Natural Treatment for Skin Burns: Wound Care with Active Manuka Honey

How are burns treated?
How do you apply Active Manuka Honey as natural burn care?
What are the advantages of using Active Manuka Honey as burn care?

How are burns treated?

The major goals of a burn treatment are pain relieving and healing the burn without infection or major scarring.

The most instinctive wound care treatment and best immediate treatment of a burn is cooling it by holding the affected area into cold water. This way some burns, like chemical burns cannot progress any further.

First degree burns usually only require the application of moisturizing lotions to the affected area and if necessary pain relievers.

Second degree burns need to be checked and treated by a doctor if they exceed an area of more than two fists. The blisters that usually occur with second degree burns should be left alone if they look normal. The skin will start healing on its own underneath the blister. The function of the blister is to protect the new skin from infections and further damage. The only thing you can do is applying a light gauze to the blister. Then, once the blister bursts it is important to gently remove the dead skin, for example by washing it off.

The new skin that formed under the blister lays open now and needs to be protected. The best way of treating the wound is to apply a wound care dressing under sterile gauzes. There are various wound care dressings available.

Active Manuka Honey as burn care has proven many times how fast and effective a completely natural wound dressing can help healing burns, without leaving scarring, just beautiful new skin.

How do you apply Active Manuka Honey as natural burncare?

Depending on the size of the wound, apply 1-2 teaspoons of Active Manuka Honey to a sterile gauze and place it as first layer on the burn. Active Manuka Honey is acting as a non-sticky antibacterial burn care dressing that is not causing pain when removed from the wound. Usually it is enough if you hold this first gauze with a skin tape in order to avoid leaking. If you wish you can also place a second sterile and dry gauze on the wound before fixing the wound with rolled gauze wrap to keep the layers in place.

When changing the burn care dressing wash the affected area gently with warm water in order to prevent infections. You should change the honey wound dressing every 12 hours.

The length of the healing process depends on the size and depth of the burn, however it usually does not exceed more than three weeks. Once the skin of the affected area is dry (not crusty) and the pain decreases you can stop treating the burn. If you feel more comfortable you can keep applying a dry sterile gauze to the wound for a few more days.

In some cases the burn can be covered with a light green slime. This is a normal reaction of the body and there is no need to worry. However if redness, painful swelling and fever occur you should immediately see a doctor.

What are the advantages of using Active Manuka Honey as burn care?

Click here for more information about the advantages of treating a burn with Active Manuka Honey