Almost everyone is familiar with such a new skin formation as a wart, either you find it on yourself or you can see it on friends and relatives.Furthermore, their development does not depend on age;They occur with the same frequency in both children and adults.In this article we will talk about possible uses of celandine against warts.
Most dermatologists claim that the appearance of warts is caused by the presence of HPV - the human papilloma virus - in the body.Most of the population is infected with this virus as it can be easily transmitted through contact, household contact and sexual contact.
However, with a strong immune response, no virus can be actively activated.However, if the body's defenses are weakened and immunity decreases sharply, the papilloma virus can easily multiply and form various papillomas and warts on the skin of any localization, most often on the arms, legs, face and neck.
In addition, such neoplasms must be removed, even if they do not bother in any way or cause any particular discomfort, since over time they increase in size and can spread throughout the body, forming entire colonies.
When such an unpleasant aesthetic defect appears in a visible place, one naturally thinks about how to remove the wart - chemically, with celandine, surgically or in another way.Today there are many methods for getting rid of papillomas and warts:
- Laser – Wart removal with a laser is a fairly expensive procedure.
- Liquid Nitrogen – Removing warts with liquid nitrogen is quite a painful procedure, can lead to relapses later at the surgical site and also leaves marks on the skin.
- Chemicals - the use of special drugs, potassium and sodium hydroxide, phenol and metacresol, a mixture of propane and dimethyl ether, nitric acid, oxalic acid, acetic acid and lactic acid.
- Celandine – you can also use a folk remedy known since ancient times – the natural herbal properties of this plant.
If the patient fundamentally does not want to remove warts using special medical methods, before using traditional methods or other remedies, you should consult a doctor to make sure that it is actually a papilloma or a wart, that is, a non-oncological formation.In our time of oncological tensions, it is always necessary to remember about the possible development of malignant neoplasms on the skin at any age.
Properties of celandine for wart removal – advantages and disadvantages
This medicinal plant is used in folk medicine as a powerful poisonous agent for the treatment of many skin diseases - eczema, dermatitis and celandine is used in oncology as one of the types of plant poisons that destroy cancer cells, since there are more than 20 different toxins in their composition.Popularly, this weed is also called warthog, since our ancestors had no other way to deal with skin formations, common, flat warts than to use what nature provided.
The advantages of this method of removing specific growths on the body, arms and legs:
- Unlike medical procedures and medications, using pure, fresh celandine juice is a painless method of removal;it does not cause burning or severe pain.
- Celandine is a natural, natural source of substances that have a harmful effect on tumors.
- If you use fresh celandine juice during flowering, this is a free treatment option, since this weed grows in all summer cottages, on the edge of the forest, in meadows.
Disadvantages of the method of wart cauterization with celandine:
- The grass should only be collected and used during its active flowering period (May-June), otherwise no effect will be achieved.
- It is easier for a city dweller to find ready-made pharmaceutical means for eliminating tumors than to look for weeds during the flowering period.
- If you use concentrated pharmaceutical celandine extracts, you may experience pain when applied to the skin.
- It takes a long time to remove warts with natural celandine juice.
- The resulting wounds heal slowly and in some cases can leave scars or minor marks.
- Celandine is a weed that sensitive people can have an allergic reaction to.People who suffer from hay fever, allergic rhinitis and an allergy to flowering trees and grasses (so-called poplar down allergy) will most likely have an allergic reaction to celandine.
Methods for treating and removing warts with celandine
Treating warts with celandine can be done in different ways;We present the most affordable and simple ways to remove warts with celandine using juice, extract and ointments.
Freshly squeezed juice
If you have constant access to a growing plant in May-June, you can use the juice directly from the cutting of the blade of grass at the root, where the largest amount of it is located.To carry out the procedure, you should drip this juice on the wart four times a day until it disappears within 3 weeks.In this case, the papilloma should turn black and eventually disappear.Once the stem of the plant is cut, it releases a bright orange sap that is a powerful healing agent.Below we give a recipe for preparing such a juice if you do not have constant access to the plant.
Juice with glycerin is a type of cream
If you mix freshly squeezed celandine juice with glycerin, you can use the resulting mass for longer.This is the most convenient method of application, the advantage of which is that it lasts longer;This is very important because such an ointment can be prepared during the flowering period and used even if the plant is not available in fresh form.In addition to warts, this ointment can also treat acne, eczema and dermatitis.
How do you make extract, celandine juice yourself?
Juice
To prepare juice from celandine, you should collect the grass along with the roots, wash it and let it dry a little so that no moisture remains on the grass.Then pass it through a meat grinder twice, squeeze out the resulting pulp as much as possible through a thick cloth, pour the resulting juice into dark glass bottles and close them.After a week, the juice will begin to ferment, from this point on you should release the gas from the bottle every day until the fermentation process stops - about a week.You can then use this juice.Keeping such a bottle in the refrigerator will extend its shelf life.
Extract
To prepare an extract of celandine and extend its shelf life, you can add alcohol or vodka to the resulting juice in the amount of 100 ml.Juice - 50 ml. Vodka or 1 liter of juice - half a liter of vodka.This is done so that warts can be treated at home all year round.
Precautions when removing warts with celandine:
- To avoid serious burns, gloves should be worn when preparing juice.
- If there are many warts on the body, you should not treat them all at once;You should not use more than 5-6 warts in a 3-week course, as the burden on the body of toxic substances increases.
- To avoid serious allergic reactions, you should first test the effect of the juice or extract on the crook of your elbow.If there is no allergy - itching, burning, rash, swelling, redness of the skin - you can start treatment.
Ready-made pharmaceutical products with celandine
Of course, it is very difficult for a city dweller with everyday worries to choose the time and even during a specific flowering period to look for a plant in nature, prepare natural juice and use it for treatment;It is easier to buy celandine in the form of a ready-made wart removal product at the pharmacy.But there are pitfalls here.Often people who try to use natural remedies for treatment are deceived by manufacturers.For example, pharmacy chains today offer different versions of a product of the same name that are not an extract of a medicinal plant.And wart removal essentially involves cauterizing the formation with an acid or alkali.
If you buy a clear liquid at the pharmacy, keep in mind that it is not a plant extract of celandine!The composition of this product: sodium and potassium hydroxide and water.
These drugs have nothing to do with medicinal herbs and should be used very carefully (warts on the face, décolleté, neck or genitals should not be treated), as they can attack the skin and cause burns, but according to the reviews of many who have used them, they are very effective remedies.
Manufacturers use the name of the herb for – alkaline solution.
How to remove a wart with celandine using chemical treatment?Since these are very strong chemicals, they should be used according to the instructions;Before applying the solution, you need to treat the skin around the papilloma or wart with a fatty cream to avoid burns.
Instructions for wart removal
You need to first steam or simply soak the wart before treatment, then apply a minimal amount of liquid using a special applicator and try to apply it only to the new growth until a burning sensation appears.Do not make any movements with the treated area for 15 minutes;If the area does not darken or a burning sensation occurs, repeat the application of the solution until the color of the formation changes.Then rinse the treated area with water.
After 2-3 days there should be some peeling of the skin in the treated area and after 5-10 days the skin should be free of the wart.If the procedure does not have an effect due to the size of the formation or unsuccessful treatment, the procedure should be repeated 1-2 times until the effect occurs.The solution should be handled very carefully;If the liquid accidentally gets on the skin or mucous membranes, you should immediately rinse the damaged area for 10-15 minutes.