One wart at a time…
I once tried to get someone interested in castor oil packs because I thought it would really help the problem they had at the time. When they found out what was involved, they very quickly decided that the problem wasn’t that bad.
Castor oil is viscous and sticky, and when you make a compress with it you must be very careful that you do not use too much as it becomes thinner when it is in contact with the warmth of a body. The warmed and thin castor oil spreads across any material pad or compress and may seep out onto the surrounding skin [and clothes] if not properly protected by plastic-backed sheets or cling film.
And for most people, this is just a step too far.
So, when I got a message from a young Mum wanting help with her son’s wart I sighed inwardly because I felt I knew what was coming. Surely, when I told her that she would have to drop my special tincture on her son’s wart morning and night for several days, and keep it covered with a clean dressing between times, she would politely demure and find an easier way.
However, she was made of sterner stuff and I packaged some off to her with specific instructions on use. And I forgot about it.
Ten days later I received this message…
I don’t know what’s in that bottle, but it’s like magic! He had one on the tip of his pointy finger so very difficult to put the drops on and he kept pulling the plasters off but the wart is nearly completely gone now. Just after a week!
I read it several times. It isn’t professional to be surprised when what you suggest works, but I was. I wasn’t surprised that the stuff worked, but that the Mum had kept at it.
When herbs fail it is rarely because they are not capable of making a difference, but more often because people haven’t got the time, patience or will to just keep going. It’s a faff, I know that. But warts can be tricky and stubborn and anything you do will take time and effort. Drop of tincture is a lot less effort that rubbing the inside of a banana skin on your kid’s finger twice a day.
What did I put in my ‘magic’ wart potion?
I used a 50ml dropper bottle and used equal quantities of Thuja, Echinacea, Myrrh.
In my Pharmacy there is a large cupboard from which I can pull out bottles of tinctures that I have either made or bought in from herb suppliers, so it isn’t much of a problem to quickly mix up something like that for someone when they get in touch.
I also have a large bottle of castor oil in that cupboard which I take to lessons to show my students how to put together a castor oil pack for topical use for complaints such as fibroids. Castor oil is traditionally thought to help break down fibrous tissue if used for long enough, and this is a good option for fibroids which are not causing too much of a problem in order to avoid surgery.
One of my students was impressed with this idea and tried it on her adult daughter who had been suffering with a large fibroid. What do you think happened? Well, because the student was experienced and had her daughter’s confidence, she managed to encourage the daughter to try the castor oil pack over several months, usually twice a week. She had been adequately briefed on how not to get oil seeping through her clothes, so all was fine.
And the fibroid shrunk.
So, if you can, give medicinal herbs a fighting chance and they may well surprise you.
If you have tried herbal wart remover, or a castor oil pack for any reason, let me know!
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