Turmeric and Burns

Turmeric root powder is essential for treating cooking related burns! For quick access, keep a small container of turmeric powder in your kitchen in case you ever get a minor burn. Below are the instructions for using this natural remedy.

TIPS:

1. Be careful where you get the turmeric paste because it will stain things yellow!
2. The turmeric will temporarily stain your skin yellow but it is not permanent. The yellow color will be gone after a few washes of that area.
3. This method works the best if the dressing and spot you burned is kept cool.

Turmeric powder

Turmeric paste

Apply turmeric paste to burn

Lay cold, wet cloth over burn and turmeric paste

Instructions:

1.  Once you have been burned, run cold water over the area first!
2. In small bowl, make a turmeric paste by mixing turmeric root powder with a small amount of cold water. Make sure the consistency is not too dry but not too wet. If it is too wet, it will not stay on your skin well.
3. Thickly apply the paste to the burn on your skin.
4. Get a thin cloth or a strip of paper-towels. Rinse thoroughly under cold water and drain off excess.
5. Wrap or lay the cold, wet cloth/paper-towel on the paste-covered burn. Let it stay on the burn until the pain subsides.
6. If you remove the wet cloth and paste too early, the pain will return. If this happens, simply repeat the process and wait a little longer.