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of the inside of a banana peel. It may take a couple of weeks for the wart to disappear. It's okay to file the wart down with an emery board if you file gently. Mayapple tincture can carefully be applied to a wart, but avoid touching any other part of the skin as this plant is somewhat toxic and will irritate the surrounding skin. This is best done by a competent health practitioner.
Soak plantar warts in hot salt water. The banana peel treatment can be used even when wearing shoes and socks. Vitamin E oil by itself or a paste of vitamin C and water can be applied to plantar warts. A podiatrist colleague tells me she uses hypnosis as a way of getting clients' warts to vanish. A practitioner of Oriental medicine can burn cones of moxa close to or on the warts to help them dissipate. Magic has even been used to help eliminate warts. Consider drawing a picture of the body complete with warts and then throwing the drawing into a fire.

 
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