Plantar warts, also known as verrucas, are warts that are usually found on the bottoms of the feet. They are not generally raised as are other warts. Sometimes they have small black specks in the center.
Mosaic warts are clusters of plantar warts. While plantar warts are not a serious or dangerous health condition, they can be painful and unsightly. Because they are caused by a virus, they can be transmitted from one person to another.
Children seem to be more susceptible to plantar warts than adults.
The same type of wart found on the hand is called a Palmer Wart. While there are over-the-counter products for warts, and they can be frozen off, there are many inexpensive natural remedies that work to heal plantar warts, including castor oil, coconut oil, essential oils, duct tape, and our most popular reader cure, a banana peel!
Castor Oil or Extra Virgin Coconut Oil have both been found to be helpful in healing warts.
Rub either oil into the wart once or twice a day until the warts are gone. Cinnamon Essential Oil and Oregano Essential Oil are both counted as anti-viral oils and some have found that they will heal plantar warts.
These are strong oils and should be diluted before using topically. Castor oil and coconut oil, because of their own reputation for healing warts, would be the ideal carrier oils.
Add 5 drops of cinnamon or oregano essential oil to 1 teaspoon of castor or coconut oil and rub a bit into warts twice a day.
To use duct tape for plantar warts, cut a small piece of duct tape slightly bigger than the size of the wart you are treating. Attach it to the wart and change the duct tape daily until the wart is completely gone.
Countless people have used the banana peel cure for regular warts and it works for plantar warts, too! This method works remarkably well and fast too, but you must keep it up for a number of days and file down the dead skin with a pumice stone to get at the core of the plantar wart. Otherwise, it will grow back in a month or two.
Snip a piece of peel from a ripe banana that is large enough to fit over the plantar wart with a little extra room. Cover the banana peel with duct tape and go about your day. Repeat the process daily until the wart is gone.
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