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Found the following right after reading the Green Belt piece. Perhaps this
solution is being offered up by a generation that no longer has access to
horsehair...or stumps. 

Duct Tape Patches Up Warts 

If you have warts, you might want to head to the hardware store for a roll of
duct tape. That's one of the suggestions for dealing with warts offered in the
December issue of the Harvard Health Letter. The article noted that there's a 
50
percent to 60 percent chance that your own immune system will take care of a 
wart
within two years. Duct tape. The Harvard Health Letter article said that one
study found duct tape was about 45 percent more effective than liquid 
nitrogen at
treating warts. Cut a piece of duct tape to match the size of the wart and 
wear
the duct tape on the wart for six days. Then, remove the duct tape patch and 
soak
and file the wart. Leave it uncovered for the night and reapply a duct tape 
patch
the next morning. Repeat this process for two months or until the wart is 
gone. 

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