What say you to castor oil?
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
January 26, 2017 8:09pm CST
I woke up this "morning" with a pain in my upper stomach. This isn't the first time I've had this pain, and it tends to eventually subside. However, I did something stupid of me, and drank a dairy filled drink.
It only served to cause me more discomfort. I have castor oil that I bought last year to heal a blister I had on me. I've since used the castor oil when I've had gaseous pains, or for a relative when their stomach ached a bit.
I've read about the use of castor oil, and the cautions given. For all the history castor oil has, there is plenty to be warned about overuse.
In fact, much of what I've read said to use castor oil as a heated pack. It's been awhile since I've studied up on it, but I believe most websites suggest soaking some castor oil in a bit of cheesecloth instead of rubbing it directly on the skin.
I want to say that it's absorption into the cheesecloth first, keeps it from absorbing too fast into the blood stream. I think castor oil can be used as diuretic, which would explain why over use would be unpleasant at best.
Anyway, I rubbed the oil into my skin on the part where my stomach hurt. It felt like a knot or cyst of some kind, as it often does. The relief was instantaneous, and whether it be a knot or cyst, the evidence is gone.
I try to go about the natural route when tending to discomfort and sickness. While I know some of you will probably tell me to go to the doctor for this "cyst", it has since stopped hurting me and I can't even feel it now.
Do you use castor oil, and for what?
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6 responses
@celticeagle (189932)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Jan 17
No, I don't use castor oil. I remember when kids used to have to take a tablespoon each day. I think you may just need to eat some prunes or something fibrous to get things regulated.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 17
I've had this problem for the past two nights. I think it's more linked to something I've eaten the past two nights, but it wouldn't hurt to take more fiber in.
I ended up having to take a tablespoon last night to "get things moving".
The only thing on hand to help move things along was popcorn and bananas, both of which hardly help at all.
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@celticeagle (189932)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Jan 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum .....I drink a Dr.Pepper each day to do this very thing. My grandmother used to bake a banana for me every once in awhile. That helped. Prune juice.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
27 Jan 17
Some take castor oil as a remedy for various things. It would certainly not taste as foul as some other oils we have read about.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 17
It doesnt' taste bad per se. It's that the oil makes it linger in your mouth that is the problem. I chased it down with water.
@GardenGerty (169533)
• United States
27 Jan 17
I have never used it. I know people used to ingest it, and get diarrhea from doing so. I think you have done your research well. Now whether it was the warmth, the massage or the castor oil that helped, I do not know. I try mostly natural things as much as possible.I use papaya enzyme pills or eat fresh pineapple for upper digestive tract issues. It sounds like your knot might be a muscle spasm, or constipation.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 17
It could be a muscle spasm. I was bloated and now I am not. I read more on castor oil just now. Apparently the seed can be poisonous, but the extraction of oil has very little traces of what makes it poisonous.
I've taken a teaspoon for constipation in the past, and it's definitely not a pleasant thing to taste.
I take glucomannan complex usually. It's a natural source of soluble fiber. Supposedly supports healthy cholersterol levels and supports blood glucose as well. I tend to take it when i know I am going to eat a meal that will cause me to be gassy.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
27 Jan 17
I tried it once to induce labor.. it didn't work, and it was gross! I'd rather use Pepto Bismal for an upset tummy!
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
28 Jan 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum With my last 2, who were both a week overdue, I tried everything that seemed safe, and let me tell you.. none of it worked. Walking, stairs, other types of exercise, spicy food, certain vitamins.. even the activity that got me into that position in the first place which is actually what my doctor suggested I try for inducing labor... none of it worked. One child had to be induced at the hospital.. the other finally came on his own after I flat out refused to allow the doctors to induce.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 17
I've read Raspberry Tea can help induce labor as well, though perhaps not as rapidly. As Raspberries help make the uterus contract, it would work.
@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
27 Jan 17
Never tried it. I wouldn't even know where to find it I the shop, but I do know it was the go-to 'medicine' back in the old days!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 17
I imagine a "chemist" would have it. I bought it on amazon though, so I am sure you could find it there as well.
It's coming back around as a go to for the health conscious.
@EMuhungi (1712)
• Nairobi, Kenya
27 Jan 17
Yeah I usually use castor oil to fight skin infections and wounds
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 17
I had a boil like lesion that needed to drain. I wet a cotton pad with the castor oil and let it sit for a few minutes on the place. Then I fell asleep with a warm washcloth strapped to the area. When I woke up the boil had been drained.
I was very glad because the boil was in a place which made my clothes rub against it constantly when I moved.
