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Castor oil (ricinus oil/ricinoleic acid)
If castor oil helps:
immune health- increased lymphocytes against infection
circulatory health
lymphatic health
digestive issues
constipation- morning-early afternoon 1-4 ts, kids 1/3-1 ts, under 2 1/3rd ts max
skin problems
diabetes
inflammation & pain
infections
wounds
hair loss
should we all be taking a half a teaspoon under our tongues 2x a day & putting it on our skin (problems, wounds & injuries) & hair (thin) daily, more if we have any problems above?
Taking castor oil with ginger may help prevent queasiness at higher doses.
draxe.com/nutrition/castor-oil
Labor & delivery- 4 ts
Two meta-analyses of research studies on castor oil found taking it orally during labor significantly increased the number of vaginal deliveries over caesarian section. It likely increases the strength of uterine contractions.
Moradi M, Niazi A, Mazloumi E, Lopez V. Effect of Castor Oil on Cervical Ripening and Labor Induction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pharmacopuncture. 2022 Jun 30;25(2):71-78. doi: 10.3831/KPI.2022.25.2.71. PMID: 35837141; PMCID: PMC9240406. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35837141
Amerizadeh A, Farajzadegan Z, Asgary S. Effect and Safety of Castor Oil on Labor Induction and Prevalence of Vaginal Delivery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2022 Aug 9;27(4):251-259. doi: 10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_7_21. PMID: 36275342; PMCID: PMC9580580 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9580580
