How to get rid of flat warts with folk remedies?

In this article we will talk about the means that allow to get rid of the manifestation of the human papilloma virus in a short time, i.e. those that contain keratolytics that provide softening and exfoliation of the wart. After all, it is these drugs that are of most interest to young patients, whose skin problems represent not only a cosmetic, but also a psychological problem.

In 2016, the drug "Clareol" appeared on the pharmaceutical market. On the one hand, it is positioned as a cosmetic product (exfoliant gel or peeling agent), but on the other hand, a noticeable therapeutic effect is noted (warts dry out, turn black and fall off). At the same time, the drug contains substances that prevent the recurrence of HPV manifestations.

There is a heated debate on the Internet about Clariol. The fact that it is sold online and is not cheap makes many people think that it is a fake product with false advertising. But after studying the reviews on various websites, including those that do not advertise the drug, one can conclude that the product really does help if you buy the original, not a fake. In addition, there is information that Clariol is also present on the shelves of regular pharmacies.

What is this cosmetic product with a therapeutic effect? The main active ingredients responsible for the removal (exfoliation) of wart tissue are celandine juice, which is actively used to remove various growths on the body (warts, calluses, papillomas), and sodium hydroxide, known as caustic soda (a popular and fairly strong alkali capable of dissolving skin cells). It is not surprising that the action of two such strong exfoliating agents will have a positive effect - the wart tissue dries out and falls off.

To ensure a longer action and reduce the activity of the virus, the composition of the drug includes an extract of the peel of green walnut fruits. By the way, this remedy is actively used to remove warts in folk medicine. It is believed that it has a detrimental effect on the virus, which becomes incapable of reproduction. This is very important given that it is not yet possible to completely get rid of HPV.

What else can be found in the composition of the product? Deionized water, i.e. liquid purified from various impurities. Its introduction into the composition of medicines and cosmetics is not accidental. It is believed that water purified in this way helps treat the skin with a minimum amount of medicinal components, i.e. it enhances the effect of medicinal substances, ensuring their deeper penetration into the skin.

D-panthenol is a well-known healing and soothing skin agent. It helps to smooth out the effects of the aggressive effects of alkali and celandine juice, removing inflammation and burning at the site of application, promoting skin regeneration, preventing the formation of scars at the site of removed warts.

Acrylate crosspolymer (aka carbomer), which is credited with medicinal properties, is in fact a popular thickener and stabilizer used in the production of cosmetics. The positive properties of this component are considered to be its safety for the body and the ability to create a film on the skin that prevents liquid evaporation and creates a feeling of smoothness and softness.

The composition of "Clariol" is selected in such a way that the gel removes warts and various roughnesses, causing minimal harm to healthy tissues. According to the instructions, the product should be used daily 2-3 times a day, applying it to clean dry skin pointwise. That is, the gel should be applied to the area of warts, avoiding contact with other areas of the skin. This is not difficult, given the convenient design of the bottle.

After applying the gel, you need to let it soak in and dry without covering it with anything. It is advisable not to touch the skin with your hands.

According to various reviews, warts disappear within 4-14 days. Flat warts do not have a rough horny layer, so their treatment rarely lasts more than 5-7 days.

As for contraindications for the use of the drug, it is not recommended for the treatment of small children, pregnant women and nursing mothers. The product should not be applied to areas of skin with various injuries (wounds, scratches, irritation).

The use of the gel should not cause any noticeable discomfort, and if the patient begins to feel a burning sensation, itching and redness appear in the area of application, this may indicate individual sensitivity to the components of Clariol and the development of allergic reactions that require discontinuing the use of the product.

In essence, the effect of the alkaline preparation is similar to the effect of using salicylic acid, with the difference that Clariol contains additional caring components and substances that enhance the therapeutic effect. Caring procedures that reduce trauma to healthy tissues and prevent the appearance of unaesthetic marks on the skin are very important when it comes to removing warts on visible parts of the body. After all, scars and marks on the face and hands are no more attractive than warts, which, moreover, can disappear on their own, leaving no trace.

In the end, everyone chooses how to treat skin defects. Another thing is that flat warts often appear in adolescence, when the desire to get rid of the defect prevails over logic and caution. And here the help of an adult is very important, who can explain to the teenager the consequences of ill-considered treatment and offer safer options for getting rid of warts.

Those who are skeptical about various types of antiviral pharmaceuticals, but also are not inclined to use aggressive necrotizing and keratolytic agents, can be offered to turn to the help of essential oils, often used in cosmetics. Thus, for the treatment of warts and other manifestations of papillomavirus infection, thuja essential oil is often used. By the way, thuja is the drug of choice for HPV in homeopathy.

Thuja oil contains substances with cytostatic action. It reduces the activity of the virus, thereby stopping the process of cell division and tumor growth. But here too, it is necessary to take into account the toxicity of the product and not to use it in high doses.

Thuja oil should be applied to warts 2-3 times a day, lubricating them with a cotton swab. The treatment lasts for several days. After which the growth darkens and becomes smaller.

If you consult an experienced homeopath, he will also advise taking thuja preparations internally to fight the virus inside the body, and not just its external manifestations. In this case, a course of homeopathic solution is prescribed (three times a day, 15 drops).

As an external remedy, you can use either oil or homeopathic thuja ointment, the concentration of the active substance in which is lower, which means it will be safer for teenagers.

By the way, treatment with essential oils, if well tolerated, is one of the safest methods of combating parillomavirus at a young age. It is important to use both immunostimulating and soothing oils, because the state of the nervous system noticeably affects the patient's immunity.

For the treatment of warts, we can recommend lemon and coniferous oils (for example, pine), which can be applied directly to the warts several times a day. Tea tree oil is good to use on inflamed warts, because, among other things, it has good bactericidal properties. And orange and lavender ethers are ideal for use in aroma lamps (if you don’t have one, you can simply drip them into hot water so that the aroma spreads throughout the room). Inhaling the healing vapors (a kind of inhalation) will help to increase immunity, and the body itself will begin an active fight against the virus.

The main thing is that the oil does not cause allergies in a child or teenager, so it is worthwhile to conduct an allergy test first, dropping a little oil on the delicate skin in the wrist or elbow area and observing for 24 hours. If itching, rash, runny nose and other manifestations of allergy appear, the oil cannot be used regardless of the patient's age.

Folk remedies

It should be said that essential oils are quite often used in folk medicine to treat flat and other types of warts at home. But they are far from the only remedy known as a cure for external manifestations of the virus. There are many other remedies and recipes that our ancestors used to remove warts. After all, medicine and pharmaceuticals were not yet at the level that we see today, and people had to fight the scourge with the gifts of nature and their own ingenuity.

Usually, folk recipes are considered universal, since they are suitable for removing various types of warts, papillomas, calluses of viral and other nature. We will pay attention to those of them that can be safely used on visible areas of the skin, and in particular on the face - a favorite place for juvenile warts.

The most popular natural antibiotics are onions and garlic. There is a popular belief that these hot vegetables, due to their high content of vitamin C and some other components (for example, phytoncides, which can deactivate virions), are effective against various viruses. That is why they are used not only for colds, but also to combat various manifestations of the papilloma virus, for example, to treat flat warts.

Considering the location and small size of warts, it is most convenient to simply lubricate them with garlic or onion juice 2-3 times a day until the growths disappear. On large growths, you can apply a gruel of these vegetables and fix it for a couple of hours with a plaster if the warts are located on the arms and legs, but not on the face.

It should be said that onions and garlic are used quite often against warts, but young people have a biased attitude towards them because of the unpleasant aroma, so not everyone will agree to use the above recipe.

Green walnut juice also helps against warts on the face and body. You need to take the green shell that envelops the unripe fruit and smear the growths with a piece several times a day. Unlike onions and garlic, there will be no unpleasant smell, and the burning sensation is only slight. But darkened warts, which will fall off only after a few days, will look even more unsightly on exposed areas of the body. Therefore, it is better to carry out such treatment when it is possible to stay at home for at least a week.

Vinegar is also popular in the treatment of warts, which should be regularly applied to the growths, avoiding healthy skin areas. For these purposes, it is better to take natural apple cider vinegar, and to enhance the effect, add a couple of drops of lemon essential oil, horseradish juice, onion or garlic. Vinegar will act as a cauterizing agent, and lemon, onion and garlic will fight viruses.

Sometimes it is recommended to use vinegar essence to treat warts, citing the fact that the effect is stronger and the result is obtained much faster. But the essence can cause severe skin burns, especially if it is used with garlic. Such treatment is not suitable for removing growths on the face and hands, because it can leave serious scars. Apple cider vinegar acts more gently, but in order not to risk it, it is still worth trying it first on the limbs and body, and only then apply it to the face or use more gentle means.

Such a remedy is fresh juice from sour apples, which should be applied to the growths 2-3 times a day. In theory, this is the same treatment with acid, but less concentrated than in vinegar. This method of treatment is quite suitable for the face, because after it there are no defects left on the skin.

There are many different recipes based on raw potatoes. Various authors suggest cutting a potato, then smearing the warts with one of the halves and burying both, throwing the used half of the potato over your shoulder, standing with your back to the waning moon, applying compresses of potato gruel to the warts, etc. It is difficult to say what such advice on treating warts is based on and how potato juice affects them, but if you believe in your recovery, they help. In theory, potatoes act more as a placebo, and faith helps activate the body's defenses. Such treatment will certainly not cause harm, but it may help someone.

It is used by the people for flat warts and herbal treatment. At the same time, the most popular plant that can cope with papillomatous rashes is celandine. To remove warts, it is recommended to use fresh juice of the plant, but you need to take into account 2 facts:

• celandine is a poisonous plant, and applying it to large surfaces (and juvenile warts, located in groups, can cover the face, legs, arms and other parts of the body) can provoke the appearance of symptoms of intoxication,
• After lubricating warts with celandine juice, they darken just like from walnut juice, which does not look the best.

It turns out that celandine juice is only advisable to use to remove individual growths and in places where they are practically invisible (for example, on the back of the feet, which can be covered with socks). In addition, this is far from the best choice for treating children and adolescents.

Instead of celandine juice, you can try using milky dandelion juice, which you should also treat warts with several times a day. Dandelion juice is considered to be most effective for fresh warts, so do not delay treatment.

Kalanchoe juice is considered a good antiviral agent; it is recommended to use it externally for warts, repeatedly lubricating the growths with it until they disappear.

Calendula acts in the same way, so for flat warts you can use the following recipe: lubricate the warts 4-5 times a day with calendula ointment or apply compresses of crushed flowers and leaves of the plant at night.

Above we have listed various methods and means of traditional medicine used for external treatment of warts. But it is important to understand that without increasing the general immunity they will not be able to contain the disease for a long time. It is not surprising that after successfully getting rid of the external manifestations of the papillomavirus, after some time patients are faced with the fact that rashes appear again on the same or other areas of the body.

Prescriptions for internal use that use the beneficial properties of various herbs will help prevent relapses of viral infections. For example, for juvenile warts, a healing decoction of the following herbs is considered: plantain, nettle, lemon balm (leaves), horsetail (aerial part), dandelion (root). The herbs should be taken in equal proportions.

We prepare the "medicine" as follows: pour 1.5 tablespoons of the herbal mixture with 2 glasses of water, bring to a boil and keep at a low boil for 10 minutes, then cool for a couple of hours and strain. Take the decoction 3 tablespoons 3 times a day half an hour before meals.

Herbal teas can be used as a regular drink. Mint and lemon balm, currant leaves and berries, and rose hips are good for this. You can also drink green tea, adding lemon zest and pulp to it, and eat more fruits and vegetables containing vitamin C, which strengthens the nervous system and increases immunity.

It is also useful to take a course of herbal adaptogens: eleutherococcus, ginseng, echinacea, etc. For this purpose, you can buy herbal tinctures at the pharmacy (take 30 drops 2-3 times a day) or brew herbal raw materials as a healing tea.

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