"sometimes the most effective anti-viral (or whatever) treatments are not studied nor promoted because they don't make anyone money."

!!!

Yesterday, I burned my fingertip on the stovetop-- blistered almost immediately, and all I could think was "oh, no, this is going to hurt for a week!" Broke an inch off my aloe plant and stuck the finger in it as quick as I could (they are a bit sleeve-like), and just held it that way a few minutes, then pulled loose a piece of the leaf and bandaged it onto the fingertip for a few hours. It is still blistered of course, but at no point since has it been painful-- I am still typing just fine.