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Soy Sauce Eases Pain of Burn

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Q. 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.

A. Many people have found that soy sauce takes the pain and redness out of a burn if it is applied right after the cold water. We don’t know why it works, but we are convinced that it does!

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I have used soy sauce for years for burns. It really works. When my kids especially, would get burns I would pour a little in a dish and they would soak in it and lick their fingers until the burning was gone. It was usually within 15 minutes. I also have used mustard when camping.

I burned my left wrist about a month ago when I attempted to take out a tray of food I had cooked in my toaster convection oven. I somehow turned the wrist, even though using a potholder, and got burned several times by touching the hot grill. I remember reading somewhere that oxygen causes the blistering so there are many remedies I've tried to no avail. I did run cold water on it, then I painted all the burns with liquid skin. I had no burning pain, no blistering, and the skin formed a kind of protective scab over time. I have some burn scars on the wrist and don't know if they will eventually disappear, but it was worth it and I'll certainly try the liquid skin again if I get burned.

I have used soy, or Tamari, sauce on burns for several years. It works! I didn't know about the cold water so I just put it directly on the burn immediately. It stings for a bit, but then any evidence that I was ever burned disappears like magic. I've had some pretty severe burns and it always works the same. I keep a small bottle of it in my bathroom for when I (frequently) touch something other than my hair with the curling iron.

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