Home Remedies for Cut
December 13, 2008
A cut is a wound caused by some collision with some sharp material like knife, blade or blunt object like any cement slab, concrete floor. However, cuts occurred when thee is any wound on skin surface and blood oozes out of it. It is an emergency situation to stop blood, protect the wound because of the chance of infection and to treat the injury immediately to reduce the effect of pain caused by the wound.
It is not required to run to doctor’s chamber to stop bleeding or swelling of the injured place if the injury is of minor type. In these cases the application of following home remedies will effect to stop bleeding or complications like pain and swelling. In case of major injuries the remedies need to be considered as first aid and it will be wise to contact a doctor or to transfer the injured person to the hospital at the earliest to start medical supervision.
Apply natural honey to wound; it has a cleaning effect. Honey dehydrates the bacteria in the wound and thus kills them. So applying honey in fresh wound minimizes the chance for further infection. You can put honey in the sterile bandage and cover the wound and keep it changing until it is not recovered.
Garlic is a well known remedy for wound for its microbial attributes and application 2-3 garlic extract is a wound being combined with 1 cup of wine in a blender and apply it to the wound .This paste may be irritating in the first occurrence but it kills germs instantly. It is not wise to keep the paste of garlic on the wound for more than 15-20 min at a stress but you can apply it frequently to accelerate the process of healing.
Whit vinegar mixed with water in 1:1 proportion kills the germs but it is painful to tolerate this remedy because he effect of vinegar is stinging.
Take a half cut onion and melt it in blender in smooth paste. Mix natural honey with it and apply it in the wound and do not retain the paste on wound more than one hour at a stretch and the advantage of applying onion in wound does not cause any irritation.
If there is a wound and you cannot stop the bleeding place some sugar from kitchen on the wound, the oozing blood will be stopped. Application of ice is also a good remedy to stop bleeding as well as to reduce the swelling caused by the injury.


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