Castor oil has been traditionally used to cleanse the stomach and to remove the worms & insects inside.
Ayurvedic medicinal system honours castor oil with the title �king of laxatives� and �powerful to rid of gastric troubles�.
The root part of the castor oil fruit is an essential ingredient in the lotions given for gastric troubles and is often added in the drinking water storages. A glass of drinking water taken from the storage where it is kept with castor fruit roots and mixed with a pinch of ash (holy ash) and taken twice in a day in mornings and evenings can cure duodenal ulcer.
This water (added with castor fruit root) can also relieve pain in the joints, pain in the lower back, stomach disorders/swellings, etc. Even the castor oil plant leaves are used as medical help both internally & externally.
It is also used for removing worms in the stomach, relieve the pain or blockade in the urinary track, pain felt in the joints, and to cure and heal polyps/boils in the body with puss which had remained for a long while.
Castor plant leaves ground can be used for application on the painful parts as a kind of ointment. It is also used to cleanse the drinking water.
Seeds of castor can cure constipation, pains in the joints, liver & pancreas disorders, pain in the lower back, and piles.
Castor oil is used as a laxative.