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How to Use Castor Oil

per Ayurveda

Background on the Castor Plant taken orally per day. My 87-year-old

father told me his mother would make a
Castor oil is made from the Ricinus lehyam, or medicinal ball for licking and

communis shrub native to tropical and eating, made of freshly ground castor
subtropical climates. The plant has large, leaves and various other herbs. Once
star-shaped leaves and red, pink, or green a month, this lehyam was given to all

spiny seed pods that split open and turn the children to eat. After eating it, they
brown when ripe, releasing a beautiful, were instructed to jump to help move

mottled seed. The seeds contain ricin, the lehyam downwards and wait for the
which is one of the deadliest natural purgative effect to take action. My father
poisons. It is estimated to be 12,000 times credits his mother for keeping their

more poisonous than rattlesnake venom digestive tracts free of worms, parasites,
and 6,000 times more toxic than cyanide! and sickness by doing this. Indeed, castor
Inside the castor seed, sometimes referred oil is the best purgative used for cleansing

to as a ‘bean’, is a thick, pale, yellow- purposes, or virechana panchakarma in
colored oil. Because ricin is water soluble, Ayurveda. The cathartic action of castor
it is not released during the production of oil not only acts on the colon but can

castor oil and remains in the ‘seed cake’ also cause induction of labor. Therefore,
as a residue. The leaves, flowers, and roots it is not advised to be given to pregnant

of this marvelous plant are all beneficial women. Like all laxatives, chronic use is
according to Ayurveda. not recommended.

Castor oil as a purgative Multifaceted use of castor oil per

Ayurveda
Castor oil has been used since ancient
times in various applications, including Castor oil has the properties of being

as fuel for lamps, in paints, varnishes, heavy to digest, smooth, hot in nature,
and for medicinal purposes. It is widely and piercing, making it capable of

known as a purgative and is FDA- entering the minutest channels in the
approved as a stimulant laxative, with body and taking out toxins. It is bitter,
a recommended dosage of 15 to 60 mL sweet, and slightly astringent in taste.

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