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Burns. Treating a burn with potato

Submitted by Barry Walters

Take a potatoe cut it in 1/2 then get a spoon and scrape the cut side with your spoon until you get enough to cover your burn. This works great. It was done for me by a 90 year old lady and I can tell you see knew her home remedies.

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who ever thought Comments By: am

I burned my finger a couple of hours ago while cooking stir-fry. My ice pack finally melted and I was ready to go to sleep, but my finger started to throb. I tried toothpaste to no avail, and since I'm a poor college student I didn't have the makings of many of the remedies. Fortunately, I did have a potato, and so far so good. It still hurts a little, but the throbing is gone.

mash the raw potato Comments By: acvaughn

You have to put the potato through the food chopper and mash it into a paste. Holding a raw potato just isn't as good. My hand still hurts but it doesn't throb, the pain is manageable. Thank you for sharing this remedy.

Yep, potato works! Comments By: Rob

How 'bout that! Nearly boiling soup spilled on girlfriend's thumb: After cold water for 2-3 mins, then tried toothpaste: it worked, but only for a few minutes, then stinging complaints. Applied scraped raw potato: reduced pain "80%" immediately, and pain continued to subside... still working after 20 mins. Now, potato rinsed off and no more pain (30 mins and counting)