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Never use flour to stop or treat burns

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enough

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Apr 10, 2011, 8:17:59 PM4/10/11
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http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/flourburns.asp

moronsbegone

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May 12, 2011, 2:37:21 PM5/12/11
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enough <blinking...@gmail.com> wrote in news:074a111c-17ad-
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> http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/flourburns.asp

Not last but least, Flour is a carbo and like all carbo's they
can be infectious, ever heard of putting sugar in a wound?
Thats about what your doing with flour.

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Drooling Idiot

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May 12, 2011, 3:31:19 PM5/12/11
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moronsbegone <NoT...@never.org> wrote:
> enough <blinking...@gmail.com> wrote in news:074a111c-17ad-
> 4940-9ba8-d...@u8g2000yqh.googlegroups.com:
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> > http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/flourburns.asp
>
> Not last but least, Flour is a carbo and like all carbo's they
> can be infectious, ever heard of putting sugar in a wound?

Why, yes. Yes I have.

http://www.purezing.com/living/wellness_articles/living_articles_honeywound
s.html

Gary Heston

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May 12, 2011, 8:57:23 PM5/12/11
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In article <20110512151332.335$R...@newsreader.com>,

>> > http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/flourburns.asp

>http://www.purezing.com/living/wellness_articles/living_articles_honeywounds.html

Honey and sugar are not the same thing. While refined sugar does seem to
have some antibacterial properties, it's not in the same class as honey.


Gary

dr_jeff

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May 12, 2011, 9:35:51 PM5/12/11
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A much better treatment is to use soap and water, a towel followed by
antibiotic cream and a bandage (e.g., Band-Aid(R)).

Jeff

Rod Speed

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May 12, 2011, 11:05:50 PM5/12/11
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Gary Heston wrote

> Drooling Idiot <drooli...@live.com> wrote
>> moronsbegone <NoT...@never.org> wrote
>>> enough <blinking...@gmail.com> wrote

>>>> http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/flourburns.asp

>>> Not last but least, Flour is a carbo and like all carbo's they
>>> can be infectious, ever heard of putting sugar in a wound?

>> Why, yes. Yes I have.

>> http://www.purezing.com/living/wellness_articles/living_articles_honeywounds.html

> Honey and sugar are not the same thing. While refined
> sugar does seem to have some antibacterial properties,

Yes, thats why jams and marmalades etc work.

I'll Always Be 13/05/11

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May 13, 2011, 1:46:51 AM5/13/11
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In article <933lgg...@mid.individual.net>,
"Rod Speed" <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote:

do they at least get minimum wage?

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