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Old Fashioned Home Remedy for Warts All Over the Body

You go to see your doctor, desperate to get rid of an unsightly wart that has popped up somewhere on your body. Your doctor informs you that your options involve things like freezing it off, burning it off, cutting it off or zapping it with a laser. They go on to assure you that, yes, this may hurt, and yes, you may end up with a scar. Sounds scary! The good news is that you may be able to bypass the pain and expense of your doctor's solutions in offering in favor of some good, old fashioned wart cures.

  1. Vitamin Therapy

    • Several vitamin treatments may help clear up warts. One option is to crack open fish liver oil capsules containing 25,000 International Units (iu) of vitamin A and rub the oil on the wart once a day. Microbiologist Dr. Robert Garry of Tulane University Medical School estimates this method will clear up warts within two to four months for adults, and even faster for children. Just be sure to not take that quantity of vitamin A internally as it may be toxic. Applying a paste made of ground up vitamin C tablets and water or vitamin E oil may also do the trick.

    Try Tape

    • Dr. Thomas Goodman Jr. from the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences recommends a piece of tape to clear up your warts. Opt for medical tape and make sure it covers the wart tightly. You need to leave the tape on the wart around the clock. Change the tape when it starts looking dirty. This may clear up your wart within three weeks. You may be able to speed up the process by putting a little castor oil on the wart twice a day and then taping it back up.

    Hands Off

    • One of the best treatments for warts may be no treatment at all. According to the natural remedies resource Mother Nature.com, an estimate 40 to 50 percent of warts will clear up on their own. Children are even more likely to have warts that go away without any treatment. A word of caution comes from Dr. Marc A. Brenner, former president of the American Society of Podiatric Dermatology. He says that warts are constantly infectious, so one wart can spread and turn into many warts. If you start developing new warts, it is time to step in with some kind of treatment.

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