Natural Treatment for Warts on a Child

If your child is plagued with a wart, it's not a cause for alarm. Warts aren't deadly and people have been treating warts with natural remedies for many years, driven by the desire to simply get rid of them. Some natural treatments stand out, having the benefit of logic and science behind them. Others are less credible, sounding more like old wives' tales than actual home remedies for warts.

Treating Warts With Banana Peels

• According to earthclinic.com, rubbing the inside of the banana peel on a wart yields visible results in under two weeks. One reader recommends scraping a bit of the inner peel onto the wart, then covering with a bandage. Potassium and enzymes, apparently, are the magic ingredient.

Apple Cider Vinegar

• Earthclinic.com readers have voted the apple cider vinegar remedy as the most successful natural cure for warts, with some reporting that the warts were gone in just a few days. Vinegar is acidic, so rub a layer of petroleum jelly in a circular area around the wart to prevent unwanted itching. Apply a cotton ball soaked in apple cider vinegar to the wart and cover with a bandage. Visible results happen overnight. Eventually, the wart shrivels up and falls off.

Milkweed

• Homemademedicine.com offers up milkweed as a natural treatment for warts. A weed in most areas of the country, the nectar of this plant is the favored food of monarch butterflies. Unlike apple cider vinegar, the milkweed is said to cause no discomfort. The website claims that applying the milky sap from the stem helps dramatically. Break a stem in half and the "milk" is easy to see. It tastes horrible, though, so don't attempt to eat it.