Physical Wellness, Skin Care
Essential Oils For Warts – Effective DIY Home Remedy
By Caryn Gehlmann
The common wart may be small, but if you’ve ever had one, especially as a teen, you know how agonizing it is! To see that rough bump on your face, fingers, or feet every day makes you want to curl up in embarrassment. And when someone notices it…you just want to run and hide. Plus they can become big enough that you catch and tear them…ouch! That’s why I’m so happy to say that essential oils for warts are very effective in helping make them disappear, but you have to be patient and consistent.
A number of studies have shown essential oils to be effective for wart removal. Here are a few you can review:
Sandalwood Essential Oil: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28954520/
Paste of Calendula Oil & Cedar: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/nursing-and-health-professions/cedar-leaf-oil
What are warts, and what causes them?
A wart is a skin growth caused by some types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) virus. The first line of defense is making sure your immune system is healthy and actively protecting you. E3’s Immune Blend can help with that!
Warts can grow anywhere on the body, but common warts are most often found on the hands and plantar warts grow on the soles of the feet. Verrucas can also be foot warts that grow inwardly. You can recognize them by a black spot in the center of a painful area. An aromatherapeutic approach is an effective and non-invasive method for getting rid of warts. Plus it smells good and doesn’t leave scarring.
“Go Away Wart” Essential Oil Recipes
Create your anti-wart blend from the list of essential oils for warts from the list below and store the blend in a clean dropper bottle. Shake before using.
Dab-a-Wart Recipe
Blend essential oils. Dip in a clean Q-Tip each time. Apply undiluted to the wart at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, until the wart is gone. Cover with a bandaid.
Thwart-the-Warts Recipe
- 20 drops Sandalwood Blend
- 2 drops Tea Tree
- 8 drops Lemon
Combine oils in a dropper bottle. Apply one to two drops on the inside of the bandage — I love the small round ones — and apply directly over the wart. Repeat until the wart disappears, this may take some time.
Safe Recipe for children’s warts
If treating a child with warts — under 12 years of age — always dilute essential oils. If over 12 years of age, no need to dilute.
Bad-Bumps-Be-Gone Recipe
Put ingredients in a clean bottle and shake well before each use.
Drop onto a Q-tip and apply to the affected area 2 or 3 times a day consistently, until the wart is gone.
If you get impatient for results, you can try one recipe using essential oils for wart, then switch off to another to get more anti-viral power working for you! Lavender is especially helpful if the healthy skin around the wart starts getting too dry. If you want to try one of these recipes and need to get some essential oils please use the coupon code WARTS20 to get 20% off any of the oils listed in this blog (this code only works one time).
Maybe you don’t have the EOs we mentioned. Here’s a list of alternative oils that work…
Suggested essential oils for warts
Mix equal parts of your choice of any of the essential oils below. They all have anti-viral properties that get to the cause of warts. Choose an essential oil or blend of oils that smells good to YOU and use it consistently two to three times a day, until the wart is gone.
Don’t forget to use your coupon code WARTS20 to get 20% off any of the oils listed in this blog! And if you’d like even more essential oil tips and recipes to enhance the well-being of your family, download our free ebook, Listen to Your Nose – An Introduction to Aromatherapy.
Reference
To learn more about causes and symptoms of warts see WebMD or Mayo Clinic.