

Preparation:

• Take one cup of uncooked oatmeal and add it into a bath tank of lukewarm water.
• Soak your body for about 15 – 20 minutes.
• Let it dry naturally.
• Wait several minutes and rinse with clean water.

10. Milk

The fat content which has in the milk can help you to soothe burns and speed up the process of healing ^[22]. If you can drink nonfat milk, which contains special enzymes, these enzymes help you to fast up the process of healing by reducing the pain.

Preparation:

• Take a bowl of milk and soak your burned area in it.
• Keep waiting for about 15 minutes.
• Besides, you may use a washcloth soaked in milk and put it on the burnt skin. Keep it on for a few minutes and take it off. Repeat it for every 3 to 4 hours to dispose of the pain and to heal burns quickly.

Note: You have to make sure that you rinse your hands and burned area after 24 hours with soap and water to eliminate the sourness.

11. Vitamin E Oil

Using Vitamin E can help you to treat burns by getting relief from the pain. The oil contains antioxidant properties, which can combat inflammation. Plus, the presence of skin regeneration abilities in it may help heal the burn faster ^[23], ^[24]. It also helps with scarring or keloids.

Preparation:

• Take vitamin E oil and rub directly on burns.
• Let it like that and do not touch it.
• By repeating this way regularly, you can heal burns faster and faster.

16. Mustard Oil And Turmeric

Turmeric is an antibiotic that helps you to heal burns while mustard oil acts as an excellent painkiller and provides instant relief from pain. Turmeric is a natural antiseptic and contains anti-inflammatory properties. It helps expedite the healing of the burn and protecting it against infections thanks to its curcumin ^[25], ^[26].

Preparation:

• Pick up one tablespoon of mustard oil and one teaspoon of turmeric powder.
• Mix them well to make a fine paste.
• Rub it gently on burns.
• Wash it off after 30 minutes with clean water.
• Repeat this process twice a day to reduce the pain and heal burns quickly.

13. Banana Peel

Lutein in the banana peel is a powerful antioxidant. It will help you to reduce the inflammation and swelling caused by burns ^[27], ^[28]. It can also help in healing the burnt area by disposing of the pain caused by it.

Preparation:

• Rub a banana peel gently to the burned areas.
• Allow it on your affected areas till it changes to black.
• Keep repeating this process to relieve the pain and heal it faster.

14. Mustard

Mustard may help you to heal burns quickly. In spite of stinging, mustard helps to take away the pain and decreases the blemishes and scars caused by them ^[29], ^[30].

Preparation:

• You take mustard and rub it to the burned skin. Don’t over rub it.
• Leave it on the affected area for a couple of minutes.
• Rinse it off with cool and clean water.

15. Salt

Salt can help to treat burns by drawing out all the liquid and making it dry to relieve the pain faster. Salt exhibits natural healing and antimicrobial abilities that may prevent blistering, and you’re your burn heal more quickly ^[31]. It will also heal burns in your mouth when you eat too spicy foods.

Preparation:

• Mix a half teaspoon of salt with 8 ounces of lukewarm water.
• Wash the burnt area off with the saltwater solution
• After 2 hours, repeat this process.
• Apply this way regularly to relieve the pain and heal the wound quickly.

16. Aluminum Foil

Aluminum foil is one of the best home remedies for burns ^[32] [33] you should not miss. It has many functions such as protecting burns from additional damage, keeping it cool, and delivering restorative minerals because the foil has aluminum and other regenerative minerals. After cooling burns, you wrap burns in aluminum foil and leave it like that for several hours.

17. Baking Soda

Baking soda is one of the simplest home remedies for burns that can help you to relieve the pain. It also can restore the pH balance of your skin, and remove the pain and burning sensation immediately ^[34].

For this treatment, you mix baking soda with water to make a fine paste and apply the paste to your burned area. After it dries, you rinse with clean water and follow it two to three times every day.

18. Calendula Flower Tea

The herb calendula is beneficial for the treatment of burns because it helps to regenerate the burnt skin and decrease the appearance of scars. This herb can be applied frequently during the healing process ^[34], ^[36].

Follow the steps below:

• Prepare 2 tablespoons of dried calendula flowers and 1 cup of boiled water.
• Mix them to have a mixture and let it cool.
• Apply it to your affected area with the help of a cool compress.

19. Olive Oil

Olive oil can help to relieve pain and remove all the scars caused by burns. It also keeps your skin shiny and smooth. Consuming olive oil may stimulate the process of healing and work from within ^[37], ^[38]. You just apply olive oil to the affected area regularly for a few weeks and it will make burns heal quickly.

20. Diet Plan

Setting your diet can help you to heal burns and strengthen your immune system to make the treatment process faster.

• Vitamin C will help to heal burns and many other wounds speedily ^{[39], [40]}. Therefore, you should eat vitamin C rich foods such as potatoes, citrus fruits, broccoli, etc.
• Besides, vitamin E and vitamin A will also help to speed up the healing process. Some food rich in vitamin E and vitamin A are vegetables and green fruits, nuts, and cereals.
• Drink more water to stay hydrated and strengthen the immune system to fight any problem.
• Keep eating the food that is high in calories, vitamins, proteins, minerals, zinc to help boost the healing process ^[41].

These treatments will help your burn heal faster. Although you can follow them to treat minor burns, in case of severe burns, you need to visit a doctor instantly. Do you know of any other home remedies for burns? Please feel free to share with us by commenting below. Stay safe, and stay healthy!