Feb. 9, 2026
Castor Oil - Ancient Remedy Older Than the Pharmacy
Castor oil is one of the oldest healing remedies known to humanity, quietly used for centuries across cultures to support cleansing, circulation, and tissue healing. In this episode of Chasing Eden, host Caroline Thompson explores the fascinating history of castor oil—from ancient Egyptian medicine and early Western natural healing traditions to its continued use in holistic health today. Rather than approaching castor oil as a trend or cure-all, this conversation invites listeners to understand why it has endured as a gentle, supportive tool for the body.Drawing from the teachings of Dr. Barbara O’Neill, historical writings from Dr. Chase, and modern perspectives from voices such as Dr. Berg, Dr. Axe, Dr. Gundry, Dr. Huberman, and Dave Asprey, the episode explains how castor oil has traditionally been used to support lymphatic flow, reduce inflammation, and encourage the body’s natural detox pathways. The discussion carefully distinguishes historical and supportive uses from modern medical treatment, offering clarity without hype or fear.This episode also addresses common questions and concerns, including how castor oil is used today, when it may be helpful, and when caution or discernment is needed. Ultimately, Castor Oil: The Ancient Remedy Modern Medicine Never Quite Let Go Of is a thoughtful exploration of how ancient wisdom and modern understanding can coexist—reminding us that healing often begins with patience, simplicity, and respect for the body’s design.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Welcome back to Chasing Eden, where we begin to rediscover
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our body's divine design. I'm your host, Carolyn Thompson, and
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thank you so much for joining me today. Now we're
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stepping into a remedy that has been quietly present in
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human history for thousands of years, one that modern culture
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often dismisses as outdated or strange. Yet it keeps resurfacing
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in conversations about healing, cleansing, and the body's natural intelligence.
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We're talking about castor oil. Now, this is one of
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those substances that tends to polarize people. Some swear by it,
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others recoil at the idea of using it at all,
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and most people simply don't know what to think. But
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castor oil didn't survive centuries of medical use, cultural transmission,
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and renewed scientific curiosity by accident. It endured because in
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many contexts, people observed real effects long before laboratory experiments existed.
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To explain why. To understand castor oil, we have to
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let go of modern impatience and step back into history
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for a moment. Now, if you're my age, in my fifties,
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you might remember TV shows showing children being spoon fed
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castor oil before bed. I don't know if you are
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familiar with the Little Rascals series that they had back
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in the day, the Little Black and White series. When
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I was a kid, we would watch the reruns because
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it was a pretty old series, And in part of
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the series, one of the shows showed the children in
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an orphanage lining up for their horrible nightly ritual of
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being spoon fed castor oil, and they would make these
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faces and grab their throat, and you would look at
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that and think, oh gosh, that just sounds absolutely awful.
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So apparently there was a time where people really believed
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in the effects of castor oil internally, and they believed
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in it so much that they would actually give it
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to their children too, in their belief system to prevent
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flues and viruses and help to aid their immune system
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so that they didn't get sick. So, as you can see,
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castor oil is not new, it's actually ancient. Records of
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its use appear in Egyptian medical texts, where it was
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used both externally and internally. The Ebers Papyrus, dating back
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more than thirty five hundred years, references castor oil for
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cleansing and healing purposes. That alone tells us something important.
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This oil wasn't fringe, it was mainstream medicine of its time.
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As medical knowledge moved through Greek and Roman civilizations, castor
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oil continued to appear. Hippocrates referenced oils for inflammation and
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skin conditions, and later physicians incorporated castor oil into treatments
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for swelling, digestive stagnation, and wound care. In irovutic medicine,
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castor oil has long been regarded as a warming, penetrating substance,
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believe to stimulate circulation, softened tissues, and support elimination. Traditional
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Chinese medicine similarly recognized oils as agent that help unblock stagnation,
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a concept that modern physiology would describe in terms of
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lymphatic movement and circulation. What's fascinating is that these traditions
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emerged independently across cultures that had no contact with contact
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with each other, yet they observed similar outcomes. That kind
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of convergence is rare. When we move forward into the
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eighteen hundreds, castor oil becomes a cornerstone of early American
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natural ma medicine, and this is where doctor Alvin wood
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Chase enters the picture. Doctor Chase's work, widely circulated and
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preserved today through archive dot org, reflects a time when
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medicine relied heavily on observation, pattern recognition, and outcomes rather
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than isolated chemical compounds. If you'd like to look up
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doctor Alvin Wood Chase's book, he has, there's a copy
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at archive dot org and it's called the Last Complete
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Receipt Book and Household Physician. Now there are some people
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that have shared it on pieces of it on social
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media because doctor Alvin would Chase was as far back
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as we can see, one of the doctors prior to
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the turn of the Sentry who discussed paris sites in
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people and actually published some pictures of the parasites that
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were found in people in some of his texts. He
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has books other books besides these books that can be
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found on eBay and they can be pretty pricey, But
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at archive dot org you could actually read a free
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copy of it, So I definitely recommended. I pulled up
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the copy of it. I have it saved and bookmarked,
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and it's really fascinating. It has remedies for just about
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everything that you can think of. Now, some people would
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call this quack medicine in this day and age. But
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if you've been studying natural health ass of late, you
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will find out that a lot of these old remedies
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are making a comeback, and people are touting the really
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wonderful results that they're getting. So that being said. In
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his writings, castor oil is described as a deep cleanser,
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particularly val for conditions involving congestion, hardened tissues, and slow
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moving elimination. He discussed its use both internally with caution
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and externally, especially in poultices and compresses. Doctor Chase wrote
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extensively about the body's need to move waste, not suppress symptoms.
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That philosophy mirrors what many holistic practitioners still emphasize today.
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Stagnation precedes disease. While his language belongs to another era,
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the underlying concept aligns surprisingly well with modern understanding of
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lymphatic flow, detoxification, and inflammation. One of the reasons castor
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oil stands apart from olive oil, coconut oil, or other
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fats is its unique composition. Castor oil is rich in
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ricinolaic acid, a fatty acid that behaves differently than most
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Modern research has shown that rcinolaic acid interacts with prostaglandin
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receptors involved in pain and inflammation pathways, which helps explain
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why castor oil has long been associated with soothing effects.
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Now doctor Berg has spoken about this. He notes that
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castor oil's impact appears to involve local circulation and immune signaling,
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particularly when used topically. Now this matters because circulation isn't
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just about blood, It's about limph, the body's waste removal highway,
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and unlike blood, lymph doesn't have a pump. It relies
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on movement pressure and tissue signaling. Castor oil packs, one
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of the most common traditional applications, are believed to work
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by stimulating lymphatic flow locally, supporting detoxification in the area
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where they're applied. Doctor Barbara O'Neill often explains this concept simply,
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when the body can move waste efficiently, inflammation has less
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opportunity to take hold. One of the most misunderstood aspects
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of castor oil is its reputation as a harsh laxative.
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While it can stimulate bowel movement when taken internally, many
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traditional practitioners, including doctor Barbara O'Neill, emphasize external use as
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the preferred method for systemic support. External application allows the
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body to respond without shock. This distinction matters. Modern medicine
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often intervenes forcefully suppress pain, block pathways, shut down symptoms.
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Traditional approaches tend to focus on supporting processes already in motion.
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Castor oil doesn't force detoxification. It appears to encourage flow,
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and flow, whether of lymph, blood, bile, or digestive movement,
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is foundational to healing. Historically, castor oil was commonly applied
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to boils, cysts, abscesses, and hardened swellings. These conditions were
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viewed not as isolated skin problems, but as signs of
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internal congestion expressing out. While modern dermatology uses a different language,
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the observation remains. When elimination is impaired, the skin often
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becomes an exit route. Hence, if you've noticed a lot
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of people have skin rashes and unexplained eruptions these days
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on their skin, blisters and different things that they oftentimes
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can't get an answer to, and when treated with topical medicine,
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just simply comes back after they run out of the
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medicine or they stop using it. Doctor X has common
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and on castor oil skin benefits, particularly it's moisturizing and
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barrier supporting properties, as well as its potential antimicrobial effects.
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He's also noted that traditional remedies often worked by supporting
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the skin's natural repair processes rather than empowering them overpowering them.
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This aligns with why castor oil continues to appear in
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modern skincare despite its age. Throughout history, castor oil has
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been used along serious illnesses, including tumors and chronic inflammatory conditions.
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Historical texts often describe its use as part of a
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broader cleansing and supportive regimen. It's important to state clearly
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modern medicine does not recognize castor oil as a cure
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for cancer. So you will notice if you search doctor
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Barbara O'Neill and castor oil packs that she has had
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clients tell her that they have shrunk cancerous tumors in
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their breast tissue and other parts of their body by
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using castor oil packs over time. So we need to
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be careful that modern medicine does not recogne this. However,
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some integrated practitioners discuss castor oil packs as adjunctive support,
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particularly for comfort, inflammation, reduction, lymphatic drainage, and quality of life.
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Doctor Gundry, if you're familiar with him, he's the doctor
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online talking about plant lectins. And there's this controversy where
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some people are saying, hey, there's nothing wrong with the
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electins and plants. That's the defense mechanism that plants have
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to protect themselves against invaders, and so these lectins can
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attack your gut. However, there's another side that says, hey,
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if you have a healthy gut, then this shouldn't affect you. However,
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doctor Gundry is pretty adamant that we should avoid these
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foods now. Doctor Gundry talks a lot about inflammation, and
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I have a friend in particularly who went on his
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diet and reduced imflam and lost weight, because chronic inflammation
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can actually hinder weight loss no matter how hard you try.
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So there's a lot of people that discuss doctor Gundry's
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diet recommendations with a lot of favorability and really tout
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the results that they've had. He has emphasized that reducing
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chronic inflammation and supporting immune balance are foundational to long
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term health outcomes, regardless of diagnosis. That framing matters supporting
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the body's terrain is different from claiming a cure. So
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as we move forward, we're not asking whether castor oil
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is magic. We're asking why this remedy has persisted across
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centuries and what modern science and experienced practitioners can help
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us understand about how and when it may be useful
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for us today. In the next part, will go deeper
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into how castor oil is used, how castor oil packs work,
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and what modern experts say about its effects on inflammation, circulation,
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and cleansing, all without hype or fear. When we come back,
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we'll talk about how castor oil is actually used, from
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castor oil packs to modern applications, and why so many
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practitioners believe its power lies in how it supports the
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body's natural flow. Welcome back. When people hear about castor
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oil today, it's usually in the context of something very
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specific castor oil, And while those packs have become almost
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synonymous with castor oil, they're really just one expression of
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a much deeper principle. That principle is flow. Traditional healing
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systems didn't talk about inflammation, markers or immune modulation. They
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talked about stagnation, congestion, blockage, and heat. Different words but remarkable,
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remarkably similar ideas. Doctor Barbara O'Neil often explains healing in
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these terms. She describes the body as a system designed
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for constant movement, blood moving, lymph, draining waste, exiting nutrients arriving.
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When that movement slows, problems begin to accumulate, pain, swelling,
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growths in flats, and skin eruptions. Castor oil historically was
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used not to attack disease, but to encourage movement where
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movement has slowed, and that distinct distinction changes everything. The
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castor oil pack wasn't invented by social media. It's been
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used for well over a century in Western natural medicine
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and much longer in other traditions. Doctor Alvin wood Chase
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described oil compresses as a way to soften tissues, reduce hardness,
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and support the body's illiminative organs. He emphasized warmth, consistency,
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and patience, not force. A castor oil pack typically involves
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saturating a cloth with castor oil, placing it over an
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area of concern, often the abdomen or liver area, and
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applying gentle heat. Now, doctor Barbara O'Neil has several videos
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where she explains how to prepare a castor oil pack
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and oftentimes she shows you how to do it without
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making extra purchases. However, there are little packs that you
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can purchase waterproof packs online that you can put castor
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oil on and gently place in the area where you desire,
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and they're not that expensive. So you can look up
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one of her videos online if you're interested in how
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she does that without the purchase, or you can look
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up castor oil packs on Amazon and they actually have
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a whole set and they're only like ten dollars. They're
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not even that expensive, So the how matters less than
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the why. So practitioners believe castor oil packs work by
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stimulating local circulation and lymphatic movement. The lymphatic system, unlike
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the cardiovascular system, doesn't have a pump. It relies on movement, breathing,
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muscle contraction, and external stimulation. This is why massage, walking, rebounding,
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and yes, warm compresses have long been used to support detoxification.
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Doctor Berg has talked about the lymphatic system as one
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of the most overlooked components of health. I do have
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a podcast that talks about rebounding on the trampoline or
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whatever you want to call it, and how important it
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is to do that how you don't even have to
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do it that much, even just a couple of minutes
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a day, to help support lymphatic drainage and detoxification. When
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lymph becomes sluggish, waste accumulates, immune signaling becomes less efficient,
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inflammation has a place to linger. Castor oil packs are
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thought to help wake up that local drainage, especially in
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areas where congestion tends to build like the abdomen. One
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of the most common modern uses of castor oil packs
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is over the liver area, and that's not arbitrary. The
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liver is the body's primary detoxification organ It processes hormones, medications,
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metabolic waste, and environmental toxins. It also produces bile, which
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is essential for digestion and elimination. When bioflow is sluggish,
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digestion suffers that soluble toxins recirculate, hormonal balance can be disrupted.
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Doctor Gundry often emphasizes that supporting bile flow is critical
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for metabolic health. While he doesn't promote castor oil packs directly,
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his focus on reducing inflammation and supporting liver function aligns
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with why traditional practitioners used them. Doctor Barbara O'Neill speaks
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more directly about this. She suggests that warmth and gentle
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stimulation over the liver area can support bile movement and
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lymphatic drainage, helping the body clear waste more effectively. This
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isn't about forcing detox It's about creating optimal conditions that
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allow the body to do what it's already designed to do.
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One of the most consistent themes in historical writings about
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castor oil is its use for hard, painful or inflamed areas, boils, cysts,
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swollen joints, thickened tissues. Doctor Chase described castor oil as
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having a softening effect. That word may sound vague, but
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is actually quite precise when you think about inflammation. Inflamed
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