Warts are the rough, hard growths on the skin, usually painless, and caused by an infection with HPV – Human Papilloma Virus. There are more than 100 HPV strains. Each HPV strain is responsible for infecting specific body parts. Warts can affect a person through skin-to-skin contact with a person who already has them. Homeopathy treats warts in a very mild, safe, gentle and painless way.
You can get warts by coming into contact with an object contaminated with the human papilloma virus. A weak immune system increases the risk of contracting the infection that leads to the disease.
Homeopathic medicine for Wart
In the conventional treatment method, cauterization is one of the methods to remove warts. It can cause pain and scarring. Homeopathy takes a curative approach to treating warts rather than suppressing them. These medications strengthen the body’s immune system to fight against the infectious agent that causes warts. Homeopathic remedies for warts are all prepared from naturally derived substances. Therefore, they are free from side effects. The best medicines for warts are Thuja Occidentalis, Causticum and Nitric acid. These wart medications are very effective, work deeply and offer promising results.
1. Thuja Occidentalis – High quality medicine to treat warts
Thuja Occidentalis is an excellent remedy for warts. Warts that are seedy, large or stalked (attached to a narrow stem) indicate the use of Thuja Occidentalis. It helps in treating warts growing on any part of the body. Warts can be accompanied by dry skin. Thuja is also administered when the skin, along with warts, becomes painful to the touch. Thuja is also recommended for the treatment of warts on the anogenital area, that is, around the anus and genitals.
When do you use Thuja Occidentalis?
It is administered for soft, pedunculated warts, condylomata and fig-like growths. Complaints normally arise after vaccination or suppression of skin rashes/excretions.
How to use Thuja Occidentalis?
It can be started at a lower potency, such as 30C once daily or on alternate days. Higher potencies such as 200C or 1M can only be administered under the guidance of a qualified homeopath.
2. Causticum – For painful, sensitive and stalked warts
Causticum is a very useful homeopathic remedy for warts and skin tags. It’s great if the warts are large and jagged. Causticum is especially useful for warts on the face, nose, lips and eyelids. It works best in treating warts on the fingertips and is also administered for painful warts. Pedunculous warts are also well treated with this drug.
When to use Causticum?
Causticum is administered for painful, sensitive and jagged warts, especially if they are stalked or bleed easily.
How to use Causticum?
It can be started once a day at a lower strength of 30C.
3. Nitric Acid – For warts that bleed easily
Nitric Acidum is an excellent medicine for warts that bleed easily. Bleeding from warts can occur by touching or washing them. Nitric acid is also indicated for warts that are painful to the touch. It also helps in treating warts that are accompanied by itching. In addition, warts with stabbing or stabbing pain are also effectively treated with nitric acid.
When should you use Nitric Acid?
Nitric acid works wonders for warts that bleed easily with light touch or washing and are very sensitive to touch.
How do you use Nitric Acid?
One can start using this medicine at a potency of 30°C, on alternate days or once a day, but only under the guidance of a qualified homeopath.
4. Sepia – For warts and moles on the scalp
Sepia is a common medicine for warts, especially those on the scalp and forehead. In some cases, warts are associated with hair loss and marked sensitivity of the hair roots. Sepia is also useful for small, hard, seedy warts and moles on the face, often accompanied by itching. Characteristic features include yellow-brown pigmentation of the facial skin, especially over the nose and cheeks, and the presence of black pores in some individuals.
When do you use Sepia?
Sepia is a very useful medicine for small, hard, seedy warts on the scalp, forehead and face, often with itching.
How to use Sepia?
It can be started once a day at the lower potency 30C.
5. Dulcamara – For facial warts
Dulcamara is a wonderful remedy for large, flat, smooth warts, especially on the face, fingers and palmar surface of the hands. These warts are often soft, wide and painless and may worsen in cold, damp weather or after exposure to moisture. It is mainly used when warts return or become larger during rainy or humid conditions.
When to use Dulcamara?
Dulcamara is usually used for large, flat, smooth and painless warts that appear on the face or hands, especially if they are soft and wide.
How to use Dulcamara?
It can be started once a week or on alternate days with a potency of 30°C.
6. Antimonium Crudum – For warts on soles of feet (plantar warts)
Antimonium Crudum is a great remedy for warts on the soles of the feet, known as plantar warts. Antimonium Crudum is used for horny warts on the soles of the feet. It also works well if corns and warts end up together on the soles of the feet. Feet can also feel very sensitive.
When to use Antimony Crudum?
Antimonium Crudum is usually given for hard, horny plantar warts on the soles of the feet, especially if they are painful and tender to the touch.
How to use Antimony Crudum?
It can be started once a day at a strength of 30°C. Higher potencies such as 200C and 1M should only be used under the guidance of a qualified homeopath.
7. Natrum Muriaticum – For smooth, flat warts
Natrum muriaticum is indicated for flat, smooth warts, especially on the face and backs of hands. The warts are usually dry, painless and tend to surface in patches (in a cluster) or keep recurring.
When to use Natrum Muriaticum?
It works well on flat, smooth and dry warts on the face and back of the hands, which often appear in groups.
How do you use Natrum Muriaticum?
It can be used in a lower potency, such as 30C.
8. Silicea – Slow-dissolving, deep-seated warts
Silicea is administered for hard, deep-seated warts that tend to last a long time before gradually healing. It is especially useful if warts are painful or purulent, or recur repeatedly and have delayed healing.
When to use Silicea?
Silicea can be used for hard, deep-seated, long-standing warts that heal slowly.
How to use Silicea?
It can be used at a lower potency, such as 30CH once a day.
9. Calcarea Carbonicum – for recurring warts
Calcarea Carbonica is indicated for warts in persons who tend to sweat excessively, especially on the hands and feet. The warts are often hard, recurrent and disappear slowly. These types of warts heal quite gradually and there is a predisposition to repeated growth.
When to use Calcarea carbonicum?
It works well on hard, recurring warts, especially in people with excessive sweating of the hands and feet.
How to use Calcarea carbonicum?
It can be used at 30°C and 200°C, but only under the supervision of a qualified homeopath.
Types of warts
1. Common warts: Rough, hard growths that often appear on fingers, hands, elbows and knees.
2. Plantar warts: occur on the soles of the feet, grow inward due to pressure and are often a source of pain when walking.
3. Flat warts: Small, smooth warts with a flat top that occur mainly on the face, neck and hands, especially in children.
4. Filiform warts: thread-like projections that usually appear on the eyelids, face and lips.
5. Periungual warts: develop around or under the nails and can disrupt nail growth.
6. Genital warts: Soft, cauliflower-like growths in the genital area, sexually transmitted.
Frequently asked questions
1. Are warts contagious?
Yes, warts can spread through direct skin contact or by sharing personal items, especially if the skin is moist or damaged.
2. Why do warts keep coming back?
Recurring warts usually indicate low local immunity or incomplete treatment, which allows the virus to persist in the skin.
3. Are plantar warts different from other warts?
Yes, plantar warts grow inward due to pressure and are often hard, tender and painful when walking.
4. How can warts be prevented?
Do not touch warts, keep skin dry and do not share towels or shoes. Also ensure good hygiene and immunity.
5. Why are plantar warts more painful?
Plantar warts grow inward due to the pressure of walking, making them hard, tender and painful.
6. Are flat warts different from regular warts?
Yes. Flat warts are smooth, have a flat top and often appear on the face, hands and forearms.
7. Is it safe to cut or pick warts?
No. Trying to remove or pick at the warts can cause bleeding, infection, and spread of the virus.
8. Can warts leave scars?
Improper removal or repeated trauma can lead to scarring, and natural healing usually leaves no scars.
9. Are warts dangerous or cancerous?
Most warts are harmless and non-cancerous.
10. Why do warts return even after local removal?
Local removal treatment takes place at ground level; homeopathy works at the root cause to reduce recurrence.
11. Are all warts treated with the same homeopathic medicines?
No, the choice of medication depends on the type of wart, its location, how much pain it causes, its tendency to bleed, and an individual’s constitution.