16 Natural Remedies for Warts–Including a Crazy One That REALLY Works!
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Are you burdened by a stubborn wart? Here’s an assortment of natural remedies for warts, including one unbelievable one that really worked!
Would YOU try it?
I’m always on the hunt for natural remedies to treat ear infections, sinus infections, headaches, and more.
I’m just not a fan of prescription meds, or even OTC medications, mainly since one of the things that contributed to my health issues (including candida) is the overuse of meds and antibiotics in general.
So when warts surfaced in our home, I was not about to just run to the store to get an OTC wart remover – and I for sure wasn’t ready to pay $30 (how did it get that high?!) for a physician copay to have it removed from my son’s foot.
Warts are not a pleasant topic.
If you’ve ever had a wart, you know how hard it can be to get rid of it.
And it’s worse if you’ve got more than one wart. Once they start spreading they can really be tough to get rid of.
About 1 month ago I was helping my youngest get changed for bed. I don’t remember now what happened or why I noticed it, but I saw two small “somethings” on the sole of his foot, near the heel.
I wouldn’t have thought much of them, except for the fact that I remembered having a plantar’s wart when I was a young girl.
It was painful and it took a long time to get rid of it.
I think we went to the store and got an over-the-counter wart remover and I applied it over and over again.
And they’re gross.
Back to my son.
I took a closer look at his foot and scraped a little of the surface off of the skin.
It felt hard underneath, and I could see the tell-tale little brownish-black dots in the center of a pattern.
The dots are called wart seeds sometimes, but they really are little blood clots.
Blech.
Anyway, he clearly had two of them.
Then, my son showed me a “callus” on his toe.
Hmmmm…..
It was a big one. But was it really a callus?
I went to the internet and found a site with great diagnostic information to find out if he had a callus or wart on his foot.
How to Know If You Have a Wart or a Callus
To tell know if you have a wart or callus, you will need to press down on the thing (whatever it is) and find out when you have pain.
- If it hurts pushing straight down on it–it’s a callus.
- If it hurts putting pressure on the sides (by squeezing it)–it’s a wart.
Sure enough, we had a wart. No pain pressing down, but when I squeezed it, my son wasn’t happy.
Now it was time to try to get rid of warts.
Time to Get Rid of the Wart
A long time ago, we had tried using oregano oil before on a wart on my husband’s finger.
One day we were on a road trip. I put the oregano oil on it and within 3 hours it went from being a raised wart to being level with the rest of his skin.
It really worked great for a natural wart remedy, but we weren’t consistent enough to get rid of it, so it’s still there.
So I tried the oregano oil on my son’s foot for several days.
Again, I wasn’t consistent enough and no surprise–nothing happened.
I really wanted to be consistent with the oregano oil, but life was getting in the way.
So I hopped back on the internet and even asked my fans on my Facebook page for their ideas. (hop on over there if you haven’t already, K?)
Well, let me tell you, there were loads of ideas….
Natural Remedies for Warts
Following are some remedies that others suggested, plus some others that we didn’t get to try.
OTC Topical Treatments
(not going there again)
Super Glue
Doesn’t sounds very healthy to me.
Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
I did this once for a wart on my hand. It ended up burning the surrounding skin and was super painful.
Banana Peel
The inside of the peel. It turns out that the inside of the banana peel has some kind of enzyme that can help address warts.
Cutting
Some people try to just cut their own warts off (Not an option. No way.)
Removal By a Physician
Sounds like a good option, but I’ve read over and over that the wart often comes back. This was the case for one of my son’s friends.
Thuja
Thuja Oil, Thuja Extract, or Thuja Homeopathic pellets. A reader mentioned that this worked well, but I haven’t tried it yet.
Vapor Rub
It’s true. Some people report that using Vicks® or a Homemade Vapor Rub works great for addressing warts.
Tea Tree Oil
I didn’t try this one, but a friend told me that she tried it and it worked great!
Echaveria
One reader wrote in to say that this plant, also known as the common garden ‘hens and chickens’ and often grown in succulent gardens and rock gardens. Simply break off a leaf and squeeze the juice onto the wart morning and night!
Garlic
One reader mentioned that a slice of garlic on the wart worked well. That makes sense since warts are caused by a virus and garlic is antiviral.
Milkweed
Milkweed juice applied daily has been reported to help with warts.
Milk Thistle Extract
Since milk thistle is also antiviral this has been successful for some as well.
Basil
This is another antiviral plant that works for some to get rid of warts. You can crush a few leaves of fresh basil and rub the paste on the warts, or apply the crushed leaves over the warts and cover that with medical or duct tape.
Aspirin
The main ingredient in aspirin is salicylic acid, the main ingredient in wart remover. One reader told me that putting a paste of aspirin on the wart for 2-3 days with tape over it caused the wart to come off and never return!
and other concoctions of all sorts. However one option really caught my eye.
Urine.
Yeppers. You all remember my post on natural ear infection remedies, right?
Well, at the time I tried that in my son’s ear (of course, after reading all over the internet that urine therapy has been used by many cultures for many years and there was even an international convention on it–so don’t think I’m just so crazy that I’ll try anything that I read on the internet–’cause I’m not), I was already trying this on my son’s warts.
But I wasn’t sure if it was going to take care of the more stubborn ones so I didn’t want to share it yet.
Well, now you can see how well this natural wart remedy worked and judge for yourself.
How to Use Urine on a Wart
Basically you just urinate in a cup, put the urine on a small piece of cotton ball or pad.
Squeeze to remove the excess.
Put the soaked pad or cotton ball on the wart.
Cut medical tape in the appropriate size to cover the wart and the cotton. At least you need the cotton to stay put.
Repeat daily.
We did this for a few weeks. It would have gone faster if I’d remembered to change the cotton daily, but sometimes I forgot.
But every day we noticed an obvious change in the big wart.
This is what his toe looked like after the “pee pee treatment” was done!
All gone except for some peeling skin.
And the other warts are gone as well.
Even while we were treating the first 3, one more showed up on the other foot (lovely) and that one is gone as well.
Now, I am thinking the oregano oil would have worked if I had been more diligent, but I would forget sometimes and frankly, urine is a lot cheaper.
But if you’re squeemish about the urine therapy, then hop over to Rocky Mountain Oils and get some oregano oil. It’s great stuff and is anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. I’ve even heard of folks treating MRSA successfully with it. Now that’s something to have on hand, you know?
If you’re curious about what essential oils company I recommend, you can read my series on Which Essential Oils Company is Best.
One Amazing Testimonial About Urine on a Wart
But I tried the urine also because the testimonials were so emphatic.
One was even pretty hilarious.
A man said his whole family had been plagued by plantar warts–except for him.
He thought it was because he had the habit of urinating in the shower, so he thought his feet were getting a natural anti-wart treatment every day.
I don’t know, but interesting, huh?
Urine Therapy for Warts–Is It Crazy?
Likely you think this is just gross and NUTS, right?
Well, check out this book – it’s got some very nice reviews.
I say – if you can get things done naturally and inexpensively then it’s worth looking at :).
Another Great Option
A lot of people get great results with Rowe Casa’s Feet and Nail Salve. It’s full of antiviral ingredients. Check out the reviews. You’ll see a lot of positive results on warts and fungus too!
Which of these Natural Remedies for Warts will you try?
I’ve not tried using urine…”yet”! But, I have used plain Duct tape to remove callouses and what appear to be very small “corns” on the souls of my feet. After bathing (or showering) I towel the moisture off and apply pieces of duct tape over each of the bothersome area’s while the skin is still holding moisture but dry enough to allow the tape to stick. I leave it throughout 4-5 days. then while my feet are damp again after bathing I gently pull the tape off. I love checking the sticky side of the tape ad seeing those bits of painful are no longer attached. to my feet. I usually go 2-3 years before I need to repeat it. One time I did need to repeat the process because there were a couple “stubborn” spots which softened but did not adhere to the tape. When I shared it with my physician, he said he had no problem with me doing this and he had heard similar reports from other patients.
Great!
Hi thanks u cannot believe how this will help me I appreciate , I just tried to get rid of one with oregano oil and 2 more warts grew close by.. Strange it’s like they communicate , but her I go urine. Cannot doubt.
They do apparently “grow” or “seed” other warts so that makes sense. Hope this works for you.
It seems like u can infect other places, and u can’t share towels. Pretty serious.
But I am not clear about what to do with callouses?
I’m sorry but I have only heard of using those shavers or a scrub like this one? https://wholenewmom.com/health-concerns/homemade-sugar-scrub/
If you’re lactating, breastmilk is a wonderful remedy for warts of all kinds. Soak a cotton ball in it and hold on the affected area for maybe 20 minutes. Do that every day maybe once or twice a day and it’ll be gone in a week.
Thanks – it’s good for many things!
I was desperate to try a new natural remedy. I had a son that got a planter wart on the bottom of his foot. I tried some dry ice several times it didn’t work but I forgot about it as he hadn’t complained about. I have 5 children and things tend to occupy your mind.
Then my youngest daughter got one and that is when I looked at this remedy. I used a cotton makeup round cut it to a good size, then I saturated it in the first morning urine and squeezed it, so that it wouldn’t drip. I placed it on the planter wart and had a piece of fabric medical tape handy to stick on top it was left over night.
The next morning my daughter had pulled off the tape. There was not one black dot (seed) there it was as if it had been cut out but even cleaner. I was taken back by how fast it worked. I continued to put on during that day a fresh one.
I then looked at my son’s foot there were about 8 little planter warts so I did the same for him that night and I had the same result the next morning.
I have not told anyone in my family that the dressing had urine. It may stay a secret until their skin has completely recovered.
I have used Banana peel, apple cider vinager and a few other natural remedies. But nothing has worked as rapidly as this. I highly recommend it. I think that it doesn’t hurt not telling your patients what the secret ingredient is as they may not let you apply it!
Ha – love it!
Well hot Dang!!!!!! I am so excited to hear this especially because I don’t have the Oregano oil.
I’ve never had warts so unfortunately for my son I had no idea what it was and how quickly it could get worse..
You are awesome for sharing and so glad I found this post..
Hope it works!!!!
My mother was the daughter of Finnish immigrants. They didn’t have much growing up and they lived on a farm. My mom got a horrible wart on her finger which because of it’s location was ripped and bleeding often and just plain painful as it was her writing hand and the pencil rested right on it. Her mother told her that on the night of a full moon right at midnight she had to go out to the pasture and cut off a hair on the cows tail. She was too wrap the hair around the wart and then a piece of tape over it before she left the pasture. Well she worked up the courage and did it. The thing had to stay on there for a week or two I believe before she could take it off. When she did the wart came off with it and never returned. The full moon at midnight was just to convince the child of the magic and adventure of it but in fact it turns out that the cows urine on the hair is what killed the wart. Urine works…..
Wow. Just wow.
wow! I remeber when I was little about 7yrs oldI used to get very bad ear aches my aunt pour warm urine into my ear and ever since ive never had an ear ache again. and im 50 yrs old thank you auntie
More and more comments like this – very interesting. Thanks for commenting!
I have tiny warts on the palms of my hands once in 2001, I had heard that Vitamin E was great for getting rid of warts. I had already used a OTC treatment. So my wart were exposed. So every day and night I cover them with “VitE” soaked cotton balls after four hours I removed them and flushed them with Peroxide and then used a pair of twister, a yarn needle and a darning needles soaked on alcohol. I would removed dead and loose skin and “stuff”. I found the “mother” wart. and removed it after that I never had another wart.
So glad you are done with it!!
After 3 years of trying unsuccessfully to get rid of my teenage son’s warts (he had a total of 18 on his hands) with acid, freezing by the dermatologist, duct tape, etc., his pediatrician finally suggested we try vitamins to boost his immune system. I was very skeptical because my son was hardly ever sick so I didn’t think vitamins would help. I did some research and decided to go with 1,000 mg vitamin C (orally) and 25,000 IU of vitamin A (applied topically by breaking open a gel tablet) to the biggest wart. After 8 weeks of daily treatment, ALL of the warts were gone with zero scarring. I am spreading this story in the hopes that others will benefit from the same type of natural treatment.
Glad to hear and thank you.
Do you no what will help get reid od the red spots left after acne never delt with acne in my life tell the last 6 months then got a bad out break on my chin that I’ve tryed eveything on plus a lovely planters wart should up uug I hate this at 45 this should not happpen I have to many other auto immune disorders I have to deal with and now this please help
Are you looking for help with scarring? I would personally try these:
Frankincense is supposed to be good: https://us.nyrorganic.com/shop/wholenewmom/product/0567/frankincense-facial-oil-1-01-fl-oz/
and rose: https://us.nyrorganic.com/shop/wholenewmom/product/2362/wild-rose-beauty-balm-1-76oz/
Really anything rose is good for scarring. Here is some more info for you:
Scar-fade formulas usually contain rose hip seed oil, calophyllum oil, macadamia nut oil and essential
oils of rosemary verbenon, frankincense, galbanum, myrrh, and perhaps
neroli. The Wild Rose Beauty Balm would be nice as it contains the rose
hip seed oil and Frankincense, but it is a salve consistency and greasy.
The Frankincense Intense and the new Concentrate would help with
inflammation and newer scars and the Starflower cleanser and moisturizer
are good for calming inflammation. Anything with German or Moroccan
chamomile essential oils or helichrysum or lavender essential oils are
anti-inflammatory, too.
I use this company mainly for oils, but NYR has some as well. https://wholenewmom.com/health-concerns/natural-remedies/announcing-the-best-essential-oils-company-and-a-great-sale/