Home Remedies for Warts

What are Common Warts?

The warts commonly seen on the skin are small, benign (harmless) growths caused by a viral infection. The culprit is one of the HPVs (human papillomaviruses) that can be spread from person to person or be acquired through contact with a contaminated surface. They can also travel from one part of the body to another. These may occur in any part of the skin or mucous membranes but most commonly appear on hands and feet (planter warts).

Home Remedies for Warts

Apple Cider Vinegar

This is an awesome cure for warts that has been well documented and widely used all over the world. The procedure is really simple and not very lengthy. Just soak a cotton ball in vinegar, squeeze excessive vinegar and cover the wart. Use a bandage to keep it in place over night. Vinegar may be slightly stinging at the beginning but this is going to settle after some time. Repeat it every night till the wart falls off. Continue the treatment until the root is dead. This usually does not take more than ten days for most stubborn lesions. Alternatively, you can keep on wearing the bandage continuously, changing it two to three times a day. This may speed up the process so that a wart can be removed within two to three days. If you do not have ACV you can use white vinegar to get the same results. Similarly if you do not have a band aid you can use a cotton cloth to tie up.

Castor Oil to Cure warts

Apply castor oil directly to the wart with a cotton ball and tie with a band age, it will be gone within a week or so. You can use any band age to tie, however a duct tape will work better as it prevents any air from entering. You can boost the curing tndancy of castor oil by steeping a few cloves of garlic in castor oil.

Garlic is a well known herbal remedy for many skin conditions including warts

Garlic as a remedy for warts

Fresh garlic is acidic and well known for its healing properties. You can use garlic in multiple ways to cure warts.

• Apply some garlic juice to warts twice a day and cover it with some bandage.
• Directly apply crushed garlic to the warts. Crushed garlic is also used to treat other skin conditions like nail fungus, acne, boils, dandruff and many others.
• Place a cut clove of garlic and tie with a band aid.

Usually the culprit is gone with in a week or two. Read more on garlic as a skin remedy.

Banana Peel-Remedy for Warts

Cut a banana peel about the size of the wart and cover the growth with inner side of the peel. Now use some bandage or cotton cloth to keep it in place. In case of planter warts wear a socks to keep every thing in place. Repeat every night till your wart is gone. Another remedy for warts is to put banana leaves on the lesions every night.

Use Duct Tape to Cure Warts

Tie the duct tape on the moles for over night. Repeat it every night before going to bed. Every time the tape is removed it will draw some dead skin with it and finally the whole growth is gone. Preferably combine this with another remedy to accelerate the cure.

Milk weed- another way to cure warts

Apply the milk that oozes out from the milk weed tree on every wart for several times a day until you get the required results. This may take about two to three weeks. The fluids coming out from these herbs contain certain proteolytic enzymes that not only soften the warts but also inhibit the causative viruses. This is an old remedy for warts.

Dandelion OR Bloodroot

These herbs contain the resins that have anti viral properties. You can tear the stems or leaves to get milky white juice, apply this liquid on all warts. Now cover the foot with band aid or duct tape. Repeat twice a day till you become warts free. Bloodroot is also a well known remedy for skin tags as well.

Tea Tree Oil

Tea tree oil is extracted from the leaves of an Australian shrub. It is non irritating, aromatic essential oil with powerful antiseptic and antifungal properties, making it one of most useful medicinal oil. it is widely used to cure skin problems like acne, insect bites, burns and others. As tea tree is very popular for its healing characteristics, it is also one of the fastest and most effective . Again applying the oil twice daily will remove the warts within days.

Aloe Vera gel or fresh pulp can be used to cure warts easily

Aloe Vera Gel

Aloe Vera is an all time popular herb as herbal remedy for many systemic as well as skin diseases. Among the skin problems it is widely used to cure cane, burns, eczema and many others. It is a well known cure for warts. For planter or common warts just apply the aloe gel or fresh lump of an aloe leaf on the moles. Or you can gently rub a sliced leaf directly on the lesion. Repeat the proceedure twice a day till the growth sheds off.

Raw Potato to cure warts

Raw potato is another home remedy for warts. Peel off a potato and mash it, now rub this mashed potato on the lesion two to three times a day till it is gone after few days.
No mater which method you try, the key to getting rid of warts is to keep treating. If you don't remove the entire wart to the core it will come back.