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Q. My husband and I recently combined forces in a spectacular kitchen accident. He was heating water in a French press coffee pot in the microwave, and unknowingly heated it too much. As he picked up the pot, and walked away from the microwave, the super-heated water erupted into his face.
In running to see what had happened, I slipped in the water, and hit the tile floor on my shoulder. Fortunately, I quickly remembered reading about soy sauce for burns in one of your columns, and he quickly applied a liberal amount to his face. Subsequently, only his eyelids (which were not coated in soy sauce) blistered and peeled, but the remainder of his face suffered no long-term effects. Within a couple of days, it looked no worse than a mild sunburn.
Unfortunately, only surgery and therapy will cure the broken shoulder, but how wonderful to see the amazing results of soy sauce on his burns. Thanks for including this info in your column!
A. We first heard about using soy sauce on burns from Blair in Eugene, OR. He has been using it for decades to treat minor household burns. Since then, others have reported success using soy sauce to ease the pain and damage from minor burns. Your story is one of the most dramatic.
First aid for burns begins with immediate cold water. Severe burns require medical attention. We are certainly glad the soy sauce remedy worked for your husband.
Soy Sauce, I'm 68 an should know better, was grilling in my bare feet and stepped on a peice of charcoal about the size of a dime, it was very painful went for the soy sauce, and it worked: no lingering pain, and the pain was gone at once.
Can definitely attest to this- soy sauce has helped on many occasions w/ burns to take away the pain and prevent blisters- and I learned about it here!
I read this article about soy sauce for treating burns a few days before my weekend ironing chores. Klutz that I am, I accidentally burned the tips of my index & middle fingers. I envisioned going to work on Monday trying to type with bandaged fingers. I remembered the soy sauce and soaked my 2 fingers in a small bowl of it for about 10 minutes. Afterwards, there was no pain, no blistering or scarring! I was happily amazed!
I burned the heel of my hand with hot bacon grease. I immediately put it under cold running water and then remembered the soy sauce cure. I taped a paper towel soaked in soy sauce to my hand and within 20 minutes all I had left was a mild sensitivity on that hand. Thanks.
Hi there, I burned myself the other day, quickly applied soy sauce but now my skin is stained. Any ideas on how to remove the brown stain?
Thank you
PEOPLE'S PHARMACY RESPONSE: TRY TOOTHPASTE ON THAT STAIN. IT MAY REMOVE IT.