Mosquito Repellent / Wart Cream !

[Leon]

I found this out quite by accident, having mentioned it in passing in another thread i decided to look up some dandelion and burdock recipes, which led me on to a to an interesting discovery.

The white milky liquid in the stem can be used to keep mosquitos away as well as being placed on warts as a cream!

I thought that was quite useful, its easily found, has two uses and requires no preperations.

[Rick]

Dandelion or Burdock?

[Leon]

oops sorry, i meant Dandelion :) - open up the stem and you will see what i mean, white milky liquid oozes out.

[Ole WV Coot]

Dandelion wine, tis the season for a choice selection of nectar. No more MD 20/20

[snakeman]

My friend got sick from eating the dandelion flower. The bug reppellant sound very useful. I will try that.

[bulrush]

What kind of warts are you referring to? The kind you get on your fingers? I think those are caused by a herpes virus. Or a plantar's wart? Those are most commonly found on your feet, in the plantar region of your foot.

There are other kinds of warts too. Like I have a slow growing one the same color of my skin, but still bumpy. I tried to cut it off, freeze it, but it keeps coming back.

[kebmo06]

My best results so far are with Duct Tape!!!
soak the wart in very warm(almost hot) water for about ten minutes. Put a dab of "compound w" or "doufilm" then cover with a piece of Duct Tape.
Repeat this every two days for about a week.
How fast it works will depend on how big/old the wart is.
This got rid of my plantars!!!
really ...google warts, duct tape if you don't believe me.:D

[crashdive123]

I have no reason not to believe you. If you head over to the introduction section and tell us a bit about yourself, then everybody else will believe you.:D

[RangerXanatos]

I was told by a Medical Microbiology instructor that the reason duct tape works on warts is because it basically suffocates them.

Daniel

[Rick]

Well, it is skin cells. Covering skin with anything will cause it to shed cells. So it makes sense that it would work.

[RangerXanatos]

That's how she got rid of a wart, but she had a reaction to the glue. :eek: So becareful if you use it as a treatment!