I want to tell you about a fabulous first aid product that our family has used for several years: Corona Ointment. If you look at the picture above, you may notice that the Corona ad has a horse, as opposed to say, a child. That’s because Corona is marketed for horses, animals, small cattle, and pets. I know I have compared Lily to a dog, and I stick by that – she has carried a leash around for most of the day and we’ve had to take the jar of dog treats away from her – but this is a great product for cuts, burns, and to prevent scarring on people, too.
Years ago, one of our boys had a facial injury and I was concerned about scarring. A doctor in Texas told me (via email) to try Corona. It contains 50% pharmaceutical grade lanolin, plus antiseptics commonly used in human skin care products. The lanolin keeps the injury moist (it slowly melts into the skin), helps it to heal, and prevents the drying and pulling that contribute to scarring. Corona is great for burn treatment. It also works really well for severly chapped hands in the winter; just coat your hands and knuckles at bedtime, and they’ll be better in the morning.
My husband and my oldest son were in the doctor’s office last week. When she was telling them that they would need to get a particular ointment, my husband and son both said, “Corona?” She was surprised that they were familiar with it. Both doctors who have recommended it to us have land and horses of their own. Maybe they discovered, from experience, that it works well for people, too. You will probably have to go to a feed or equestrian supply store to find Corona.
Corona Ointment works for me! For other great Works-for-Me Wednesday ideas, go visit Shannon at Rocks in My Dryer. 
I’d never even heard of it. So thanks for the tip. Sounds like something we should get and have handy instead of waiting until we actually need it.
It’s also the only thing that ever helped when my kids had severe diaper rash. I would put it on at night and it would be almost completely healed by morning.
I got it at a feed store and I only had to buy one tube for the last two kids I had. For $7 it was worth it.
my mom used that for diaper rash!;0
You forgot to say it’s pretty smelly and very sticky! I have memories of trying to get that off my hands after changing the baby;)
Works awesome though.
O.K. … something weird I learned during gymnastics … If you put Preparation H on a blister (before it pops) you can have a callus by morning. Icky, but true … as attested by many many blisters from bars during the dark ages before hand grips. (Learned it from a tennis player who always had blisters while breaking in new shoes).
great tip! Thanks!
Hmmm… never heard of it, but something I might have to give a try! 🙂
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My pharmacist recomended this to me for my baby, I was a little scared to try it at first, but when her rash was so bad it was starting to bleed, I tried it. By morning she was all but healed. I’m so glad that other people have been using this, it makes me feel a lot better.
this is also great for dry rough bleeding feet. my mother had heels that were cracked holes. she used corona for one day and the cracks were filled (yes one day). she used it for a few more days and her feet were as soft as a babys bottom. this suff is awesome.
I was diagnosed with Actopic Dermatitus on my hands and have been trying to manage it for years using every type of lotion in the book along with prescription medicines. I’ve always been told I would never be able to get rid of it, but rather “manage” it. Sometimes, my hands would be so dry and crack – and when it was on the fingertips, it hurt to use those fingers. It was very debilitating. Then my it was suggested to my mother – a friend of hers used Corona for her eczema and she claims it cured her. So I tried it. It’s been the best thing I have ever used! I’ve only been using it for a week and a half and I am confident this condition will go away entirely. I couldn’t recommend this stuff more – it changed my life.
I didn’t find out about this untill my second child. She had a rash and a friend suggested it. I tried it and now I recommend it to all my other mom friends. Her doctor agreed after I told him that it was an amazing product. I thought it was just a NM thing since I had never heard of it before. Now we are in WY and I am having a problem finding it in a tube. Thinking I’m going to have to use the other.
I don’t understand why the company that makes it doesn’t market it to Moms.
I am going to try this for biking sores. Where can I buy it local? Farm stores? Vet?
You can also buy it at Walmart. They keep it behind the counter in Pharmacy, you have to ask for it. It is also good for chigger bites. It stops the itching.