Honey???? WTF???





Sept/6/2012



Here is my number one all time favorite trick and must have for my welding studio... and should be for yours also, especially if you play with fire or hot things much. A fresh jar of my Dad's unpasteurized honey.



Why??? well there is nothing that matches the pain relieving qualities of honey when applied to burns. Now I know there are all sorts of wives tales out there about putting this or that on your burns. You know things like butter and other disgusting chemical laden stuff from the druggies store. Honey though is not the same!!! Let me explain. First off is the obvious and that is the second you put the honey on the burn the pain stops immediately! I have seen this numerous times with me and others that have tried it. The second is not so obvious. You may not know this but bacteria cannot live in or on honey. Ever notice no matter how old honey gets you never see it go moldy or bad? Well you ain't the only one. Honey has been found in Egyptian tombs and was still edible after two thousand years. Sure it will crystallize over time but if you warm it up slightly it will soften again and be as good as new.



The reason I know all this is because my Dad was a bee keeper. For years Dad would rant and rave to me about the amazing properties of unpasteurized honey and especially how great it was for burns. Now, years later, I finally read about how burn clinics are using honey on bad burns in order to avoid having to wash really bad burns. This saves a ton of agonizing and blood curdling screaming by the burn victim while getting the burn... scrubbed. Burns have to be scrubbed so infection does not take hold. But wait... did I not say that bacteria cannot live in honey and if so why not just spread some on the burn. It makes perfect sense to me as I have done it with some real blistered cookers to my pinkies and other bodily parts. Considering it makes the pain stop immediately it is win/win.

Eventually some scientist will figure out a way to add chemicals to it and then patent the formula. Once that happens you will see this magic cure on the shelves. Sure it won't be quite as good as real honey and will cost way more but at least others will hear about it. My guess that will be in about twenty years since that is the medical communities favorite time line for cures. In the meantime though give it a try I assure you that you will be amazed.



Now as you know with most cuts burns etc the goal is to keep the wounded area clean, not so you can look pretty but to help avoid infection. Now think about putting warm butter on a burn... think there is much bacteria in warm butter? How about peanut butter then.... Nope stick to unpasteurized honey you will be glad you did!!!!!





Oh you can thank my Dad for that trick.... which I know you won't... that is until your next bad burn when you try this amazing trick. As an added note putting your burn under cold water will also stop the pain... until you take it out of the water that is.... then the pain comes back as strong as ever. My worst burn was to my finger tips... all of them and badly. Now that sucked. Hurt like hell and sure the honey stopped the pain but I could not grab or do anything. It was brutal. I then honey'ed up some bandages and put them on each finger. I managed to get some work done that way but could still not pick my nose for a few days.





