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Funnily enough, another wonderful remedy I've found belongs to the plantego family as well. To start from the beginning, it was of course one of my kids who forced me on the road towards this discovery.  Doing reading homework with the first grader, I've noticed a small bump on his pointer. As days went on, a few more bumps( or pimples, as I thought) appeared on his hands. Weirded at the sight I turned to my husband, who nonchalantly clued me in - I was seeing warts. Apparently, " this was common, and over-the-counter treatable". Well, not so fast and easy. Neither OTC, nor prescription medications would faze those little stubborn guys. Google is definately my friend in these situations. And that is how I discovered the wonderful "banana peel method" for getting rid of resolute warts. Simply attach a piece of banana peel, the white /inner side on the wart, for the duration of the night. The warts turn dark brown and fall off after a week or two, depend...

My six year old will gladly tell you of one hot sunny summer afternoon, when we found ourselves fruitlessly searching for hydrogen peroxide in all the cabinets. Next step in our quest, was a quick dash to our usually accommodating neighbor. Surprisingly (or not), her itinerary did not include waiting for, yet another, neighborly SOS signal. As little hands and knees continued to bleed and throb, my brain turned on the "turbo" mode and presto - the "plantago secret" was rediscovered. When I was a kid, we used those pesky weeds for all kinds of bleeding accidents, I remembered. Without further ado I grabbed, washed and applied...a couple of those green leaves to her "booboos". To my 21century, stone-jungle raised kid, those manipulations seemed almost voodooish . Boy, was she surprised when the bleeding stopped soon after, and she even lived to tell the tale.