A few days ago, my sister emailed one of those articles on remedies and cures one finds proliferating on the web. This one talks about using flour as a remedy for burns caused by hot boiling water or somehow you got burnt by a fire.
It also relates a testimony by the writer who got scalded on the hand by hot boiling water. He inserted his hand into a bag of flour for ten minutes and voila! No pain and no blisters! He further attested that once he burnt his tongue and he put flour on it for ten minutes and as expected, no pain, no blisters.
The writer’s friend, a Vietnam Vet, who introduced him to this remedy, told him how he discovers using flour in for burns. This happened in Vietnam. One day, a guy accidentally set himself on fire and his friends in a panic threw a bag of flour all over his burning body. It not only put out the fire but also the person did not get burnt!
Although I have not personally tried using flour as a remedy and cure, this story sounds not only unbelievable and farfetched but practically impossible.
I wrote a reply to my sister.
DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ OR SEE ON THE WEB UNTIL YOU HAVE VERIFIED ITS AUTHENCITY.
There are lots of information and disinformation out there in the www. Lots of genuine stuff and truths, yes, but also there are tons of half-truths and outright lies. Always see and read with discernment and wisdom. Why do people have so much time on their hands to write these half-truths and lies? Who can fathom the bizarre, demented and eccentric minds of these lunatics?!
WELL-TESTED AND EFFECTIVE REMEDIES & CURES FOR BURNS & CUTS AND IT IS FREE TOO!
Flour is food. Why waste flour in these times of food shortage???? Keep a pot or several pots of Aloe Vera plants in your garden. They grow quite easily in our tropical climate without much attention required.
If you get a cut or burn on your skin, just cut a few stalks. Wash the stalks and cut the skin to squeeze out the gel-like juice or put the stalks in the blender to get the juice. Apply on the affected part of the skin. It will provide relief almost immediately as well as cause the wound to heal very much faster. If it is a cut, it will stop the bleeding within a short period of time.
There are many research articles written on Aloe Vera and its benefits on the web. I would not like to go into the scientific and other technical aspects of Aloe Vera here. If you wish to know more just do a Google search or go to Wikipedia. My purpose is to let you know some of the benefits from my own personal experience.
KEEP AN OPEN MIND – TRADITIONAL AND HERBAL REMEDIES & CURES CAN BE JUST AS POTENT AND EFFECTIVE!
There are many herbs and plants which are just as effective as modern drugs. It is just that we have lost touch with a large part of our roots and traditions of which traditional remedies, herbs and medicinal plants are a part of. As we march forward in modernity, there is a gradual and imperceptible degradation of the knowledge of our forefathers, resulting in every generation losing a little something from the past till it may totally disappear one day. It is undeniable that some of these remedies and cures are ballyhoo and snake oil but there are many effective ones too that have gone through generations of practical testing.
Furthermore, we have been bombarded by advertisements from drug companies that modern drugs are based on scientific research and years of testing and studies. An inference, then, that they are more potent and effective than traditional or herbal remedies. This assertion may be true in some cases but in many others, simple traditional herbal remedies and cures are not only just as effective, they may be cheaper or in some circumstances, are even free.
It also relates a testimony by the writer who got scalded on the hand by hot boiling water. He inserted his hand into a bag of flour for ten minutes and voila! No pain and no blisters! He further attested that once he burnt his tongue and he put flour on it for ten minutes and as expected, no pain, no blisters.
The writer’s friend, a Vietnam Vet, who introduced him to this remedy, told him how he discovers using flour in for burns. This happened in Vietnam. One day, a guy accidentally set himself on fire and his friends in a panic threw a bag of flour all over his burning body. It not only put out the fire but also the person did not get burnt!
Although I have not personally tried using flour as a remedy and cure, this story sounds not only unbelievable and farfetched but practically impossible.
I wrote a reply to my sister.
DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ OR SEE ON THE WEB UNTIL YOU HAVE VERIFIED ITS AUTHENCITY.
There are lots of information and disinformation out there in the www. Lots of genuine stuff and truths, yes, but also there are tons of half-truths and outright lies. Always see and read with discernment and wisdom. Why do people have so much time on their hands to write these half-truths and lies? Who can fathom the bizarre, demented and eccentric minds of these lunatics?!
WELL-TESTED AND EFFECTIVE REMEDIES & CURES FOR BURNS & CUTS AND IT IS FREE TOO!
Flour is food. Why waste flour in these times of food shortage???? Keep a pot or several pots of Aloe Vera plants in your garden. They grow quite easily in our tropical climate without much attention required.
If you get a cut or burn on your skin, just cut a few stalks. Wash the stalks and cut the skin to squeeze out the gel-like juice or put the stalks in the blender to get the juice. Apply on the affected part of the skin. It will provide relief almost immediately as well as cause the wound to heal very much faster. If it is a cut, it will stop the bleeding within a short period of time.
There are many research articles written on Aloe Vera and its benefits on the web. I would not like to go into the scientific and other technical aspects of Aloe Vera here. If you wish to know more just do a Google search or go to Wikipedia. My purpose is to let you know some of the benefits from my own personal experience.
KEEP AN OPEN MIND – TRADITIONAL AND HERBAL REMEDIES & CURES CAN BE JUST AS POTENT AND EFFECTIVE!
There are many herbs and plants which are just as effective as modern drugs. It is just that we have lost touch with a large part of our roots and traditions of which traditional remedies, herbs and medicinal plants are a part of. As we march forward in modernity, there is a gradual and imperceptible degradation of the knowledge of our forefathers, resulting in every generation losing a little something from the past till it may totally disappear one day. It is undeniable that some of these remedies and cures are ballyhoo and snake oil but there are many effective ones too that have gone through generations of practical testing.
Furthermore, we have been bombarded by advertisements from drug companies that modern drugs are based on scientific research and years of testing and studies. An inference, then, that they are more potent and effective than traditional or herbal remedies. This assertion may be true in some cases but in many others, simple traditional herbal remedies and cures are not only just as effective, they may be cheaper or in some circumstances, are even free.
I like to use aloe vera for cuts.
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