Many medicines can also be poisons. This one, for example: castor oil.
Here, from Wikipedia, is a true little tale of an adventure of the castor bean:
"In 1978, the Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov was assassinated by Bulgarian secret police, who surreptitiously shot him on a London street with a modified umbrella using compressed gas to fire a tiny pellet contaminated with ricin into his leg. He died in a hospital a few days later and his body was passed to a special poison branch of the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) that discovered the pellet during an autopsy."
Ricin comes from castor beans, and it's lethal. It was the subject of much weapons research in WWI and WWII.
Many poisons can also be medicines. And as I've recently discovered, we can use the little bit of ricin in castor oil to do a lot of wonderful things for your body.
People of a certain age might remember being fed castor oil by mouth - it is a violent laxative and apparently a fairly unpleasant experience. Also fairly unpleasant but effective: castor oil ingested by mouth can induce birth in women at their due dates. (Induced birth is not as fun as naturally occurring birth, but sometimes it's necessary.)
Don't worry, there are many more pleasant uses for this miracle drug.
Let me tell you some of them.
Pain relief
Achy back? Tendonitis elbow? Sore feet? Rub castor oil directly on your skin to feel almost immediate relief, without the strong smell of commercial pain relief rubs.
I've tried this. It really works for achey pain.
For spasming pain, try https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/serious-pain-some-christmas-yoga-magic-christa-bedwin?trk=pulse_spock-articles.
Insomnia
Put it on your face overnight for a better sleep. I've tried it. It works. Supposing you have chronic insomnia and you never believe this could ever work and I'm talking hocus-pocus? Perfect! Don't believe me, but do take five or ten minutes before you go bed to sit somewhere dark and massage your own face with castor oil. Then go to bed and keep disbelieving me until you wake up refreshed in the morning. :)
[I'll bet this would be even more effective if you could get someone else to massage you all over with it, but I don't have any personal proof of that yet.]
Apparently, Cleopatra also used it to have clear, bright eyes. It's worth a try.
Good bugs, Bad bugs: Mega immune boost.
As a chemist, Flavia de Luce style, poisons are fascinating to me. And it's castor oil's little poison that makes is so truly brilliant.
You know there are both good bacteria and bad bacteria. And then of course there are foreign viruses.
Well, castor oil will clean up most bad bugs. Skin rash? Yeast infection? Acne? Castor oil has just enough poison in it to kill the bugs that cause that, and to boost your immune system up so that it's better able to fight the bad bugs off.
Some people even say castor oil has boosted their immune system enough to help them to battle cancer successfully.
Skin, Skin, Skin
Dry skin? Castor oil works.
Acne? Castor oil works. It kills the bacteria that cause it. Since oily skin has often been blamed for acne, it may seem counterintuitive to people that slathering castor oil on their skin will clear the acne... but it does. I've tried it. This one definitely works. And of course, then you're sleeping better. And... longer eyelashes.
Wrinkles? Yes! Castor oil helps to plump up your skin.
And any skin problem caused by a bacteria will be helped by castor oil (they're too numerous to list). Basically, castor oil is inexpensive, simple and benign. You might as well try it!
Hair growth, longer eyelashes
I don't have personal experience of this one (yet), but there are quite a number of photos on the internet: Castor oil helps your hair grow, and your eyelashes grow longer. As mentioned above, if you put castor oil on your eyes for your eyelashes overnight, you will probably also benefit from better sleep!
Down sides?
So why isn't everyone using it all the time if it's such a miracle cure?
The one downside that I have found is that it's sticky. If you put it in your hair (yes, I'm always after longer hair, greedily), then you need to wash it out (with conditioner first, as it may defeat your shampoo) the next day.
On skin? It may stick if you put your clothes directly on it, but I find that it soaks in fairly quickly. I put some on my lower back the other day -- instant pain relief, and it did not stick to my shirt. I suppose you would not want to wear it under your best silk blouse.
Buying it
Apparently there are some castor oils that have extra things in them -- read the label, and/or buy it at a natural food store, to make sure it's just pure castor oil.
Thanks to http://www.homeremediesweb.com/castor-oil-health-benefits.php for the photo.
Here, from Wikipedia, is a true little tale of an adventure of the castor bean:
"In 1978, the Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov was assassinated by Bulgarian secret police, who surreptitiously shot him on a London street with a modified umbrella using compressed gas to fire a tiny pellet contaminated with ricin into his leg. He died in a hospital a few days later and his body was passed to a special poison branch of the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) that discovered the pellet during an autopsy."
Ricin comes from castor beans, and it's lethal. It was the subject of much weapons research in WWI and WWII.
Many poisons can also be medicines. And as I've recently discovered, we can use the little bit of ricin in castor oil to do a lot of wonderful things for your body.
People of a certain age might remember being fed castor oil by mouth - it is a violent laxative and apparently a fairly unpleasant experience. Also fairly unpleasant but effective: castor oil ingested by mouth can induce birth in women at their due dates. (Induced birth is not as fun as naturally occurring birth, but sometimes it's necessary.)
Don't worry, there are many more pleasant uses for this miracle drug.
Let me tell you some of them.
Pain relief
Achy back? Tendonitis elbow? Sore feet? Rub castor oil directly on your skin to feel almost immediate relief, without the strong smell of commercial pain relief rubs.
I've tried this. It really works for achey pain.
For spasming pain, try https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/serious-pain-some-christmas-yoga-magic-christa-bedwin?trk=pulse_spock-articles.
Insomnia
Put it on your face overnight for a better sleep. I've tried it. It works. Supposing you have chronic insomnia and you never believe this could ever work and I'm talking hocus-pocus? Perfect! Don't believe me, but do take five or ten minutes before you go bed to sit somewhere dark and massage your own face with castor oil. Then go to bed and keep disbelieving me until you wake up refreshed in the morning. :)
[I'll bet this would be even more effective if you could get someone else to massage you all over with it, but I don't have any personal proof of that yet.]
Apparently, Cleopatra also used it to have clear, bright eyes. It's worth a try.
Good bugs, Bad bugs: Mega immune boost.
As a chemist, Flavia de Luce style, poisons are fascinating to me. And it's castor oil's little poison that makes is so truly brilliant.
You know there are both good bacteria and bad bacteria. And then of course there are foreign viruses.
Well, castor oil will clean up most bad bugs. Skin rash? Yeast infection? Acne? Castor oil has just enough poison in it to kill the bugs that cause that, and to boost your immune system up so that it's better able to fight the bad bugs off.
Some people even say castor oil has boosted their immune system enough to help them to battle cancer successfully.
Skin, Skin, Skin
Dry skin? Castor oil works.
Acne? Castor oil works. It kills the bacteria that cause it. Since oily skin has often been blamed for acne, it may seem counterintuitive to people that slathering castor oil on their skin will clear the acne... but it does. I've tried it. This one definitely works. And of course, then you're sleeping better. And... longer eyelashes.
Wrinkles? Yes! Castor oil helps to plump up your skin.
And any skin problem caused by a bacteria will be helped by castor oil (they're too numerous to list). Basically, castor oil is inexpensive, simple and benign. You might as well try it!
Hair growth, longer eyelashes
I don't have personal experience of this one (yet), but there are quite a number of photos on the internet: Castor oil helps your hair grow, and your eyelashes grow longer. As mentioned above, if you put castor oil on your eyes for your eyelashes overnight, you will probably also benefit from better sleep!
Down sides?
So why isn't everyone using it all the time if it's such a miracle cure?
The one downside that I have found is that it's sticky. If you put it in your hair (yes, I'm always after longer hair, greedily), then you need to wash it out (with conditioner first, as it may defeat your shampoo) the next day.
On skin? It may stick if you put your clothes directly on it, but I find that it soaks in fairly quickly. I put some on my lower back the other day -- instant pain relief, and it did not stick to my shirt. I suppose you would not want to wear it under your best silk blouse.
Buying it
Apparently there are some castor oils that have extra things in them -- read the label, and/or buy it at a natural food store, to make sure it's just pure castor oil.
What do you have to lose?
I'm telling you, it feels lovely, and it's worth a try.I hope you enjoy it. I'd love to hear about your experiences with it.
Thanks to http://www.homeremediesweb.com/castor-oil-health-benefits.php for the photo.
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