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Tea Tree Oil
Posted by Mandy (Houston, Texas) on 04/20/2012
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Tea tree oil does work on small warts (for me anyway) It would not work on large warts. All I did was apply the oil every night with a Qtip and go to bed, did this a few weeks and the small warts disappeared!
For larger warts I found a solution buy some cheap asprin, smush them up add a drop or two of water to make it a think paste apply this to your wart cover with a bandaide and leave it on for 12 hours. This will kill the wart! I had tried everything, I could and this finally worked. I did this about 2 weeks and then noticed the wart started to change, finally it was going away, I filed the skin that was left on it down and have been wart free for 2 months, and this was a large wart under my finger nail.
GOOD LUCK this will work!!!
Aspirin
Posted by Mandy (Houston, Tx) on 04/20/2012
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I had a large wart under my finger nail on my ring finger and nothing I did would kill it! I applied everything under the sun to it, to kill it and nothing worked, I think some of the things I did to it just made it bigger! Well, I researched warts for months trying to find something that would make it go away, and after trying so many things, I remembered reading how someone had made a paste with asprin and applied it to their warts every night covering it with an bandaide, and leaving it for 12 hours at a time. I did this for about 2 weeks and noticed the texture of the wart began to change, and then it was like going away. It literally just went away! There was some old dry skin and I filed it down with an emery board and it was gone!!! I pround to say I am 2 months with no MORE WART!!!! :)
All you need to do is buy some cheap asprin, and crush it, I always crushed 2 at a time, and then in a small container would add it and a drop or two of water making a paste, and then applied it all over the wart covering it up with the paste then cover it with an bandaide for 12 hours at a time.
GOOD LUCK this works!!!
Thuja
Posted by Mandy (Houston, Texas) on 04/20/2012
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This was a waste of money for me! I tried everything, and finally read online how crushing an asprin and adding a little water to it making a paste would kill the wart I tried it and it worked!!! Cover it in the paste (300 mg of asprin) then cover with an bandaide for 12 hours, do this for a week or two and the wart will start to change! Good Luck!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Lee (Syracuse, Ny) on 04/20/2012
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I had a wart on the pad below my big toe for three years. Went to podiatrist many times for freezing and took anti acid and used expensive cancer creams. Nothing worked. It was one of the most painful thing I ever experienced. Within two weeks of applying ACV with a little toilet paper and a band aid with tape so it didn't come off, it went completely away in two weeks! I noticed as it was going away that it was actually two warts, but looked like one.
Tea Tree Oil, DMSO
Posted by Mandy (Houston, Texas) on 04/20/2012
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I applied tea tree oil to some small warts I had on my arm and they did go away. Over about 2 weeks time. All I did was apply it every night (or every chance I remembered) and they just seemed to disappear! But, if you have a large wart it will not work, or at least it did not with mine.
IF YOU HAVE A LARGE WART LET ME SUGGEST THIS CHEAP TREATMENT!! SO EXCITING BECAUSE IT IS CHEAP AND WORKED!!! OK I had a BIG wart under my finger finger nail, and I applied everything you can imagine to it!!! And nothing worked!! I was so sad, I could not paint my nails, I kept the nail super short... But, I read some where on the internet that if you chrush an asprin and add a tad bit of water to the asprin and make a paste out of it and applied that to your wart and then put a bandaide over it and let it for 12 hours it would get rid of them.. Well I tried it I did it over a week, and I noticed the texture of the wart looked different, and I kid you not, the wart went away.. It just went away.. I used an emery board on some old skin left on it and it has not came back! This was in Febuary 2 months ago! Try it IT WORKS AND I TRIED EVERYTHING!! :D
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Paul (Redditch, Worcs, England) on 04/20/2012
A lot of people have been wondering what the black dots are that appear in warts. They are actually dead capillaries (tiny blood vessels) destroyed by the infection.
Contrary to popular misconception warts are not a fungal infection and there is no "seed" to be removed. It's an opportunist viral infection caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Being a viral infection is what makes it so difficult to treat and the increased risk of it returning.
It's not advisable to pick warts as you can spread the virus to other sites as the virus will be active in particles of skin tissue. The virus can spread to under your finger nails, which can be a difficult (and painful) place to treat them. Plus if you get warts on your finger tips this increases the risk of the virus spreading to the face.
Take extra special care when treating the virus not to spread it.
It may be advisable to consider undergoing an immune boosting supplement regime while recovering from the virus to help the body fully heal.
Remember the virus can lay dormant even after successfully treated and if the immune system is compromised or low, the warts may return. There are a lot of ways you can boost the immune system, eating fresh fruit and vegetables, and taking a high dose of vitamin C supplement daily (1,000-3,000mg) is a good start.
Those experiencing discomfort from ACD treatment and filing may find a prescription pain treatment beneficial for a week or two until the treatment is finished.
Nail Polish
Posted by Pat (Lancaster, Ny) on 04/19/2012
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My daughter had a plantars wart on the ball of her foot. The thought of her going to dr to have it burned out or cut out as I did as a kid... I went on line and found..... NAIL POLISH. They said clear I used pink... The point is it cannot breath... So it dies.... I painted her skin on location every couple days.... Eventually it peeled and came right out! Took a few weeks.... Very happy... most important...PAINLESS
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Earthstar (Chester, Cheshire, Uk) on 04/16/2012
In reply to Phil from Redding, Ca...After having verucca of several years on the soles of my feet without even realising until until stinging began, I tried all remedies to no avail.
Until I came upon ACV. I used to the same procedure as yourself, until left with your own outcome. At this point, I applied Tea Tree Oil neat after gently filing the area with a pumice stone. I did this just once a day. Couple days of this there was no more sign. That was about three years ago and they've not returned.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Phil (Redding, Ca) on 04/15/2012
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Hey I have a question about the progress I am seeing with my ACV treatment. I am treating a smallish wart on the back of my hand with ACV. At first I used a whole cotton ball, and left it on over night soaked in ACV with a band aid. The next morning it was black. The second night I did the same thing, and awoke to the surrounding skin being very swollen. I stopped treatment after that to let me skin heal. After a week the skin has healed well and the wart has fallen off. Now I have a small crater surrounded by red swollen skin. Inside the crater there was a small black speck (maybe some leftover dead wart) and a small grey patch that looked suspiciously like wart that I didnt get completely (maybe cause I stopped after two treatments). I continued treatment last night (the day the wart fell off) to ensure that I had killed the wart. This time I used a piece of cotton just big enough to fit inside the wart. I also applied vaseline around the wart to protect my irritated skin. This morning I awoke to the crater being filled in a bit with a blackish/dark dark red color. The color is not as dark as the first time. Today I am treating the crater/wart the same way. Throughout the entire process the burning has not been severe, and most of the time does not burn at all. Here are my questions:
1. Since I only did two treatments and stopped, is it likely that I did not completely kill the wart even though it was black, and after a week fell off. (revealing a small black dot and a grey patch (possible wart)).
2. Do I continue treatments when the wart is black?
3. The ACV has never burned as bad as some of these testimony's state. Is this an issue?
P.S thank you for all the feedback on this site, it has been very helpful. I am continuing treatment right now and hope to here from anyone that can give me some information. I am optimisitic about my treatment and feel I can defeat this wart, although it is very stubborn and has not responded to sayllic acid, liquid freezing, and tea tree oil. I'm not sure how old this wart is but I have been treating it off and on for over a year.
Banana Peel
Posted by Monica (Bombay, India) on 04/15/2012
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First I must start by saying a BIG thank you to the earth clinic!!! I was so fedup with a huge wart between my toes, was trying all sorts of treatments but nothing really helped and the pain I had with using salisic acid on my warts is another story!!! I was desperate to get it off my leg and finally found your website and started using banana peel on my wart regularly for the last 2 weeks and finally the ugly looking wart is off. I'm still using the banana peel just to be safe. Thank you so much!!!
Banana Peel
Posted by Cj (Atlanta, Ga Usa ) on 04/14/2012
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Banana peels worked great for me! What I did was scrape some of the banana peel inner membrane off with a spoon, then put that substance onto a bandaid, and put the bandaid directly over my wart. I changed the bandaid about twice a day. After 2 weeks the wart was completely gone.
On a side note, I've also had some luck in the past cutting warts off with fingernail clippers. It doesn't hurt as much as you might think it would, although you have to make sure you get deep enough down to cut the base out. Warning though, it can get bloody. My success rate with this method is about 60%, and you do have to have a pain tolerance. IMHO though, go with the banana peel!
Bach Flower Remedies
Posted by Amanda (Piedmont, Nc) on 04/09/2012
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After trying apple cider vinegar to no avail, and then undergoing cyrogenic freezing and laser therapy repeatedly at a dermatologist, I've had great success with the Bach crab apple flower remedy. I applied directly to the wart twice a day, and it started healing almost immediately (which is saying something, because the plantar wart has been around for over three years). It is definitely worth a try!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Ann (Yakima, Wa) on 03/26/2012
Apply Castor Oil, yes castor oil to the wart. I had one and in less than one week it was gone and no return:)
Banana Peel
Posted by Nm (Wokingham, Berkshire, Uk) on 03/22/2012
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Banana Peel worked on my 10y daughter's periungual wart. I did not realise it was a wart for about 8 months as it is quite an unusual wart. I thought it was a skin infection from a torn hangnail aroung her big toe then as it got bigger I thought perhaps it was some kind of foot fungus. We treated it with Golden Seal ointment every night for months and months and although this did keep it from getting bigger, it just wouldn't go away and when we stopped the Golden Seal it would grown bigger.
Then one day we noticed two small, more normal looking warts on the next toe. I realised the growth was spreading and after some online research discovered it was a periungual wart. I had heard of the banana peel wart treatment before, my daughter was not keen until she read the posts on here and then she wanted to started right away. We did it with with a piece of banana peel and band aid. We saw an improvement the very next day, we changed the peel every evening and it was only on days when she had barefoot PE at school that she didn't want the peel, so we just put a band aid on with a smear of manuka honey on those days.
It is just over three weeks now and the periungual wart is GONE. The other two little warts on the next toe are being a bit more stubborn but are smaller and I am sure they will be gone soon as well. My daughter loves reading the posts on earthclinic now, as much as I do. Thank you.
Tea Tree Oil
Posted by Chuck (Dayton, Ohio, Usa) on 03/20/2012
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I have used tea tree oil on warts with good results. I use full strength right out of the bottle. The trick is how much and how often to apply. Instead of a q-tip, one of those mini-screwdrivers (like in an eyeglasses repair kit) with a flat blade is a perfect applicator. Just dip in the tt oil and coat the wart only. This minimizes irritation of surrounding areas. I would apply every 2-3 days until resolved.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Patrick (Edina, Mn) on 03/10/2012
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ACV worked like a charm for me after all other costly methods failed, but it hurts like crazy (an achy, stinging hurt), so if you can't put up with pain for two to three days…. Well…? Details: I had a wart on the heel of my right foot that spread and eventually became so large that it covered almost half of my heal (about the size of an American Eagle coin, without exaggeration). The wart started as a tiny little thing, then spread aggressively DURING treatment by a dermatology center. After ~$800 out of pocket for extremely painful and worthless dermatology treatments (acid, liquid nitrogen, and laser, where they numb the area first with stinging pain killer).
I began to scour the Internet for other methods. I came across this string of notes concerning the application of ACV to your warts, and decided to give it a try. I took a cotton ball and centered it on an ~4" strip of duct tape [buy only 3M duct tape… all the other brands are worthless as they do not hold to your oily skin very well], then deposited a cap full of ACV on the cotton ball and taped it over the ginormous wart area, sealing it on either side with a couple more 1" wide strips of duct tape at the same ~4" length as the one that held the ACV cotton ball. Within hours after applying this homemade gauze the area began to hurt like heck, and by the next morning my leg was throbbing with pain. I didn't care though, as I knew this was a good pain; that my immune system FINALLY had kicked into high gear to battle my wart. I downed a couple of ibuprofen to help ease the pain and kept the wart dressed like this for two days, changing my homemade gauze every 24 hours or so. By the third day, the pain began to subside a bit, so I removed the dressing. To my wonderment the wart has begun to turn a disgusting shade of green, yellow and black (just like the article I read said it would). Within a week or so the wart area dried up to all black, scabbed over and fell off. It was amazing. The area now is semi rough after it healed over, but I can live with this.
I told of this treatment to the dermatology center that I had gone to during a visit there with my young daughter for a different issue. The older Dr. that I spoke to was very interested in this method, and asked his assistant to get the details from me, which she did with pen and paper. The fact that the Dr. did not pooh-pooh this homemade remedy in the least was refreshing. The Doc said this method made perfect sense, that the acid content of the ACV was obviously enough for my body to react to it as foreign matter as it interacted with the wart area, and as such attacked the area with antibodies. The Doc said that that is really all they are trying to do with their methods… to get our own antibodies to kick in.
As a coincidence, last summer I ended up with another set of warts on my right pinky toe and the toe next to it after I injured / cut my foot. Somehow the papillomavirus (HPV) found its way to this wounded area. Again after trying to apply other methods to rid me of this wart-infected area, I finally decided to try the ACV method. I'm in my third day of treatment as of writing this letter, and again, my foot / leg aches like the dickens, but the warts are already beginning to turn black. I'll remove my homemade gauze tomorrow, and let nature take its course from there. Good luck using this method… I personally can vouch for it, but it may not work for everyone.
Green Banana
Posted by Jecy (Cebu City, Philippines) on 03/06/2012
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If you know a banana which you can eat right away. But you need the juice of it while it is still green and still growing. What you have to do is cut the green fruit (not ripe yet) while it is still in plant and put directly to your wart and will dissolve easily in just less than a week.
We call that banana here as our native "Tondan". Its not the one that we exported.
Thuja
Posted by Francisca (Zug, Switzerland) on 02/17/2012
Interesting post Joseph. Here in Europe Thuja is often prescribed to patients with warts. It has never worked for me though but I am talking about homeopathy so I suppose there are no gases in it anymore! I think that there is also tincture but as I haven't used it for a number of years I don't know anymore! I do have cedar essential oil, would that work for my last very flat little wart on one of my little fingers? I had the others frozen by the dermatologist, I got fed up of trying all kinds of treatments that never seemed to work! I suppose that it is not the same oil as cedar oil is used in aromatherapy!
Thuja
Posted by Joseph (Boulder, Colorado) on 02/17/2012
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I used thuja oil, otherwise known as cedar oil, to amazing effect on a good-sized wart on my index finger. I am an acupuncturist and warts are anathemic to my practice.... So my wife (who's a great herbalist) suggested thuja. The big caveat here is that thuja is hepato-toxic, will cause harm to your liver if inhaled. The fda took it off the shelves because someone whom was treating a wart beneath his nose died from frequent applications. So with that said, don't inhale it, or ingest it. Apply on wart only, twice a day. My wart began flaking after two applications, then the core actually fell out after 2 days, and has not returned. Have used it on patients to good effect. Plantar warts are deeper and would require longer application.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by R (Baltimore, Md) on 02/08/2012
★★★☆☆BETTER BUT WITH SIDE EFFECTS
I've experienced the same thing. The skin on my thumb wart (I believe it's actually a plantar wart) was black and loose, and when it came off it left me with a big raw crater. I can see a small black dot where the wart still lives, so I'm continuing treatment - even though the surrounding skin is raw and it hurts like hell.
Keep us updated!
Banana Peel
Posted by Joie (Philippines, Philipines) on 01/21/2012
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Banana peel really works!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by B.lee (Pharr, Tx) on 01/18/2012
Did that apple vinegar or ACV help her? I have similar problems on my fingers. I have gone to the doctor to have them burned off, but it looks like they are gone and then all of a sudden another one appears. I really need to find a cure because I am desperate.
Turmeric
Posted by Bl (Canandaigua , Ny) on 01/15/2012
monica, can't private message you it looks like, on this forum. if you see this please post the tea recipe as a reply to this thread, tho I will google it tho. thanks
Lemon
Posted by Rebecca (Fresno, Ca) on 01/14/2012
What exactly do you mean by the "inside of the lemon rind"? How long was it in contact with the warts? Did the warts stay gone? Thanks.
Immune System Response
Posted by Andrew (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) on 01/02/2012
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I contracted three irritating warts on one hand which thwarted my various attempts to deal with them. After a discussion with a doctor who mentioned sometimes the immune system recognizes them and they simply disappear, I began to consider how to achieve this if possible. I was very blessed in that in my first attempt I was completely successful. I decided to leave two of the warts completely alone and concentrate my efforts on one wart to better discover if my immune system was responding. My goal was to draw the attention of my immune system to the area surrounding the wart.
My method was to simply pinch the skin firmly on either side of the wart and hold for four minutes. Then perpendicular to the first pinch to repeat again. The goal was to cut off the blood supply to the affected tissue without damaging the surface of the skin, avoiding a potential point of infection. I expected the tissue around the wart to be recognized as unhealthy tissue by my system and to be repaired as normal tissue is. I hoped the wart virus would be considerably weakened or killed in the process and be recognized by my immune system.
Amazingly, it was and the results were apparent within just a few days as I witnessed a significant reduction in the size of the wart, I was astonished when the other two warts began on their own to respond as well though I had never touched them. All warts were completely reabsorbed within a short period and there was no scarring. Now almost 11 years later I can report I have never had another wart. It was simple, virtually painless and effective and took 8 minutes in total. I expect most healthy people would respond in the same way.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Pazuzu (Memphis, Tn) on 12/26/2011
Yes, when they turn black that means the ACV has killed them.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Oscar (Syracuse, New York) on 12/13/2011
Well, I have discussed this previously, but again: Genital warts are caused by a lipid coated virus. BHT destroys lipid coated viruses. BHT stands for BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE. My focus has been on the use of BHT to treat hepatitis C. But there are a very many other lipid coated viruses that BHT has proven itself to be an effective treatment for and genital warts is one of them. Here is what " fatcha brute " has to say about that:
And here is a link to the forum that quote was extacted from : http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?p=6967512Ã
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Jennifer (Hickory Hills, Illinois, United States) on 12/12/2011
★★★☆☆BETTER BUT WITH SIDE EFFECTS
Hi, I recently used ACV for a wart (about pea sized) the heel of my palm. I soaked the tip of a cotton swab, put it on the wart and covered it with tape. To keep it secured I had to pretty much tape my whole hand. On the second day (today) I just had paper tape on over the wart (no acv) and when I took the tape off, I noticed the wart and the surrounding area (nickel size) was "loose" and the good skin and the wart just peeled off. There does feel like there's still wart there, but the surrounding skin looks as if I was burned. So I guess I'm wondering if this is normal and continue treatment or should I discontinue and try something else? Thanks so much for this site and everyones input!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Jit (Cebu City, Philippines) on 12/05/2011
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I have plantar warts in my right foot I read here in earth clinic that Apple Cider Vinegar best for removal of warts, I try and follow the instruction and after 2 days the warts was gone.. Thank God those who give their ideas for others health.. keep up the good work, pay it forward..
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Sos (Pula, Croatia) on 11/23/2011
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I have been curing warts on my hands with ACV for 6 days now. And when I do not have ACV with on, I pour some castor oil on it. But, they got three times bigger. They hurt a bit. And only the top became black. I was wondering if I should continue?
Is it supposed to be like this in some cases? The thing is I am affraid that they will just keep growing and they will not go away :(. Please somebody answer. Thank you!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Amanda (Indianapolis, In) on 11/22/2011
Sounds like to me if you put apple cider vinegar on a mole or a cut and wrap it - you would burn it.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by In Despair (Rochester, Ny) on 11/22/2011
So I have been doing the apple cider vinegar for about 5 days now. Putting a soaked cotton ball on the wart on my hand with tape at night and just a band aid during the day.
The wart is not angry brown and white and a little black on the edges and the surronding area is raw red. Is this how the wart should look when being treated? Should I keep going? Help!!!!!
