Abrasions are superficial skin wounds in which the skin breaks and only the top layers of the skin are affected. Everyone has these wounds at some point or another during the course of life. The skin is soft and elastic but not tough enough to resist breaking and tearing when impacted with hard and rough surfaces. Thin skinned bony areas like the knees, elbows and ankles are more prone to abrasions than thickly padded areas.
Children are more liable to be affected because of their active involvement in outdoor games, running and scampering and participating in all kinds of sports. Though abrasions are not serious or health threatening, they can cause immense pain and soreness and can allow bacteria and other organisms to enter through the broken skin and cause infections. The fear of tetanus bacteria invading the body is more worrisome than any other fear.
Various Home Remedies For Abrasions
Aloe Vera
Take a fresh aloe vera leaf and skin it to remove the gel. After washing the abrasion with some warm water, pat it dry. Apply the piece of gel directly on it. Rub it gently so that the sap can seep into the skin.
Leave it to dry and after three or four hours apply again. Always use the fresh gel for greater effect and faster recovery. The antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and soothing properties of aloe vera will heal the wound within no time.
Turmeric
Turmeric is full of anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antibacterial and powerful healing qualities. If applied to the wound immediately, it will nullify the chances of infection and will bring relief in the pain immediately. Take one teaspoon of hot ghee and mix one teaspoon of turmeric powder with it.
Swallow half the mixture with a cup of hot milk and smear the other half on the wound. Cover it with a betel leaf and bandage it with thin cotton gauze to keep the turmeric mixture in place. You can repeat the process again before going to bed.
Boric Powder
Warm some water and mix a teaspoon of boric powder into it. Take a cotton swab and dip it into the solution and swab the wound with it, several times. All the dirt and grit will come away and boric powder will clean as well as disinfect the wound. The heat from the water will also provide relief in the pain and swelling. Swab the wound with boric powder twice a day.
Coconut Oil
Coconut oil has superb antimicrobial, anti-scarring and anti-inflammatory properties. After washing the wound with warm water and after drying it, smear coconut oil all over it.Cover the wound with soft cotton gauze to keep the oil in place and to keep the wound clean from dirt or hair or other impurities.
Black Tea
Boil a cup of water and steep a bag of black tea into it for ten minutes. Wash the wound with the tea and after doing so, place the moist tea bag on the wound and bandage it in place.Keep it for several hours so that the chances of infection are eliminated and the moist heat is able to bring relief in the pain and swelling.
Caution: Please use Home Remedies after Proper Research and Guidance. You accept that you are following any advice at your own risk and will properly research or consult healthcare professional.