A hand with a burn[photo/healthline.com] 

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Don’t use ice on a burn. Immediately you get burned place the burned area under cool running water, it prevents the injury from spreading. When you put ice it prevents the flow of the blood to the skin

Use mint toothpaste. After you run the burn under water, cover the affected area with the mint toothpaste, it helps to dry the burn.

Use tea bags. Black tea contains tannic acid; it helps to draw heat from burns and makes them less painful. Place wet tea bags on the burn and leave them for some time

Using vinegar. Vinegar contains acetic acid which helps relieve pain, itching, and inflammation of a burn, soak a towel in the vinegar and place it on the burn.

Using honey.Honey contains natural antibiotic, which helps to prevent the burn from becoming infected it also cool the burn, relieve pain, and help the skin to heal.

Milk. Milk contains fat and protein content in milk soothes burns and promotes healing, pour some milk on the burn and leaves it for some time.

Coconut oil contains fatty acids that are anti-fungal and anti-bacterial, which help keep your burn from becoming infected, it also contains vitamin E which heals the skin.