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“Know that all strength, all healing of every nature is the changing of the vibrations within, the attuning of the divine within the living tissue of a body to creative energies. This alone is healing”.
Edgar Cayce

Category: Purgative

Posted: 2010-02-26 16:40

Euphorbiacae. Castor Oil (Ricinus Communis)

Castor oil is particularly valuable in constipation arising from indurated feces, or from such as arises from swallowing: acrid substances, or from the accumulation of acrid secretions.

It is likewise employed with great advantage in diseases attended by irritation or inflammation of the bowels, diarrhea, dysentery, and enteritis.

As a laxative, it operates so speedily and mildly, that it is constantly resorted to where similar operation by medicines of a more powerful nature would cause injury. Hence its value in hemorrhoids; in inflammatory or spasmodic diseases of the urio-genital organs; in inflammation of the kidneys or bladder; in calculous affections, gonorrhea, and stricture. The advantage of the use of castor oil as a purgative in these disorders cannot be over-estimated.

Charles D. F. Phillips

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Category: Purgative

Posted: 2010-02-17 20:40

Hot Castor Oil Rub

This remedy is good if the infant's belly is tight and bloated and/or gas is being passed. Castor oil is a well-known and powerful purgative for the bowels. Warmed in the hands and massaged into an infant's belly, however, castor oil is comforting and effective for relieving colic and expelling intestinal gas.

D. Hoffmann B.Sc. (Hons), M.N.I.M.H.

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February 2010

Category: Resources

Posted: 2010-02-05 11:38

Palma Pro developed Insta'Heat as an alternative to electric and dry heat sources and to provide higher temperatures that last longer than a hot-water bottle.

However, there are other arguments for using Insta'Heat with castor oil therapies or other considerations.

For example: Why does it say on a heating pad/blanket that it should not be used by diabetics?

People with diabetes are advised not to use heating pads or electric blankets because many diabetics have a loss of feeling in their extremities due to neuropathy. Without being able to feel how hot the blanket or pad is, they could be burned or overheat.

In addition, their high glucose levels create a heat in the body that triggers the pancreas to produce more insulin, causing its beta cells to work overtime; ultimately forcing the kidneys to work harder.

Lastly, dry heat is dehydrating. Six molecules of water are required to move one molecule of sugar via the urine. Evidence of dehydration often shows up as skin conditions. Some data suggests that dry, electric heat has a dehydrating effect on bone marrow as well.

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