Examples of folk remedies for warts include:
- Putting a banana peel or garlic on a plantar wart at night.
- Rubbing a wart with a bean.
- Applying milkweed juice, lemon juice, castor oil, or vinegar to a wart.
- Washing a wart in morning dew.
- Wishing a wart away.
Although there is no scientific evidence that these methods are effective in curing warts, there is no risk in trying them.
Credits
| Author | Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Alexander H. Murray, MD, FRCPC - Dermatology |
| Last Updated | September 11, 2008 |
Author:Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS
Last Updated: 09/11/2008
