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Deep plantar warts are the most common cutaneous lesions of the plantar aspect of the foot caused by Human papilloma Virus (HPV), mostly occur in children and adolescents. Most of the HPV infections are controlled by the humoral or cellular immune responses. But in few of the population groups these are manifested very frequently compared with other group of population. The virus sheds from the lesions and may infect the other sites of the plantar aspect or affect other parts of the body. Here we present a case of plantar warts which was successfully treated with multiple ayurvedic treatment modalities. This paper describes the case of a thirteen-year-old boy who presented to our hospital’s outdoor department with plantar warts since seven days. The patient was treated holistically with ayurvedic treatment modalities including soaking feet in lukewarm triphala decoction, topical application of garlic paste with 777 oil and an ayurvedic oral medication, pancha tikta ghrita guggulu, and the patient was cured completely in 20 days with 100% clearance and even after four years of follow up there was no sign of recurrence. The holistic approach of these ayurvedic treatment modalities have proven as effective and safe in treating the plantar warts.

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Ayurveda Charmakeela Garlic Human Papilloma Virus Triphala 777 oil

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K. V. Narasimha Raju, Department of Kaya Chikitsa, MJF Ayurvedic College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Professor, Department of Kaya Chikitsa,

MJF Ayurvedic College,

Jaipur, Rajasthan

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Bopparathi, S., & Raju, K. V. N. (2023). Effect of ayurvedic multimodal therapies on Plantar warts - a case report. Environment Conservation Journal, 24(4), 382–386. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.22202559
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