38 Home Remedies for Genital Warts

We can also refer to genital warts as venereal warts or condylomataacumenta.  Warts occur due to the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). This contagious virus is spread by anal and vaginal sex. Hence, warts are a form of a sexually transmitted disease. These warts are defined as growths around the private parts.

The warts, which are the same color as the skin, can occur in both women and men between the ages of 17 to 33.  The areas wherein they can be found include the penis area, anus, scrotum, vagina, and vulva.

Though these warts cause severe pain, they cannot be diagnosed easily. This is because the warts are commonly accompanied by sensations such as itching and burning are rather tiny.  The most discomfort felt due to warts is during sexual intercourse and warts generally results because of sexual intercourse.

 

Causes of Genital Warts

Warts can occur due to:

• HPV
• Sexual contact with a person suffering from HPV
• Sexual experiences from a tender age
• Any sexual encounter without the use of any forms of protection
• Objects infected with HPV can lead to spreading the disease.

 

Common Symptoms

Warts have a tiny outlook and thus can be disguised in between genital hairs. A full examination is best when warts seem much around the pubic area. It is recommended when this happens to avoid a further spread. The noticeable and known symptoms of warts include:

• Growths around the genital areas
• Forms of blisters on the mucous membrane of the genitals
• An itchy feeling with a slight prickling sensation in the affected areas
• Warts found on the urethra
• Burning sensations on and around the genitals
• Strangely colored/smelly discharge
• Bleeding may occur during urination
• Post-intercourse bleeding may also result depending on where the warts are situated.

 

The warts are likely to spread to the lips, hands, tongue, and throat if precautions are not taken.

Home Remedies for Genital Wart Symptoms

1. Grapefruit Seed Extract

Extracts of grapefruit seeds are effective for the fight against warts. Grapefruit seed extract has antimicrobial functions which work to get rid of warts in about fourteen days. This cure is effective when the grapefruit seed extract is put onto warts. The area must be covered with medicinal gauze or tapes to keep the extract on warts. The gauze or tape must be changed at least twice daily. Read this article to learn how to use essential oils, like grapefruit seed extract, safely.

 

2. Heat Lamp

Since dampness in and around the genital area is a common symptom of warts, a hair dryer or a heat lamp must be used regularly to dry out these moist areas. Precaution must be taken to keep the lamp at a considerable distance from the genitals.

 

3. Reishi Mushrooms

Reishi mushrooms are medications commonly associated with the Chinese culture and these mushrooms act as an immune booster. These mushrooms can combat the HPV causing genital warts. Statistics have proven that if at most 300 milligrams of the mushrooms are consumed thrice daily, the body becomes boosted enough to battle the virus.

 

4. Good Nutrition

A healthy balanced diet is important, especially when fighting against viruses. Following a healthy eating plan supports the immune system to cure viruses. The foods to avoid include refined foods like sugars, white bread and all forms of caffeine.

Any food with vitamin B and calcium ensures your diet is well balanced. Greens, almonds, and grains, as well as antioxidants in fruits and vegetables, are great in this diet. Fish oil tablets, probiotics, grapefruit seed extract, and multivitamins aid in keeping your vagina balanced.

 

5. Green Tea

Another Chinese linked medication is the green tea plant. According to research conducted at the Maryland Medical Center, application of this green tea directly onto warts can ease of warts related symptoms. Topical ointments used to apply on warts contain a dosage of green tea as well.

6. Oatmeal

Oatmeal can be used to dampen the symptoms linked to warts. Genital warts are benign. The warts do tend to swell or give an itchy sensation from time and time again. Bathing in oatmeal will reduce the wart-related symptoms. Powdery oatmeal can be added to hot water. An oatmeal soak makes the itchy sensation and irritation caused by genital warts less pronounced.  

To use this home remedy, put two cups of raw oatmeal into a bathtub filled with warm water. Soak this in this bath until you feel relief from your itchiness. If the warts are also around your anus, this home remedy can also help with anal itching. You can use this home remedy as often as needed to get relief.

 

7. Fig Leaf

Fig leaves are the easiest home remedy to reduce and treat warts. The fig leaves must be broken so the sap can be extracted. Ficain is reviewed as an enzyme found in fig leaves and it alleviates genital warts.  The extracted sap must be liberally spread on the wart about four times throughout the day.

To gain the benefits of the fig leaf extract, the leaves must be broken. The milky white liquid that results should be placed on the area thrice daily. And this will alleviate the warts in approximately two weeks.

 

8. Dandelion Sap

The dandelion herb can be broken to extract the beneficial sap. The dandelion extracts must be applied onto the warts for three weeks to see results. The sap is most easily found in the stem of the dandelion.

 

9. Garlic

Eight peeled garlic cloves can be crushed into a fine paste. The garlic paste must be applied on the warts. Applying the garlic paste on the warts will reduce the warts.

The paste can be made by crushing eight to ten garlic cloves and it must be applied to the warts with a bandage. The bandage must be left for an hour before the area is rinsed with water. The process must be continued once a day until the warts disappear.

 

10. Do Nothing

The fact that this sounds so simple may actually cause one to doubt its authenticity. Doing absolutely nothing has been proven by research to be highly beneficial. Rather than immediately seeking treatment, waiting out the virus is also an option. The body is bound to clear the warts if left alone. So, if the symptoms accompanying warts are not overly overwhelming it is best to leave the warts and leave the treatment up to the immune system.

 

11. Thuja

Thuja occidentalis is part of the coniferous tree found in the Northeast United States and Southeast Canada.  During the 19th century, thuja oil can be used in ointments to get rid of warts.

Thuja oil ought to be applied thrice per day to the warts. With thuja oil, the results are not as quick yet are perfect to give the desired results. The warts will peel off within a month thanks to the oil. For the desired wart removal treatment, olive oil can be added to the thuja oil.

Thuja oil can be liberally applied to the warts thrice during the day. Thuja oil can be mixed with other ingredients to foster its efficiency. Males can preferably use a mix of olive oil and thuja oil for their genital warts. Females can use the fresh thuja leaves for their warts.

12. Potatoes

Indian traditional folktales have sited potatoes as a wart cure. The nutritional value and vitamin C, potassium and antioxidants associated with potatoes make it a beneficial remedy to reduce warts. The enzymes in potatoes can work wonders on the genital areas.

One or two potatoes can be cut into thick slices and rubbed on genital areas where the warts exist. This procedure must be repeated a few times throughout the day. Within fourteen days, potatoes can effectively cause a removal of the warts.

 

13. Milkweed Sap

The milkweed plant ought to be broken to remove the sap. This milkweed liquid must be applied to the warts twice or thrice daily until the warts disappear.

14. Epsom Salt

A bath filled with Epsom salts can make for the perfect soak. Mix one cup of Epsom salts into a warm bath. One must soak in the bath for half an hour at least three times per week. The genital areas must be dried thoroughly.

 

15. Banana Peel

The peel of the banana has an enzyme-labeled polyphenol oxidase. This enzyme is a known cure for warts and associated symptoms.

A slice of banana peel should be cut and applied to the infected area. With the yellow side of the banana peel facing upwards, the inner area of the banana should be on the wart. Medical tape will aid in keeping the peel on the wart all during the night. This repeated procedure will alleviate the wart in no time.

 

16.  Garlic, Thuja Tincture, and Banana Patch

The banana peel method has already been stated. A garlic patch is also as effective. The wart must be concealed with a banana patch or a garlic one. This must be done after dropping thuja tincture or tea tree essential oil over the wart. You need to hold the banana peel or garlic peel to the wart using medical tape or a bandage.

 

17. Tea Tree Oil

Tea tree oil although highly toxic if consumed, it is an amazing remedy to apply on the warts. This essential oil has antiseptic and antifungal functions that will alleviate the warts. The oil must be applied to the wart infected area using cotton wool. Since the cotton wool once used on the warts can lead to the wart spreading the cotton ball must be disposed of.

 

18. Alcohol

While alcohol heals more slowly, it does show results. The alcohol must be placed on the warts at most two times during the day. Clear alcohols, like rubbing alcohol or vodka, are likely to work best for this home remedy.

 

19. Vitamin C Paste

Vitamin C is beneficial for the boosting the immune system. There is some proof that vitamin C can be applied as a topical treatment for warts.

Vitamin C tablets must be crushed and to this crushed tablets, water must be added to water. Once the paste is applied the infected area must be covered with a bandage. This process will get rid of the warts in less than a month.

 

20. Willow Tree Bark

Willow tree bark has been re-mentioned due to its effectiveness. A smoothened out wart will loosen more easily and thus fall of in a matter of time. This cure can be put on the area by making a piece of willow bark soft with water.

The moist bark must be gently placed on the area of pain. Using a bit of medicinal tape will keep the bark stable in place. A piece of willow bark must be made wet with water. This bark should be placed on the wart and held in place with a bandage. This process must be repeated once a day until the warts totally disappear.

21. Transparent Nail Paint

As ridiculous as this process sounds, clear nail paint can be applied to the wart. The paint must be left on the wart for an entire day and prior to bed. The nail paint must be applied until the wart falls off.

 

22. Baking Soda

Baking soda works on skin problems like acne. The baking soda acts as an exfoliating agent and reduces inflammation. Baking soda will get rid of the virus.

Alternately, a spoon of baking soda can be combined with castor oil to make a paste instead of water. A baking powder paste can be made using water.  Baking powder paste must be rubbed on the warts to get rid of them. The paste must cover the wart in its entirety. The paste on the wart must be left to stay overnight.  The baking soda paste must be rinsed of the next morning and the surface of the skin must be dried completely. Do this for at least two weeks to see results.

 

23. Vitamin E Oil

Applying the vitamin E oil on the wart covered with a bandage or gauze will cause the wart to disappear. The liquid from a vitamin E capsule must be placed on the wart. Do this once a day until you have recovered from your warts.

 

24. Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera is proven to remove warts. The aloe treatment is cost-effective and a home remedy as well. Aloe Vera can be sourced from the aloe plant. The leaves alone are effective aloe treatment. The leaves found on the lower sphere of the plant are most effective as they are more aged than the ones higher up on the tree.

The aloe vera leaves once obtained must be stripped of all thorns. The pulp must be removed from the aloe leave and applied on the wart more than once daily. The aloe pulp will be placed on the wart using a cotton wool and covered with gauze. After the pulp is applied to the warts the area must be cleaned.

Sipping on aloe vera juice will also fight off the infection. Aloe Vera juice intake can reduce the size of the virus in the body.

 

25. Licorice Root

A crushed licorice root applied to the wart can eliminate warts. This process should be repeated three times per week to get the best results.

26. Oregano and Coconut Oil

Generally, oils can be a potent wart treatment. Wart reducing oils are tea tree, lemon, thyme and eucalyptus oils. To get rid of plantar warts, oregano can be combined with frankincense and coconut oil. This oil combination can be spread on the area few times daily.The oils must be liberally applied a week after disappearance to reduce the chances of symptoms reappearing.

 

27. Witch Hazel

Witch hazel can take away warts. Place distilled witch hazel to warts for a few minutes throughout the day. This process must be repeated weekly.  Keep the genitals dry regularly.

 

28. Olive Leaf

Egypt and North African oral traditions have cited olive leaves for its antiviral and medical functions. The olive leaves must be drunk. To make the olive leaf tea, simply dry the olive leaves.  The stalk must be removed and allowed to sit in boiling water.

This tea can be strained and drunk throughout the day. The benefits of this olive leaf tea are that it can stop the virus from spreading and can treat warts both inside and outside the body. Since olive leaf tea acts as a blood thinner,  one must seek permission from a doctor to use this home treatment.

 

29. Zinc

Zinc works on warts since wart infected people usually lack zinc. Consuming oral zinc may work. Consuming foods that are rich in zinc, like meat, can also help.

 

30. Frankincense Oil

Frankincense oil ensures warts never come back once removed. The oil can be applied to infected portions using a cotton ball. Use this oil (diluted with a carrier oil) each day until you see results.

 

31. Sit in a bath

Just sitting in a bath with water can help alleviate warts. The cooling effect of water is what comes in as an advantage here. It is one of the home remedies that is cheap to put to use.

32.  Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar (ACV) can be used on the warts with a cotton wool ball. This ACV soaked cotton ball must be left on the wart overnight.  For intense pain, the ACV must be kept on for as long as possible before the area is washed clean.

 

33. Duct Tape

Covering the wart with medical tape can reduce the size of the wart and cause it to be removed. The duct tape must be left on the wart for at least a week. Once the tape is removed, the area must be rubbed with an emery board.

 

34. Salicylic Acid

Salicylic acid used as a wart removal treatment will smooth out the warts and make them fall off eventually. Warts can take time to be removed but the salicylic acid solution will remove the wart more easily. Prior to the usage of salicylic acid; the wart infected area must be soaked with water. The salicylic acid must thereafter be applied to the wart and left overnight and washed off in the morning. Use this home remedy every night until you no longer have genital warts.

 

35. Onions

Onions have core ingredients that can alleviate warts.  The cure involves using onions and placing it directly on the warts. A bandage or tape can be placed over the onion slice on the wound to keep it in place. The bandage must be replaced regularly.

Salt can be mixed with onions to be a great treatment. A tablespoon of salt must be sprinkled on the onion which is thinly sliced. The onion salt mixture must be placed in a blender and put directly on the wart with some medicinal gauze. Onions will reduce warts within a month or two with consistent usage.

 

36. Pineapple Juice

This juice is great to get rid of genital warts. Pineapples have enzymes that reduce warts and even get rid of them. Sipping on some pineapple juice cleanses the blood. Pineapple juice has manganese which fosters the skin to repair itself and prevents scars from forming.

 

37.  Populus Euphratica Leaves

They would treat plantar warts in a box full of smoke from leaves of the Populus Euphratica tree. Although this treatment is used mostly for genital warts it can be effective to treat hands filled with warts too.

Dried Populus Euphratica leaves are necessary for this home remedy. These leaves must be lit on a fire in an outdoor setting. Once burnt, the leaves must be covered to prevent the limited oxygen from destroying the flames.  Put infected hands or feet above the smoke and leave it for a few minutes. Do not place hands and feet too near the smoke else blisters may form. The smoke contains sialic acid and anti-viral components.

 

 

38. Silver Nitrate

Silver nitrate ointment can be rubbed on the wart. The nitrates sticks are an added option. Statistics that were reviewed shows that patients treated with the silver nitrate were cured fully. Use this consistently to see results.

 

With luck, these home remedies will cure your genital warts. Comment below if you know any other tips for this ailment!

 

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