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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: neilep on 25/04/2005 18:36:21

Title: Bananas & Veruccas ?
Post by: neilep on 25/04/2005 18:36:21

Dearest Specialists in the field that you specialize in,

I was told today that the inside of a banana skin is a relatively effective way of getting rid of a verucca. Now I personally think I would look silly commuting on the train in my suit and substituting one shoe and sock for a banana peel !!...and then there's all the slip ups too, but then I was told, you just need to cut a small square of peel and place it on the offending verucca, and that you have to do that routinely every day and night.

Is this true ?...is there something in banana skin that alleviates the condition?...come to think of it....In all my years eating bananas I have never seen one with a verucca !!

You Fruit Flavoured Verucca Votes of Opinion would be most welcome.



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Title: Re: Bananas & Veruccas ?
Post by: gsmollin on 26/04/2005 01:07:38

"under no circumstances should you attempt banana skin onto any wart on any skin type! this will inflame the verruca and enable it to spread under the bandage. This treatment has adverse sideeffects also such as rotting skin due to the acid in bananas. The best (quite unknown) alternative to gels which dont work very well, is to wrap the verruca infected skin in a ham and salid sandwich and secure with a bandage. Each morning the sandwich should be changed for fresh incredients. If the verruca persists change the ham salad for a tuna mayonase. Should puss filled red bumpa appear, try some bull semen. For information contact me on docmartin@curewarts.net"

http://www.curewarts.net/wartexperiences_cure_your_warts.htm

Albacore tuna or blue fin? What kind of bull's semen? Bull elephant? Spunk water on a full moon sounds better at this point.

Title: Re: Bananas & Veruccas ?
Post by: gsmollin on 26/04/2005 01:12:12

Here's a link to a duct tape study.

http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/156/10/971?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=warts&searchid=1092867000606_695&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&journalcode=archpedi

Title: Re: Bananas & Veruccas ?
Post by: neilep on 26/04/2005 08:31:41

...but can I still eat the sanwiches after ?

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Title: Re: Bananas & Veruccas ?
Post by: chris on 26/04/2005 21:56:23

Yes, with the added advantage that the cheese comes free !

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