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Here are some things that you can do to help you with minor skin burns that we all recieve at one time or another:

 

1) Immediately apply glycerin on the burnt area.

 

2) Burn a handful of mango leaves to ashes and apply this on the affected parts.

 

3) Mash a ripe banana and apply on burns. Bandage with betel leaves (pan ka patta).

 

4) For minor burns, immediately place an ice pack on the burnt area for 10 minutes.

 

5) Combine 4 teaspoons each of lime-juice, coconut oil and rub until the mixture turns white. Apply on the affected parts.

 

6) Apply curry leaves (kari patta) as poultice over affected areas.

 

7) Spread a thin layer of honey over the burn and cover with a dressing. Repeat this regularly every two or three hours till it heals.

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