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Discover the Surprising Health Benefits of Castor Oil
Nature has given a wonderful medicinal plant, i.e., the castor oil plant to human beings to protect their health. The castor oil plant has many medicinal values. It has many names in Sanskrit. The bouquet of the plant seems like the tail of a tiger.
So the plant is called ‘Vyagra Pucchi’. Its leaves are divided into five parts like the five fingers in a hand. So it is called ‘Panchanguli.’ It cures aggravated rheumatism. Hence, it is called ‘Eranda.’ In English, it is called the ‘Castor Oil’ plant. Its scientific name is ‘Ricinus Communis.’ Let us know how to use this plant to protect our health.
To solve the Constipation Problem
Castor oil is used as laxative purposes. Mix 5 ml of Triphala powder in 200 ml of water and boil the water till it becomes 50 ml water. Make it cool and filter it and mix 5 to 10 castor oil in it. If one takes the medicine before going to bed, the problem of constipation will be solved and hemorrhoids will also be cured.
To reduce Backache
Mix 100 ml milk in 200 ml water with 5 crushed castor oil seeds and boil the mixture till it becomes 100 ml only. Filter the mixture in a lukewarm condition and take the milk once a day. It will cure backache.
To cure Jaundice
Grind the fresh and tender castor oil leaves with ‘nela usiri’ and mix the contents in 100 ml of butter milk and take the mixture in the size of a ‘usirikaya’ (Gooseberry) with a saltless diet for easy digestion in the early hours when the stomach is empty. It cures jaundice very quickly. Appetite will also be increased.
To control Obesity
Take some dried up leaves of the castor oil plant and burn them and sift the powder after cooling. Based on the total mixture, add 1/4 powder of asafetida to it. Take one gram of powder with the required honey, fifteen minutes before meals in the morning and at night. It will reduce the accumulated fat in the body, and health becomes perfect.
(Note: Add some ghee to the pieces of asafoetida and roast them and make them as powder.)
Plaster for Rheumatic Pains
Take required castor oil and mix the powder of carom seeds in half part it and add some water for boiling. It can be used as a plaster in a lukewarm condition. After two or three hours wash the part. It will yield early results.
To reduce pain in the Sole of Foot (Anelu):
Mix ten drops of ‘jilledu’ milk in a half-teaspoonful of castor oil and smear the mixture in the form of plaster on the painful sole once a day for better results. To cure Sciatica: Make a mixture of 100 ml milk, 100 ml water and 5 to 10 ml castor oil and the mixture should be boiled till the milk remains and drink it in lukewarm condition before going to bed every day. The pain due to sciatica will be reduced.
To cure Skin Allergies
Make a mixture of 100 grams of neem leaves, castor oil, sesame oil, ghee and 25 grams cardamom powder and heat the mixture till the neem leaves become black and cool the mixture and grind the mixture softly and smoothly and smear the powder on the parts one or two times a day. The itching and other skin allergies will be reduced quickly.
To cure Constipation in Infants
Smear the castor oil on the betel leaf and make it heated lightly and put the leaf on the belly of the infant for some time. The problem will be solved.
To reduce Stretch Marks
Mix some Castrol oil and some paste of aloe vera equally and boil till castrol oil remains and make it cool and preserve the paste. Apply the oil on the parts wearing stretch marks and rub once a day. Stretch marks will be reduced.
