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Burns

Immediately apply cold water cloths to burns to prevent further tissue damage.

Throughout the first day, continually apply aloe vera gel or cucumber juice.

Treat the burn with vitamin E, codliver oil, honey, yoghurt, or a strong, cold herbal tea of plantain, comfrey, burdock, or pennyroyal.

Apply garlic oil to an infected burn.

If skin is broken, soak a clean cloth in red raspberry or slippery elm tea and apply to burn.

Drink aloe vera juice to hasten healing.

Avoid lanolin lotions, because lanolin intensifies a burn.

See a health practitioner if you have serious or extensive burns.