It would not be as strong as it was before though. Mustard works… at least better than anything else I tried. If you can make the connection from my “name”, you’ll understand why my burn in particular is of the worst, NASTIEST, most PAINFUL kinds that has me straight sobbing…. Mustard for Burns. Miracle mustard! Looking at my arm I discovered that my right arm had bee burned also and it now was COVERED with little blisters which I had broken some of when I thought it was a bug. Within 1 minute of putting mustard on it I could hardly feel the pain anymore and by the time it had dried I felt as if I hadn’t been burned at all. Until weeks later when I grabbed the hot end of a curling iron set to maximum heat. Mustard is a miracle. I dropped the pan immediately, and thankfully no oil hit me. Or so I thought. For example, using ice on a burn may cause hypothermia. Vitamin E Oil. Thank you!! This week, a reader posted their story … I washed it and put some Sooth-A-Caine on it and went back to bed only to have to get up and wash it off. Very disappointing. Used mustard and in a 5 minutes it was easy to tell it was working. There may be typos because I’m typing with one hand as there is mustard on the other… LOL. Unbelievable. He forced my hand into that mustard, and the pain immediately elided. I am still in the process today of doing more coats of mustard due to this being second degree burn. I put it on thick and let it dry. I thought she was still in pain but she kept saying off, off. Just like it did for the other commenters. So glad I was reminded of a old remedy I won’t forget. What You Have To Do. He and the other guys heard me scream from outside the door, so he opened it to help. I shook it off because I thought maybe it wasn’t too bad but then my children wanted to bake pizza so I put it in the oven. Needless to say the pain is gone however I am not sure if we should have ran his foot in the cool water first, and then applied the mustard. It works ! Tonight I accidentally poured hot butter over my forearm and wrist. I put the mustard on like I would put it on for a hot dog and instantly the pain was gone. Go mustard! I burned the palm of my hand on a burner and it caused a 2nd degreen burn and the pain was excruciating. I burned myself with a fry basket and was literally crying like baby…however, mustard saved me. I had to get some for a table but had no idea the ladle had been sitting there on the burner with the beans. It did not help that my husband came in and all he could say was “why did you do that”……..meaning why did I grab the pan….like I did it on purpose or something! I knew it was a longshot, but I tried it. Not the worst pain I’ve ever felt, but it was still very unpleasant. I will either scare the pain away or laugh it away depending on what I find to watch. Still hurting yet the pain is slowly subsiding after 15 minutes. First aid for burns can be simple without any trips to your pantry for mustard. AND NO PAIN. So I did something stupid.. I didn’t have much time ‘til the boys were gonna be here, but I threw on “Abbey Road” and just went for it. I burned my hand and this didn’t work. I heard about this about 15 years ago & knew it worked. The simplest and most effective cure for acid reflux sits right there in your kitchen cabinet … Desperate, I starting slathering the finger tips with yellow mustard and wa-laa–its working! The other cook ran to a table and grabbed the mustard bottld ans covered my hand. It was a good burn. This can be done twice a day if tolerated. But it still hurt like a b*tch and so I hopped on Google and started searching what to put on a burn. Well I just scraped a blob of mustard off my nose, LOL. As a Registered Nurse, Holistic Nurse, and Bowen Certified Practitioner I strongly recommend good old Yellow Mustard for my patients who have joint pain, muscle pain and just plain aches and pains related to inflammation. Yellow mustard is also good for heartburn. My daughter was still restless until a half an hour or so later, I gave her some baby Tylenol and the Tylenol with the mustard took affect. These burns are on the skin’s surface and look red. In fact, mustard may actually cause your skin to burn, or worsen existing burns. It is 9:24, the fresh mustard is on. A seemingly helpful medical heads-up about treating burns began making the rounds on the Internet in March 2011. These burns blister and are very painful. Do not follow this advice. Dr. Payam Mehranpour answered 22 years experience Cardiology Possible: Mustard is mentioned as a home remedy for treatment of heartburn. I’m a line cook and burn myself a lot. The hot skin becoming cold too quick will cause the separation due to rapid temp change. I was in a lot of pain. The mustard in the wrap caused burns that needed to be treated by a doctor. Then 45 minutes later, I stopped clenching my teeth and I noticed some relief. Try it and you will be glad you did. It does wonders. I like to pan sear bacon-wrapped sirloin steaks and then finish the steak in the oven for a perfect medium rare. Trying the mustard for about 35 minutes now. as soon as we unwrap it later, i will lather it with mustard. Just looked this up. I washed off the aloe vera and realized that my arm was starting to bubble and blister. A. Need to try it, now!” – haha. Fingers crossed…. Before I knew it I heard the sound of her sucking on her pacifier fingers. Hand was on fire for about 5 seconds, have multiple blisters. So I read thru several more entries, and noticed that some people said it can take a bit of time to work, perhaps even as long as it takes for the mustard to “dry”. it has already started to blister. Great article. We’ll see how the blisters turn out as time goes on but as far as immediate relief, I’m definitely a believer, and as a clumsy burn prone person I’m excited I found this. MY LORD! This is such a miracle. I have been telling people to use mustard for burns for years…. Your skin will turn yellow. I couldn’t believe how bad it hurt. I felt like a terrible grandmother! I thought that it would be easy enough to try, so I slathered regular yellow mustard all over every single inch…..and for a moment it felt good because it was so cool…….and then the pain came back. It did not work necessarily immediately, but within 60 seconds I felt relief. Took a pan out of the oven with an oven mitt, took mitt off and without thinking reached around an picked the pan up. The hot dog vendor, a seasoned professional, made rough and efficient through years of cavorting with drunken, mid-western violence voyeurs, quickly sprang into action. I thought there had to be a better way. I had completely forgotten about the pain. Mustard is good for losing weight fast, for another reason. “No! If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would have never believed it. My fingers feel much better! Then I wrapped it in gauze and I guess that was a mistake. This would help how exactly? I think they failed to realize that a lot of people are typing, or talk to texting, with mustard all over their hands, LOL. That’s when I found this mustard trick. My husband ran up to UDF to get yellow mustard. My sister told me about the mustard remedy and I laughed. I am surprised at how well this worked! So far so good. When it dried I brushed off the thick flakes and reapplied it thickly again & again at least 5 times. I tried cold water, ice, warm water, antiseptic ointment — nothing worked. I had no faith in this remedy but once the tears began flowing from the pain I had no choice but to try it out. I took my cookie sheet out of my oven with a table cloth kind of thing and i accidentally rested my thumb on it. Next time I will head straight for the mustard! We will see what it looks like tomorrow, but I am hopeful for a pain free night. Omg! Like many of the others, it took only 30mins for my 2 fingers. Wheeee. Don’t use mustard on a chemical burn, it stings like crazy! 90% of my hand was burned and it was hurting for hours. Well mustard worked decent but not 100% I went to the bathroom and went to wipe it off with a charmin wipe and that took it away 100% until I take it off but now it is about gone I think mustard works =). Within 15 minutes, pain was 90% gone. Instantly the burn felt better. People were posting stories that they have tried the suggestion and it worked for hours. I hope for the best. Immediately I poured some vinegar, which was fine until I drew my hand out, the pain crazy-making. Skeptical at first because the mustard was cold, I continued to wait 5, 10 and 15 minutes with no pain! It’s been exactly 20 minutes and the sting is actually gone. THANK YOU!!! I will remember to reach for the yellow mustard next time. It burned for like the first two minutes, but now after 5 minutes the pain is gone. Just because someone says to use mustard (or ketchup for that matter!) Maybe its the vinegar in the paste from when added to the mustard powder….. Today my daughter got a nasty scold burn when she was pouring hot water in the sink.. We kept putting ice/cold compresses on it no relief, then I remembered I had some aloe in the fridge put that on it again nothing. Feels so good, I can type this with that finger. I haven’t experienced such pain since January 25, 1998. After I rinsed the mustard off, there was no burn. I brought her inside and ran cold water over her fingers. At 1 am I saw this thread. I ran in her room to find her near the heater and I immediately new what had happened. I grabbed a cookie sheet out of the oven filled with bacon wrapped jalapeños. I burned both of my fingers cooking for hours it was killing me, tried everything finally tried the mustard at first it did not seem to work but after 15 minutes my pain slowly decreased tg, being Xmas eve totally sucks I burned my hand this bad. I started picking the dried mustard off and there was still no pain just slight redness and the area was somewhat tender. This helped a little but after an hour or so it was tiring. I hardly ever put in my email address to leave a comment but this was worth it…. Foods that have a thermogenic effect increase the metabolic rate of the body. I think the reason it helped when i moved my arm back and forth is due to the gait therory. HEHE. It’s a very old home remedy trick. It works like a MIRACLE!!! My palm was also burned horribly. Yesterday I burned myself on an air compressor motor while tryin to put in an air hose. So I found this site where many claimed that yellow mustard would stop the pain. Got on the internet and found the mustard thing. It helps with the swelling and the skin sensitivity… the longer you can keep the mustard on the better. I kept warning her about it and that it was hot and it would barn, but before I knew it, she had put two of her fingers on it, which just happens to be the two fingers that are her pacifier when she is ready to go to bed. The other fingers that had the smaller blisters, the blisters were gone after 45 minutes of mustard treatment but they’re still tender to the touch. linda, i was just fixing some eggs and the cooking oil popped and got my left hand, it hurt like hellfire so i went on google and started looking up home remedies, i tried Potato and Egg White and those worked for a min but before i knew it the pain was back, then i tried dipping my finger in milk and sucking on it but same result, finally i decided to try the mustard and IT WORKED! MUSTARD MADE A BELIEVER OUT OF US!!!! I don’t know if it is mind over matter or has something to do with the mustard reactivating. I had turned on the wrong burner and for 10 minutes it was heating up the handle of this metal frying pan I have. She crawled to the fridge and plunged her hand into a family sized jar of YELLOW MUSTARD and held it there for a while. As you could imagine, the scream was awful. Enter your email address to receive new blog articles in your email: Subscribe to The Proper Mustard Newsletter, Here’s a Quick Way to Stop a Burn From Hurting - Path to Natural Living, http://blog.disastersurvivalskills.com/how-to-survive/how-to-treat-burns, Cooking Injuries | Your Kitchen Addiction, http://www.nbcnews.club/cancer-patients-turning-alternative-remedies/127, “If I hadn’t experienced it myself, I’d never believe anything so improbable could work.”. I know I didn’t have any mustard in there, but I decided to check anyway. I immediately pulled my hand off and put it under cold running water. I am now wearing a glove on my right hand, one of those cheapie cloth $1.00 thin winter gloves and have the residual mustard-Neosporin “moisturizer” as well. Thank you!!!! Well it’s been sitting on for like 15 minutes now and the pain is just very mildly numb. The pain began to radiate down my finger and seem to hop over to the adjacent unharmed digits on my hand. The throbbing gone, as is the pain. When I was 12 I accidentally picked up a hot curling iron. Thank you! My lord, the agony. Woot. I put Aspercream on it and it didn’t help. After a couple hours of no relief, I found this page. thanks for the advice. I woke up about 3 I think and had a really bad burning on my wrist so I got up and went to the bathroom to look at it. I burned my hand accidentally holding a hot lid. I had been sitting with my fingers wrapped in ice for 2 plus hours until I talked with a friend and she suggested mustard. After checking the People’s Pharmacy website, they stumbled upon the yellow mustard burn remedy. It was fine as long as the water was running, but without the water it was an awful burning. IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM. It burned and looked like a elevator arrow — up ^ and down! I came home from work this evening and found my cat had turned on my stove. I couldn’t believe a mishap from touching the pan for no more than 2 seconds could produce this kind of misery! In addition to the mustard I gripped a bag of ice for hours afterwards. I don’t know what the heck is in this stuff, but it works!! Send thanks to the doctor. I slathered some on and didn’t feel a big difference right away and soon the heat came back and i put my finger back in my ice water. Thank you to all who posted previously… #miracleremedy. I was surprised when I came across this website and thought I would give mustard a try and to my surprise the pain is not as intense and going away. I’ve also now rinsed the mustard off and the pain hasn’t returned after 30 minutes. Some types of oils can be used for treating minor burns. Other home remedies you should NOT use to treat burns, Debra Rose Wilson, Ph.D., MSN, R.N., IBCLC, AHN-BC, CHT, Dominique Fontaine, BSN, RN, HNB-BC, HWNC, How Massage Therapy Has Changed My Life with MS, Accepting Your MS Doesn’t Happen Overnight — It’s a Work in Progress. I removed the sirloin to a plate and sat down to eat, I had forgotten to turn the stove top off after making a side dish and by the time I sat down the pan was smoking and catching fire. My 22 month old granddaughter was staying with me just last night. Yes, it works. Thanks for sharing!!! The only spots that still hurt, when touched, are the blisters. After generously slathering mustard over the painful burn they felt immediate relief… and by bedtime, the pain was gone with only slight discoloration. It’s now 3 hours later, and still no pain. I used yellow mustard and noticed immediate relief once I maintained a steady breeze on my hand, thus used a fan. It seemed to activate it again and pain stopped. I don’t feel like I need a strait jacket now. Thank you, now I know I will sleep tonight!!! Some might need over-the-counter medications to help with pain.”. I’m not a big mustard fan so i didn’t have it in my house. I get more attention from The Ladies The only *slight* downside was when my skin began to fall off and I had to get a skin graft because I never went to a doctor. It burned pretty bad for a couple of minutes, But now less than five minutes later, it’s feeling almost back to normal! Has been burning, for hours. The person filled it a bit too much and burned the tip of my finger. Tytyty for being here, and I sure enjoyed the many testimonials!! Thinking it wasn’t that bad I wrapped a damp cloth around it. She put it on in a thick layer and told me to let it dry. I was hella confused, but also desperate. Lol, thankful for spell check ;0). Did this several times. Yesterday afternoon I acquired a steam burn. All I could find was stuff like “immerse in cold water” and “go to the ER if there are blisters or if the burns are on your hands or joints”, etc…….I was beginning to think I would have no choice but to go to the ER. Very thankful! LIKE THEY WERE NEVER THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. My burn is so severe that I can still feel a little pain but not as much as before. I kept running cold water over my hand. After 2 hours of the burn not getting any better I didn’t even hesitate I yelled out to my mother “mum mustard do we have any? After about 5 minutes the pain started easing and I reapplied more mustard about 15 mins later and my pain is gone! … You'll find that the pain goes away almost immediately. Yellow Mustard is Amazing and Powerful stuff and a good remedy for all kind skin problems and swelling that works for me. I will continue to spread the word. I was in a horrible pain without an ice pack on it. I’ve burned myself so many times in the past and no one ever told me this until today. we Immediately put mustard on it he continued to cry and it was discovered that the side we put the mustard was not hurting but the other side of his foot was burnt as well. This works sooooo well. Mustard is sour and sour stuff burns. I don’t even know what the variety is they are tiny red peppers that look like it was a self decorated christmas tree. Whether you have MS, care for someone with MS, or both: Massage therapy is a key component to self-care. They’re used to treat congestion, coughing, and muscle aches, but these benefits haven’t been proven by … I felt immediate relief after a minute. in everyday yellow mustard that quickly takes away the pain. Hey Everyone – I can testify to mustard as remedy for burn. I didn’t find “plain old yellow mustard” but found some fancy Best Food “Dijon” mustard. Anyway, it was a pretty bad burn and I still have blisters on my foot. I had a good grip on it for a few seconds before I realized it and slung it across the room like a snake. I looked all over the internet and was about to give up until i found the people’s pharmacy site that said mustard would ease the pain. AMAZING. What a miracle! Then i decided not to be a baby, put some more on, kept it on, and watched some TV to get my mind off of it. It was starting to blister. Pingback: Health Benefits | mustardmaniac. Like, OMG!!! In the past month, I've gotten buned on hot pans straight out of the oven and both times slathered them in yellow mustard. This absolutely works! I was healed. But then I added more mustard (about 15mins before I started typing this) and now it’s been almost 10 minutes, maybe 15, and the pain is nearly gone. Several hours later she realized that she had been asleep and it was already dark. The results are worth it even if you can’t stand the smell of mustard. I put an ice pack on it but that only helped for a few minutes, then it started to burn again. Was making a hamburger for dinner and it splashed up and burned a wide area of my chest. So I was calling B.S. Was pulling a pan out of the oven with a mitt on my hand but didn’t realize there was a hole in the mitt. Healthline Media does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. C’est la vie I suppose. Just burned several fingers trying to move a hot iron skillet which I didn’t know was hot at the time. She finally quieted down and fell asleep. Yep, it works! And this was HOT BUTTER from a frying pan!!! Happy dad. COMPLETELY. The rush of pain was similar to getting slammed with contractions. I was finally able to find a teacher that gave me an Otter Pop to use until I got to work. I left it on overnight washed it off in the morning and the whole episode is history with the exception of a little redness and very minor flaking. When you receive an MS diagnosis, acceptance doesn’t happen overnight, as the disease is perpetually evolving. I ran my hand under cold water and held various cold object from my fridge. If there are no allergy or diatary constraints I recommend 2 ( two ) tablespoons full a day. If you have severe burns you should seek medical attention. Most people look at me with eyes wide with disbelief when I tell them mustard is a great burn reliever. There are many forms of aloe … This totally works!!! Eventually I could bear it as long as my hand was submerged in cool water. I went to bed and woke up the next morning with no pain what so ever. I have used it from oven burns, to halogen bulb burns, even machinery exhaust burns. This remedy was provided by James R., CA. About 2hours ago, had hot oil splash up the back of my hand. See? It hurt so much! The first 20-30 mins alternated between feeling way better and then having waves of pain, so you do have to wait this out some but it’s still instantly better than the ice is… Now I’m just having very dull pain, 1 million times better than it was before. I rubbed my hand as I held it underwater as I had learned from previous, MUCH MUCH milder burns that if you rub it, blood will come to the area and help the situation AND it will help de-sensitize the burn as it heals. A recent case study highlighted the burns a woman sustained after using a mustard and honey wrap in an attempt to reduce cellulite.