Almost every person is familiar with such a skin neoplasm as a wart, either they are found on themselves, or they can be seen on friends and loved ones.Moreover, their formation does not depend on age;they appear in both children and adults with the same frequency.In this article we will talk about possible ways to use celandine for warts.
Most dermatologists claim that the appearance of warts is caused by the presence of HPV - human papillomavirus - in the body.Most of the population is infected with this virus, as it is easily transmitted through contact, family contact and sexual contact.
However, with a strong immune response, no virus can be actively activated, but when the body's defenses weaken, with a sharp decrease in immunity, the papilloma virus can easily multiply and form various papillomas and warts on the skin of any location, most often on the arms, legs, face and neck.
Moreover, even if such neoplasms do not interfere in any way or cause any particular discomfort, they must be removed, since over time they can increase in size and spread throughout the body, forming entire colonies.
When such an unpleasant aesthetic defect appears in a visible place, a person naturally thinks about how to remove the wart - chemically, celandine, surgically or otherwise.Today, there are many methods to get rid of papillomas and warts:
- Laser - laser wart removal is a very expensive procedure.
- Liquid nitrogen - removal of warts with liquid nitrogen is a rather painful procedure, then it can cause recurrence at the site of the procedure, and it also leaves scars on the skin.
- Chemicals - the use of special pharmaceutical drugs, potassium and sodium hydroxide, phenol and metacresol, a mixture of propane and dimethyl ether, nitric, oxalic, acetic, lactic acids.
- Celandine - you can also use a folk remedy known since ancient times - the natural herbal properties of this plant.
If the patient categorically does not want to remove warts using special medical methods, before using traditional methods or any other medicine, you should consult a doctor to make sure that it is really a papilloma or wart, a non-oncological formation.In our time of oncological tension, it is always necessary to remember the possible development of malignant neoplasms on the skin at any age.
Properties of celandine for removing warts - advantages and disadvantages
This medicinal plant is used in folk medicine as a powerful toxic substance for the treatment of many skin diseases - eczema, dermatitis, and celandine in oncology is used as one of the types of plant poisons that destroy cancer cells, as its composition contains more than 20 different toxic substances.In popular practice, this weed is also called a fungus, since our ancestors had no other options to deal with skin formations, vulgar, flat warts, except to use what nature offers.
The advantages of this method for removing specific growths on the body, arms, legs:
- Unlike medical manipulations and medications, using pure fresh celandine juice is a painless removal method;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 its flowering, this is a free treatment option, since this grass grows in all summer cottages, on the edge of the forest, in the meadows.
Disadvantages of the cauterization method of warts with celandine:
- The herb should be collected and used only during the period of active flowering - May-June, otherwise it will have no effect.
- It is easier for a city dweller to find pharmaceutical and ready-made drugs to get rid of tumors than to search for weeds during the flowering period.
- If you use concentrated pharmaceutical extracts of celandine, you may experience pain when you apply them to the skin.
- It takes a long time to remove warts with natural celandine juice.
- The resulting wounds take a long time to heal and in some cases may leave small scars or scars.
- Celandine is a weed to which sensitive people may have allergic reactions.People who suffer from hay fever, allergic rhinitis and allergies to trees and flowering herbs (the so-called poplar fluff allergy) are most likely to be allergic to celandine.
Methods of treatment and removal of warts with celandine
Treatment of warts with celandine can be carried out in several ways;we will present the most affordable and simplest options for removing warts with celandine using juice, extract, ointment.
Freshly squeezed juice
If you have constant access to a growing plant in May-June, then you can use the juice directly from cutting the stem of the grass at the root, where it is in the greatest amount.To perform the procedure, you should drip this liquid on the wart 4 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, a bright orange juice comes out, which is a powerful medicine.Below we will give a recipe on how to prepare such a juice if you do not have constant access to the plant.
Glycerin liquid is a type of cream
If you mix freshly squeezed celandine juice with glycerin, the resulting mass can be used for a longer time.This is the most convenient method of application, the advantage of which is also a longer life;this is very important, since such an ointment can be prepared during the flowering period and used even at a time when the plant is not available in fresh form.In addition to warts, this ointment can also treat acne, eczema and dermatitis.
How to make your own extract, celandine juice?
juice
To prepare juice from celandine, you need to collect the grass together with the root, wash it and let it dry a little so that no moisture remains in the grass.Then pass through a meat grinder 2 times, squeeze the resulting slurry as much as possible through a thick cloth, pour the resulting liquid into dark glass bottles and close them.After a week, the juice will start to ferment, from this time you should release the gas from the bottle every day, do this until the fermentation process stops - about a week.You can then use this liquid.If you keep such a bottle in the refrigerator, its shelf life is extended.
EXCERPT
To prepare an extract from celandine, to increase the shelf life, you can add alcohol or vodka to the resulting liquid 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 throughout the year.
Precautions when removing warts with celandine:
- To avoid serious burns, gloves should be used when preparing the juice.
- If there are many warts on the body, you should not treat them all at once;you should not apply more than 5-6 warts in a 3-week course, as the load on the body due to toxic substances increases.
- To avoid severe allergic reactions, you should first test the effect of the liquid or extract on the bend of your elbow.If there is no allergy - itching, burning, redness, swelling, redness of the skin, you can start the treatment.
Ready pharmaceutical products with celandine
Of course, for a city dweller with daily troubles, it is very difficult to choose the time, even during a certain flowering period, to look for a plant in nature, prepare natural juice and use it for treatment;it is easier to buy celandine in a pharmacy in the form of a ready-made product for removing warts.But there are pitfalls here.Often, people, trying to use natural means for treatment, are deceived by manufacturers.For example, pharmacy chains today offer different versions of a product with the same name, which are not an extract of a medicinal plant.And removing warts is basically cauterizing the formation with an acid or alkali.
If you buy a pure juice at the pharmacy, know 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 plants and should be used very carefully (warts on the face, décolleté, neck or genitals should not be treated), as they can irritate the skin and cause burns, but according to the reviews of many who have used them, these are very effective drugs.
Manufacturers use the name of the drug for - alkaline solution.
How to remove a wart with celandine using chemical treatment?Since these are very strong chemicals, they should be used as directed;Before applying the solution, you should treat the skin around the papilloma or wart with some fatty cream to avoid burns.
Instructions for use to get rid of warts
You should first steam the wart before treatment or simply soak it, then apply a minimal amount of liquid with a special applicator, trying to get it only on the new growth until a burning sensation appears.Do not make any movement with the treated area for 15 minutes;if the area does not darken or there is a burning sensation, repeat the application of the solution until the formation changes color.Then rinse the treated area with water.
After 2-3 days, peeling of the skin in the treatment area should occur and after 5-10 days the skin should be cleared of warts.If the procedure does not give an effect due to the large size of the formation or unsuccessful treatment, the procedure should be repeated 1-2 times until the effect is achieved.The solution should be handled very carefully;if the liquid accidentally falls on the skin or mucous membrane, you should immediately rinse the damaged area for 10-15 minutes.