What are the treatments for common warts?

The treatment of common warts is actually not as stubborn as everyone thinks. As long as you find the right treatment method that suits your body mechanism and pay attention to your own hygiene, you will recover soon. Common warts can be treated with either Western medicine or traditional Chinese medicine.

1. Western medicine treatment

(1) This disease is mainly treated locally. 5% 5-fluorouracil ointment for external use; intralesional injection of bleomycin, 0.05% - 0.1% bleomycin with normal saline solution or 2% procaine solution for local intralesional injection, 0.2-0.5ml each time depending on the size of the wart, once a week; 0.1% - 0.3% retinoic acid alcohol solution for local application. Plantar warts can also be treated with 3% formalin solution for local wet compresses or soaking.

(2) For patients with a small number of tumors, cryosurgery, laser therapy, and surgery may be options.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

(1) Internal treatment: This disease is mostly caused by blood deficiency, dryness, wind poison and blood stasis.

Treatment method: Nourish blood and moisten dryness, resolve blood stasis and detoxify. Prescription: 30 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 15 grams of Red Peony Root, 10 grams of Safflower, 15 grams of Millettia Reticulata, 10 grams of Curcuma Atractylodes, 30 grams of raw oyster (fried first), 10 grams of Lithospermum erythrorhizon, 30 grams of Portulaca Oleracea, and 3D grams of Isatis Indigotica.

(2) External treatment

① Boil 30g of Equisetum arvense and 30g of Cyperus rotundus in water and soak the affected area.

② Crush the seeds of Brucea javanica and apply them to the affected area.

[Prevention and care]

There are many types of warts, which are divided into infectious and non-infectious. Once discovered, they should be treated actively. Do not scratch or pick at them yourself to prevent self-inoculation or infection to others.