Warts

What's the TCM teaching about warts?

I've had a couple for years, but they never bothered me. Then I tried out some exercises from James McNeil's Hsing-I book, and large warts started appearing on my hands. Could be a coincidence of course.

I've heard some alternative health practitioners describe warts as being essentially the same as cancers, just confined to the skin. If so, it may be the case that these exercises I tried drove some nasties part of the way out of my body. On the other hand, it could be that these exercises created openings for these nasties to get in.
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