I have some ointment I got with a prescription that works instantly, but I am almost out of it, and it is not available over the counter. I've never used soy sauce, but I will give it a try. I have lots of aloe plants in my front and back yards, and I can always cut a branch of one of those, if necessary, but soy sauce is closer at hand.

I've heard that you are supposed to leave the soy sauce on your burn for 30 minutes for the full effect.

Thanks for the tip!

Well, I put some on the bandaid after the brief soaking. Perhaps that helped.

Good to know.

I work in a kitchen and unless I am wearing heat sleeves, I get burned. I use BurnJel Plus by Waterjel. We keep it in stock in the kitchen. It smells like Tea Tree oil because that is one of the ingredients, but I have been pretty badly burned twice and don't have a scar from either burn on my arm after using this.

Also I keep some Aloe Vera Gel in the frig at all times for burns. It feels so good and helps a lot to take the heat out and speed up healing.

I'll keep it in mind to try, thanks. I used to burn my forearms constantly when I had a wall oven, and haven't thought about it until just now that I haven't gotten burned by the oven since I switched to a range. Interesting.

Great info!! Thanks for starting this thread!

FOAS, that's really interesting- to what do you attribute the difference?. I HATE that oven doors pull down instead of opening to the side with a hinge. They're an invitation to burn my arms and I really feel uncomfortable in those large clumsy mitts.

Interesting indeed.

Most folk medicines are just stories.

Then just a few moments ago, I read in the news, a Chinese folk medicine doctor won this year's Nobel Price for coming up with a cure for drug resistant Malaria,

You never know!

dcarch

There's a ninth-century Anglo-Saxon cure that works against antibiotic-resistant MRSA.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27263-anglo-saxon-remedy-kills-hospital-superbug-mrsa/

Compumom - I actually prefer wall ovens so this isn't some made up scenario. I'm trying to remember. I think what would happen is I'd reach in and lift the pot/casserole, then the weight of it would make me take a small step closer to help lift. At that point my leg or waist would hit the spring-loaded door, and up it would fly, right into my forearms. At that point the choice would become drop the food or suffer a prolonged burn as I sorted things out. It happened not once or twice, but frequently. I suppose smooth rolling, fully extending racks, and USING them, would help alleviate the risk. But those I didn't have. I rarely pull out the rack when I remove something from the oven.

FOAS, that spring driven door sounds dangerous!

Cloudy_Christine, thanks for that link. What a fascinating article!!

Plllog - "spring loaded" was too strong of a term, but every horizontal oven door, like dishwasher doors, are counter-balanced with springs to make lifting them easier.

Oh! I thought you meant one of those ovens where you just give a little push and the door springs up. Either way, it sounds dangerous. Way before rolling racks, my father made me a lovely oven rack puller, which I used in college era apartments, but I avoided the oven when I could. I remember making a lot of pâte à choux puffs, many of them filled with yoghurt and strawberries and frozen until just set. :) People went wild for them, and they're nothing to make. Even in an apartment cheap, rattly oven range. :)

I wonder if the soy sauce thing has to do with all the wonders of fermented foods that the hard science community has been proving recently. My first reaction was that it's what they always say not to do, but Laceyvail's experience is very interesting. . :) I like Jody's suggestions, especially putting the aloe in the fridge, though I try not to get burns to start with. :)

I seem to burn myself often. Just the blister small 2nd degree. One just healed. Tip of my thumb. I'm always shifting racks around in the smoker. I run under cold water, then vinegar and soak the bandaid with it. Curious about the soy sauce. I'll report back since it is bound to happen again soon, lol.

I have a fantastic oven mit that was a gift. Thin suede and goes up the arm almost to the elbow. Wish i knew where it was purchased. I think it is 15yrs old and still a thing of beauty. I need two!

I also burn myself regularly, because I'm careless and impatient. Usually it's my inside forearm/wrist because I take the lid off a boiling canner and remove jars and I bump my arm against the edge of the canner because I'm short. I had an aloe plant that was taking over my kitchen in White Cloud, but it died when I set it out onto the porch last summer, I didn't think it could possibly get too hot but I guess it did.

I keep a bottle of aloe vera gel in the fridge for sunburns, but find it doesn't work as well as gel fresh from the plant.

I'll try that soy sauce thing next time....

Annie

Sleevendog, try searching for "barbecue mitts" or try barbecue stores. That's where the big suede ones are.

Pillog, I too think it must be the fermentation that does it--it's certainly not the salt. And since this thread keeps going, I should mention that the week after the caller on the People's Pharmacy told the soy sauce story, a former Army medic called in and confirmed that the Army uses soy sauce in the field for burns. So....I know it works. You all try it too--but first try not to get burned!

Why not the salt? I think that would explain why the blister disappears. The salty solution draws the water from the blister by osmosis.

I guess the liquid soy sauce cools the burn enough to help with a very minor burn, but holding the burn under cold water would do that a lot better. Using soy sauce alone could be an emergency technique for times when there's no clean cold water nearby.

In the kitchen, maybe better to cool the burn with water, then pat dry and apply soy sauce.

Plllog, I searched and even posted a pic here...

it is very thin, slips on easily, fits, ahem, like a glove!

keep meaning to just make a few as I have a sailmakers sew machine but have zip zero free time...

The original person who called The People's Pharmacy described using it on his son's face after a terrible burn; he was racing to take him to the emergency room. But apparently by the time he got there, it was so much better that there was no need for any emergency care. And the Army medic who called the following week, describe using it for terrible burns right in the field. I have a lot of faith in it after my experiences.

Wow! Very cool, Laceyvail.

Sleevendog, I tried to find your picture, but couldn't figure out the right search terms. My other suggestion would be to look in non-cooking places, like automotive, or protective gear. I thought I'd seen something like what you've described (though quite possibly all wrong) when I was searching for barbecue accessories online, which is why I said, but I can't even find it again to show you to learn how wrong it is! :(

Perhaps these gloves are too thin? These gloves are heavier. Neither are mitts.

These are described as heavy suede baker's [mitts], so also maybe wrong, but maybe worth a look.

Here's s link to the drug-resistant malaria treatment. Interesting read. Thank you for mentioning it, dc.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228382-000-the-modest-woman-who-beat-malaria-for-china