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      (From the “Healing Within” Writings – useful information for Daily Life)

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It was the first time my old work truck’s radiater had boiled, so I had pulled into a safe off road place to let it cool down. I thought I knew enough about boiling radiators – lots of experience from childhood with the old Chrysler Wayfarer Ute on the farm. Standard procedure was to let it cool down for a long long while, then when cool, remove the radiator cap with a cloth over the top for safety, add water slowly with the motor idling so as to not cool any internal part too quickly and cause a crack. When full, this time leave the radiater cap off to prevent pressurizing the radiater and it boiling again.

I followed procedure, but there was something different this time… The radiator in a Hiace is positioned in the cab next to the driver and I would have to drive up a steep hill in traffic to get home.  So off I went driving slowly and all went well until as I came up to the crest of the hill the car in front of me suddenly stopped, I did the same. The combination of slope and deceleration resulted in a plume of super heated water spraying out of the radiator onto my left elbow and kept going upwards. My first instinct was to move elbow and myself away from the scalding water. I looked at my elbow, saw the scald, raw flesh showing though the blisters, made an instant decision to head for home two kilometers away for cooling water and aloe vera for first aid.

I flushed the scald to cool it for five minutes of real pain, and then broke off a piece of big old leaf from my potted aloe vera which I always keep near the front door for emergency first aid, broke it open and spread the gel generously. Then I had time to think and reflect and decide upon a course of action. I had witnessed the healing wonders of aloe vera on scalds before on an oil scald where oil straight from the deep fryer was tipped over her hand and how it healed without scarring and in ten days. My follow-up course of action was to do the same procedure as with the oil scald.

area of this hand scalded with oil

Cut a whole leaf from the plant, holding the leaf in the palm of my hand convex down cut the thorns off both sides, next carefully slice off the aloe skin from the flat side of a 50mm section with a sharp (preferably serrated) knife exposing the gel, then cut that piece from the rest of the leaf (this appears to be the easiest way to go about it). There will be a covering of broken up gel on the surface of the main gel. I continued to rubbed this onto the blisters and raw skin. The pain began to ease. As the gel was absorbed by the body the gel still attached to the leaf becomes dry. I then scraped the surface to liberate more gel and so on until there was none left in the convex of the skin. (A sharp serrated knife seems to be best to scrape the gel – in emergency fingernails work.)

That afternoon I had a business meeting to attend so off I went with necessary papers and aloe vera that I continued to apply as we discussed and negotiated. At some point in the meeting he said to me “ I think you should go an see a doctor about that”. To which I replied “Do you think so? And I resolved that another opinion might be a good idea. I arrived in the doctor’s waiting room complete with aloe vera still being continuously being applied, showed the receptionist that was why I was there and could I have an appointment please”. She said instructed “ That I should stop putting the aloe on it” with a look of disgust just as the doctor happened to be walking between rooms. The doctor interjected with “ Keep doing it “ I will see you shortly”. That felt like a good omen – an aware doctor.  When my turn came, she examined the damage and said that she would dress and that I should come twice a day for a day for it to be changed. My first question was what would be in the dressing? Antibiotics?  She responded affirmatively, I thanked her, however I did not want to have antibiotics – not yet anyway. I will continue this treatment I am using with the aloe.

That night I strapped convex sections of leaf with about 2mm of gel over the blisters and over the raw skin with paper surgical tape, slid a sock with the toes cut out over the lot and a light bandage over all and went to bed early. Next morning new blisters had appeared when I removed my “aloe dressing” and I spent the day applying aloe gel to the lot continuously. This went on for three days by which time the blisters had ‘diminished and there was just the raw wound, clean and showing signs of healing. The wound was the hardest to heal because it was on the bend of my elbow so I had to be careful not to bend it to much or knock it. I slept and rested a lot, meditated, drank lots of water and ate well. After three weeks I went back to work with a beautifully healed elbow pink with new skin. It was dry and itchy for a couple more weeks more so I kept it oiled with Jojoba oil alternating with papaw ointment until that diminished. It healed with nil scarring!!!

Looking back would I do the same wound and blister treatment again? Yes!

However, with hindsight the greatest setback was the ‘deep’ shock of the scalding. It took days for the shock to begin to lift, it stayed with me and was the limiting factor of my choosing when to go back to work. My full awareness of the depth of the shock and how it limited the healing process only became more apparent in the months that followed as I began to feel more like myself and began to reflect. I was living alone at the time so I had no one who knew me well to evaluate me and take note of the altered state and suggest that we do something about it. Unfortunately my friendly dotor had also concentrated upon the physical symptoms and missed my emotional state.  Utilizing life’s experience since, I would definitely use my Bach Remedies / Liquid Crystal under the tongue and into my aura to treat the shock and continue to do so until it lifted. I would make use of biochemic cell salts – minerals to nourish on a physical/energetic level.

Six months later I returned to visit the doctor to show her the successful scar-free healing for her own personal database of experience. She was thankful for the feedback.

Sometimes I have been asked how do I use  aloe for sunburn?

I have often used aloe vera for treating fresh sunburn – same as above – split the leaf in half and gently massage the cooling soothing gel on as often as needed. I feel that alternating with crushed ice in a plastic bag can enhance the cooling and healing. If the skin blistered I have followed the procedure above I used with the scald.  And if I do not have aloe vera I would use cold strong black tea massaged over the sunburn – takes out the sting and assists healing.

And the message that was reinforced -”Always keep aloe vera growing close to my kitchen where I can easily access it in an emergency.”

Satya MedicineBaba www.healingwithin.com.au  satya@healingwithin.com.au 0439 903 040