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Friday, October 10th, 2008 07:07 am (UTC)
Warts can be difficult, as you probably know. I had a bunch of them on my fingers decades ago that withstood freezing but finally yielded to salicylic acid. The trick seemed to be soaking them in warm water for fifteen minutes first; I think it helped the salicylic acid penetrate. Also, it hurt like hell, and I think that got my brain's attention, and it in turn gave my immune system a nudge.

My dermatologist told me he'd treated a guy who had warts on his face. The doctor told him he wanted to try cauterizing them (I guess as a last resort), and asked if he wanted anesthetic. The guy said, "Naw, man, I was in 'Nam, go to it." And at the first touch of the electric needle the guy fainted. The doctor brought him to and sent him home, saying, "Come back in two weeks and we'll try again." When the guy came back, all his warts were gone.

As for homeopathy: it cured my hay fever, but the story doesn't say much for it. I started with a chain-drug-store formulation and was surprised that it seemed to work. I read up on it a little and started getting different kinds of pills from the health-food store -- for nasal congestion, coughs, etc. After a while I noticed that any of them could clear up nasal congestion: as soon as I put a couple of them under my tongue, my nose would clear up, no matter what kind of pills they were. Suggestion is powerful.

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