by KYW's Lynne Adkins

A Temple University podiatrist is using flower power to cure foot ailments.

Dr. Tracey Vlahovic uses pastes made from extracts of marigolds to treat such problems as plantar fascitiitis, bunions and tendonitis.

"One of the main ones is for plantar warts, it's naturally an anti viral, so it actually destroys the virus that creates the wart and it also helps to gets rid of the dead skin that people see on top of the warts."

Vlahovic says the flowers are grown outside Windsor Castle in England and different combinations are used in the treatments.

She has been certified by the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital to deliver the treatment and is the only podiatrist in this country with that certification.