Did you burn your hands in the kitchen? Did you cut your fingers? More than sure, yes.
I still remember my first "work injury". It was 12-13 years old. I tried to fry a piece of pork for myself and my brother. The parents were not at home. The piece was wonderful - a loin with a thin bone. And he came out great with me - ruddy, fried, not overdried.
But I generously poured oil into the pan. And there was still no skill in handling food. And so, turning this piece over again, I... dropped it. In a skillet, not by.
The big "splash" into the hot oil ended up splashing on the hand - on the knuckles. The first phalanges on three, it seems, fingers of the right hand turned out to be touched. As a result, while my brother was devouring lunch by both cheeks, I cradled my injured hand, periodically smearing it with sea buckthorn oil, puffing Panthenol and thrusting my fingers under a stream of cold water.
Despite the fact that the burn was not very strong (only a couple of blisters later appeared), the burning sensation did not subside. Of course, now many will write that you can tolerate, but... Tolerate is not enough pleasure. Anyway, if there is a means not to endure, then why not use it?
Now you will laugh (I myself recently scolded soda), but I will write: for any kitchen burn, ordinary baking soda will calm the consequences more easily and effectively. Unless, of course, it is an alkali burn.
Steam, boiling water, oil - if any of this gets on the skin - immediately substitute the affected limb in a stream of cold water, and then apply a thick layer of gruel from cold water and soda.
As a result, redness disappears, blisters do not appear, and the burning sensation subsides in about fifteen minutes completely.
I have long tried to understand how soda works. I do not believe that it acts as a disinfectant, kills "free radicals" or creates any kind of protective foam. I suspect it's a chemical reaction. But I don't understand which one.
For a long time I tormented smart resources, looked for at least some links to research, as a result I realized: official medicine does not recognize this method of first aid. I would not admit it myself, but only... it helps.
But I never learned how to deal with cuts and "peeling" from a grater. There, peroxide, chlorhexidine, a patch and pressure bandages are used - if the cut is deep.
So if you have a wonderful way of curing cuts in your stash, I will be very grateful for it (just now I try not to touch the keyboard with my injured finger).