Grow Your Own Wart Treatment
Jewelweed Flower
Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis blooms May through October in the eastern part of North America from Southern Canada to the northern part of Florida. It is found most often in moist woods, usually near poison ivy or stinging nettle. Jewelweed often grows on the edge of creek beds. To identify jewelweed, check out the video at Jewelweed Video.
Potter’s New Cyclopedia of Medicinal Herbs and Preparations (Harper and Row, 1972) mentions this use and reports the herb’s reputed effectiveness as a topical treatment for warts and corns. A study at the University of Vermont about 1950 showed jewelweed to have potent antifungal properties, confirming its use as a treatment for athlete’s foot, ringworm, and dandruff.
There are several different kinds of warts, common, plantars, flat, fliform etc. Jewelweed seems to be more effective on common warts, based on individual reports from people that have used it. The recommended treatment is to cut the stems open and rub the stems on the warts 2-3 times per day. Some people cut open a piece of stem each evening, place it over the wart, then put a bandaid over it to hold it. Do this suntil the wart disappears. The plant should stay juicy for 2 days in the refrigerator. Some people have had luck with putting the juice in some water and freezing it as ice cubes.
To read about using Jewelweed as a poison ivy treatment, go to Grow Your Own Poison Ivy Treatment
If you live in the city or don't have access to Jewelweed, you can purchase a tinture already made at Jewelweed Tincture
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