Q. I’ve had good luck getting rid of warts with minced garlic. Apply it directly to the wart and cover it with a bandage. Change the garlic and the bandage at least once a day.
The wart should be peeled or filed down regularly and will slowly disintegrate. This usually takes about three weeks. Be very careful to cover only the wart, since garlic is too strong for healthy skin.
A. Thanks for this suggestion. Home remedies are frequently helpful for treating warts. Here’s another: “I have a cure for plantar warts that worked for me. As a teen-ager, I saw a doctor who wanted to burn a plantar wart off. I didn’t like that idea, so a neighbor suggested castor oil on a cotton ball fastened in place over the wart with a bandage. The wart was gone in two weeks and the doctor was amazed.
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