Thank you

I've had plantar warts off and on for years, I just ignore them. One thing that did speed up disappearance of an uncomfortable one on my big toe was a Dr Scholl's kit with small circular bits impregnated with acid and a self adhesive cushions that held them in place.

Woodlady

Good luck!

I hope this works.

my sister and brother also suffered. my parents seemed to have tried many things to no avail. we all eventually ended up getting them burned off.

i've not had one for about 35 years, thankfully.

I did remove a wart from someone else by merely soaking the wart daily in hydrogen peroxide...worked like a charm...wish I would have been able to try that instead of my dad digging it out!

Please see my other post at: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/herbal/msg1221484626372.html

my brother has the worlds worse wart on his hands

they make his thumb look like a lumpy growth almost, we found awrtner works, apply each day and pick/file off

rather than mucking round with rolling pins covered in emery paper (no ofence meant) and slightly less unpleasant than hacking at ur foot with a blade, try getting a nail file (reserved for only that puorpse) and file it every day filing down and down, after each filing use something antiwart on it and file again the next day.

i had a normal wart once used wartner, within a week i was picking at it and it lifted at on edge so i just picked it straight off, enod of wart, none since

I wanted to tell you about my 10 year old son's warts. His feet were covered in them, 22 all up. Some were small and flat others were large and raised, the biggest one was 4cm wide. We tried everything to get rid of them from garlic and banana skin, duct tape, burning them off and he even had them all cut out in surgery but they all grew back as soon as the wounds had healed. The surgeon wanted to cut them out again but that ment a fair bit of pain and about 6 to 8 weeks of healing. I took him to a kinesiology centre and the practitioner did this really weid thing with him and told us that he had basicly told my sons brain that they was a problem with his feet and it needed to be fixed. He just did a series of muscle strenth tests to find the weakest wart and tapped on his head, chest and sides while keeping one hand on the wart. When he finished (about 5 minutes) he said that the brain would start fixing the problem within 7 days. I know this sounds strange and the practitioner said it would seem strange but everybody he did it to had they warts go away. And there is no pain what so ever and no medication. My son had it done on the 23rd Febuary 2006 and it's now the 12th April 2006 and they are all just about gone, even the big one. Some fell off and some just seemed to get smaller until gone and some just disappeared back into the skin. It took about two weeks before we noticed a change. I am just so thankful that he didn't have to have surgery again.

as for my warts, i know it sounds primitive, but i took a scaulding hot knife, fresh from over a flame, and cut out my wart(s). one was approximately 1.5cm in diameter and very, very deep. i have an extremely high threshold for pain, so the knife didnt bother me much, but it's important to cut out ALL the blackness/roots.

I picked at them a little here and there -- even tried pulling the irritated little blood vessels out with tweezers (painful). I tried several remedies including applying chalk to them, but nothing seemed to work.

Several months later I happened to mention them to my father and step-mother who were really big into essential oils. I've never really bought into all of that stuff, but they sent me home with a small bottle of oregano oil and said to put a few drops on the plantar warts and apply a band-aid. I did this for a couple of days (they told me to do it for two weeks) and then, in my half-hearted effort, forgot about it.

A few weeks later I noticed that the little plantar warts were gone, and the little black elongated blood vessels had disappeared. I'm not certain that the oregano oil was the reason since warts can and do occasionally clear up on their own, but it's worth a try for those desperate for a solution.

I remained wart free for several years -- up until a few weeks ago when I noticed one starting to form under the ball of my middle toe (which brought me to this thread). I will first try the oregano oil to see if that does the trick.

It's important to remember that plantar warts are caused by a contagious virus and must ultimately be defeated by your own immune system. It's my opinion that home remedies, if helpful, are stimulating the body to attack the virus or possibly help weaken the virus to give the body the upper hand (or foot, he he).

Anyway, I'll try to remember to post an update with the results of my new wart battle. Good luck to the rest of you in the meantime...

If it is wart, I agree with the suggestion for use of oil or oregano. Oil of oregano is antifungal, antimicrobal, etc. The oil must be cut 50/50 with olive oil, as pure oil of oregano is caustic (will literally cause a burn).

What in the world is kinesiology? And what is scientology? I feel sure it does'nt have anything to do with science.

You are right that there is a big difference between kinesiology and applied kinesiology. That approach sounds more like a form of hypnosis or suggestion to me (which has been found to be fairly effective in bringing about the remission of warts).

Actually this is not the case. According to a review in the British Medical Journal there's no basis for saying that hypnosis cures warts (the BMJ summarizes various wart treatments, listing salicylic acid products as the best means of wart removal. Interestingly, having a physician freeze off warts didn't rate any better than using duct tape. They don't let you link directly to the article, but you can find it via a Google search).

Now as to whether Scientology can cure warts - it's probably about as effective as hypnosis. Then again, I saw Tom Cruise on TV awhile back and didn't see any obvious warts on him, so maybe Scientology does do the trick. On the other hand, a Google search shows that there's a website run by a Scientology proponent named Leo Van Wart, so I suspect a conflict of interest. ;)

"If you have hypnosis, a therapist talks to you in a way that can focus your attention at the same time as making you feel very relaxed. Some small studies have looked at people who were hypnotised and then told to imagine their warts clearing up. But we can't tell from these studies if hypnosis helps get rid of warts or not."

Even the Mayo article notes that existing "studies" are complicated by spontaneous remission rates of 20-45% plus the impossibility of doing a controlled trial (i.e. having a study group that has a placebo administered instead of hypnosis). And if you look at those "studies" of hypnosis and warts, they're mostly case reports, involve very small numbers of people and are published in journals like the American Journal of Hypnosis (which are probably less likely to feature negative articles on hypnosis than larger, mainstream journals).

The good thing about having a spontaneous remission rate for warts of up to 45% means that close to half could go away on their own, no matter what you do. If a skin lesion is causing discomfort or pain and/or is unsightly, and won't respond to standard treatment, it might be worthwhile to ask if it really is a wart in the first place. You don't want to attempt hypnotizing away a basal cell carcinoma, or stick to duct tape to get rid of a melanoma (which can occur on the feet, and is not necessarily a pigmented lesion).

Oh, so those are the magic words. I tried searching using the term "British Medical Journal warts hypnosis" and came up with nothing.

Then I tried the phrase that you suggested, and came up with a paper from the BMJ called "local treatments of cutaneous warts" that did not even mention hypnosis. And an article in the Journal of Young Investigators that probably discusses the article that you have in mind, but again, the word hypnosis does not appear there, and there is no link.

I just find it amazing that in this age of the internet, the BMJ can't seem to post information in a way that can easily be found and that a URL can't be used to reference that work. And I guess they are too good to index it in PubMed? Reminds me of the Steve Martin bit about Fred's Bank ... got your money right here - tucked away in it in the left front inside jacket pocket, white suit.

was looking at that Young Investigators article, and they had a slightly different interpretation of the mysterious 2002 BMJ study - they interpreted it to say there is "no clear evidence that any of the medical treatments, (including cryotherapy) have higher cure rates or fewer side effects than the folk remedies." That is somewhat different from your elevation of (the often painful) cryotherapy that is performed millions of times each year above other 'unproven' remedies.

"...the BMJ summarizes various wart treatments, listing salicylic acid products as the best means of wart removal. Interestingly, having a physician freeze off warts didn't rate any better than using duct tape."

I may actually have been a bit hard on cryotherapy, since there seems to somewhat better evidence in its favor overall than flat-out unproven remedies like hypnosis, but the overall knowledge to date suggests you're better off using a salicylic acid treatment instead.

Sorry you can't find the part about hypnosis in the BMJ article I quoted (which includes references). Just put in the search terms I listed and it's the very first article that comes up on Google (BMJ Best Treatments for warts).

Interesting that I'm advocating a plant-based remedy for warts (salicylic acid is a compound occurring in nature, including in willow extracts), and you're promoting a non-herbal therapy. ;)

Perhaps, although extremely concentrated acids (40% salicylic, glacial acetic acid, etc) seem to me to be rather industrial in their form. I have nothing against the careful use of such acids, though it clearly isn't part of the herbalist tradition. The BMJ article also discusses the use of may-apple extracts (podophyllin), although typically not for warts on the hands or feet, and that is something that can definitely damage other tissue if not applied carefully.

>> I guess you missed this in a previous post of mine, but I did not "elevate cryotherapy" above other proven remedies.

No, I said you elevated it over other 'unproven' treatments - was referring to your statement There are several ratings of treatment - stuff that definitely works (salicylic acid), stuff that probably works (cryotherapy etc.) and stuff that needs further study (i.e. isn't supported by available evidence). This is different from the rehash I read in the Young Investigator journal, (which said "there is "no clear evidence that any of the medical treatments, (including cryotherapy) have higher cure rates or fewer side effects than the folk remedies.") Your take on that point is consistent with the article, but I hadn't found it and read it when I wrote that.

I also disagree with one other part of your conclusion: "stuff that needs further study (i.e. isn't supported by available evidence). . My take is that hypnosis is supported by the available evidence, although that evidence is not strong enough according to your standards (ie, small study size, issues with study design, etc.).

Here is the link, though (as you noted), it only seems to work from web pages that are pre-approved by BMJ.
http://besttreatments.bmj.com/btuk/conditions/1000509724.html

Google presents different results from region to region, the rankings change over time, and they can apparently be varied based on a history of search patterns from a particular IP address or Google account information passed when doing a search. The BMJ apparently is blocking normal use of the URL as they are licensing and selling access - fine if they want to do that, but it seems to interfere with citation and discussion of the work.

Came across an interesting challenge to 'evidence based' medicine in the BMJ that suggests that placebo controlled studies are not always necessary.

It's not "my" standard under which hypnosis doesn't meet the grade as an effective treatment for warts. It's the standard of evidence-based medicine, as used by the British Medical Journal and the scientific community in general.

I liked the joke link about not needing a placebo-controlled trial to evaluate whether parachutes work. Similarly, I guess we can dispense with controlled trials for objectively goofy cancer remedies like homeopathic drugs and other forms of quackery. Relying on them to halt or cure cancer is the equivalent of jumping out of a plane without a parachute.

and as u cn understand i aint happy

im 17 and i feel unsure about the way i looked now but these it making my confident go down even more cz they look so ugly.

Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee help me

Is there any advice to get rid of these.

I have tryed different stuff like freezing etc but it too many so it hard 2 do n painfull.

Apollog, that study is about when the mechanism of action is clear and controlled studies are not feasible, in the case of herbs controlled studies are almost always feasible and the mechanism working in the human body rarely is a certainty.

Check for aluminum in any topical or internal products!!! Don't do what I did!!!

Beyond being nonherbal, bleach is a toxic agent which should not be applied to skin.

Saw a dermatologist who treated it with cryotherapy in 2004. The warts just spread. The infection eventually spread to the the top of my foot on the toes. When it went visible I decided to declare WAR! I read up on the available treatments. Being uninsured and a little ticked that cryotherapy did not work, I tried duct tape therapy. No such luck -- It didn't work. So I tried again. Nothing. In fact, every attempt I made to rid of it made the infection (warts) spread. Finally I combined OTC acid treatment with duct tape and the infection resolved. No more warts!

I will say the infection was pretty widespread on my foot. I ended up treating only the warts that were visible on my toes. I treated it with acid (Compound W) and covered the acid treatment with duct tape. Following a day of that, I would rip off the tape and scrape off the skin from the wart. It was pretty deep and painful. After scraping, I slathered on more acid treatment. WARNING - this method is painful (it burns)! But it was effective for me. I believe it was a good two weeks to a month of this painful treatment before I noticed the wart I was treating was going away.

I was surprised that the other untreated warts were also dissipating. I finally found a method that signaled to my immune system to fight off the infection (HPV). The key to fighting warts (for people who are prone to them) is persistence. I am now wart-free!!

take a bit of banana skin, the yellow part, cut to the size of the plantar's wart, then attach it to the plantar's wart, white side facing the wart, with tape. Do not use a piece larger than the wart itself or it will eat away at good tissue. replace 2x a day till the plantar wart is gone.

I found this online specifically recommended by Cayce for plantars' warts. Hope this isn't redundant. This is a long thread...

It would be nice if this solution
worked for all warts, but it seems from
the readings that there are some instances
where the warts require a different
approach. In this case, the situation
appears to be plantar warts, a painful
situation indeed! Here, Cayce suggests
mixing spirits of camphor with baking
soda. This is a remedy I applied myself
in college, and I am here to tell you personally
that "it works!"

"(Q) There are two growths that
appear to be warts on the ball of my left
foot; what is the best way to dissolve or
remove them?

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/895289

A planter's wart between the toes is quite unusual. Are you sure or could it have been a regular wart?

Thanks.

HerbDoctor

I'm suspicious of what your doctor told you. Sounds like he may have misdiagnosed. Please, describe what you have and what it looks like.

Thanks.

HerbDoctor

Fingers crossed!!