Tip of the Day: Vanilla extract to the rescue

by Sarah Christine (Subscribe to Sarah Christine's posts)
Posted Oct 6th 2008 6:00AM
Filed under: Health & Medical, Tip of the Day

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Burning your hand is a painful experience. Instead of running to the medicine cabinet next time, check out this alternative pain reliever found right in your kitchen!

bottle of vanilla extract

Everyone I know has done it- accidentally grabbing the handle of a pot or pan without a potholder and enduring a great amount of pain due to it. The next time you burn yourself, believe it or not, vanilla extract will help take the initial pain away.

Generously moisten a cotton ball or swab with vanilla extract.
Try to avoid placing the cotton ball or swab against the bottle's opening, as it may contaminate the extract.
Roll the swab or cotton ball over your burn gently. Squeeze out excess vanilla extract over your skin if you chose a cotton ball for application.
Wait for relief!

Tags: burns, how to treat burns, HowToTreatBurns, tip of the day, tipoftheday, uses for vanilla extract, UsesForVanillaExtract, vanilla extract, VanillaExtract

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10-06-2008 @ 11:06AM

Harlan said...

I assume this is just the alcohol in the extract evaporating off and cooling the burn? I suspect that the usual techniques (ice cubes in a baggie, with a dishtowel wrapped around) might work better longer...

10-06-2008 @ 11:26AM

Stephanie said...

That relief is simply the alcohol evaporating off the skin-- a pretty expensive way to do it at that. Also, alcohol probably is not a good idea on a burn because it will dry out the skin. The best thing for a burn is right there in the kitchen anyway-- lots of cold water!!

10-06-2008 @ 1:59PM

alex said...

Actually, artificial vanilla extract is manufactured from clove oil, which is a topical anaesthetic (and a systemic when mixed with water and used on fish and amphibians) which will contribute to numbing the burn

10-06-2008 @ 6:32PM

Henry said...

I prefer bourbon. Drink until it doesn't' hurt.

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