Castor oil enhances the texture of hair and prevents acne and pimples

Castor plant is native to the Mediterranean region, India, and Eastern Africa. Castor oil is primarily rich in triglycerides, particularly recinolein, which is not found in anything other than castor oil. The total fat content is up to 50 per cent. After fats, the next nutritional component that forms a major chunk of the castor oil is protein, with it comprising 20 per cent. Other components found in castor oil are mineral salts, glucides, oleic acid, water, certain enzymes, and vitamin E. 

Castor oil may be used to cure warts. It can be massaged on the skin for 15 minutes, twice a day till the wart disappears.

It may be used to soothe tired eyes. You can rub castor oil on eye lashes before going to bed. It also serves to make eye lashes smooth and shiny.

It enhances the texture of hair. Mix a few drops of castor oil, glycerin, and egg white, apply it on scalp and strands, wait for a few minutes and wash it off.

Castor oil is antimicrobial in action and as such prevents acne and pimples. It penetrates deep in the skin and inhibits microbial growth, thereby preventing and curing various skin afflictions.

It also helps slow down the effects of ageing. However, you should use a meager amount of oil on skin, and wash it off in two to three hours. Also, castor oil enhances the texture of skin, which is due to its rich vitamin E content, making the skin smooth and supple.

It also helps prevent constipation and digestive disorders, attributed to its laxative properties.

The oil, when used as castor oil packs, enhances the activity of thymus glands, thereby increasing the concentration of T-cells in the body. This may alternatively be inferred as strengthening of immune system, preventing and curing a variety of afflictions. In fact, castor oil also relieves the symptoms of AIDS, though partly.

Castor oil is anti fungal in action and helps relieve fungal infections including ringworm.

It may also be used to cure problems of the muscular system, including muscle and ligament sprains.

Castor oil, being an antimicrobial agent, may be used as antiseptic ointment on wounds. It would help prevent bacteria or microbial infection of wounds, thereby preventing the wound from becoming septic.

The oil is used to cure stretch marks caused during pregnancy. It may be applied at night, massaging on the abdominal area to get rid of the marks.

Castor oil also helps prevent and cure sebaceous cysts. Sebaceous cysts are usually caused by blockage of sebaceous or oil glands by bacteria or viruses.

Castor oil also cleanses the body.