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What is the best medicine to apply for a burn?

Mar 20, 2025 Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Liu Wenmin
Introduction
Generally speaking, there is no specific medication that is considered the best for burns in all cases. After a burn occurs, medications such as Moist Burn Ointment, Jingwanhong Ointment, Silver Sulfadiazine Cream, Mupirocin Ointment, and Compound Lithospermum Oil may be used for treatment as directed by a physician. When using hot water kettles, hot pots, or other similar items in daily life, it is important to maintain a safe distance and avoid contact to prevent burns.

Generally speaking, there is no single best topical medication for burns without blistering. After a burn injury, medications such as Moist Exposed Burn Ointment, Jingwanhong Ointment, Silver Sulfadiazine Cream, Mupirocin Ointment, and Compound Lithospermum Oil may be used under a physician's guidance. The details are as follows:

1. Moist Exposed Burn Ointment

Moist Exposed Burn Ointment mainly contains Coptis, Phellodendron, Scutellaria, and other ingredients, which can clear heat, remove toxins, relieve pain, and promote tissue regeneration. By creating a moist environment, it maintains the physiological moisture of the wound, facilitates the liquefaction and removal of necrotic tissue, promotes regeneration of epithelial cells, accelerates wound healing, and simultaneously alleviates pain.

2. Jingwanhong Ointment

Jingwanhong Ointment contains multiple herbal ingredients such as Saxifraga and Rehmannia, and has effects of promoting blood circulation to remove toxins, reducing swelling and relieving pain, removing decayed tissue and promoting tissue regeneration. It can improve local blood circulation, enhance wound metabolism, dissolve and shed necrotic tissue, and promote granulation tissue growth and epithelial cell proliferation, thereby treating burns effectively.

3. Silver Sulfadiazine Cream

Silver Sulfadiazine Cream mainly contains silver sulfadiazine, which exerts dual effects of sulfadiazine and silver salts. Sulfadiazine inhibits bacterial growth and reproduction, while silver ions have astringent and antibacterial properties. It can effectively prevent and control wound infections, and also promote wound drying and scab formation, aiding wound healing.

4. Mupirocin Ointment

Mupirocin Ointment primarily functions as an anti-infective agent by inhibiting bacterial protein synthesis. It demonstrates strong antibacterial activity against common Gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis following burns. It helps prevent secondary bacterial infections of burn wounds and creates a favorable environment for wound healing.

5. Compound Lithospermum Oil

Compound Lithospermum Oil is primarily made from Lithospermum, combined with other excipients. Lithospermum has functions of cooling the blood, promoting blood circulation, and clearing toxins to relieve rashes. Compound Lithospermum Oil can cool the blood and promote blood circulation, improve local blood circulation, accelerate wound healing, and simultaneously moisturize and protect the burned area, thus reducing pain.

When using hot water kettles, hot pots, or other hot appliances in daily life, it is important to maintain a safe distance and avoid contact to prevent burns. Additionally, household heating devices such as electric heaters and hand warmers should not be placed in direct contact with the skin, nor should they be kept close to the same body part for prolonged periods.

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