Cultures around the world have used castor oil for thousands of years as a natural healing remedy. In the Mediterranean, it was thought to increase a woman’s lactation, while in Africa it was used to ...

If you grew up in an Indian household, your grandparents must have handed you a spoonful of castor oil for just about everything. It was their cure-all. Turns out, they were not entirely wrong, at ...

Which castor oils are best? If you only associate castor oil with something that kept grandpa “regular,” you’re missing out on a plethora of other uses this plant oil promises. Pressed from the beans ...

Dear Pharmacist, I've had monthly cramps for years so I take lots of Motrin and Midol. My mom came over and put an old-fashioned castor oil pack on me. It worked like magic. Can I apply it regularly?

A castor oil pack is a natural remedy that is claimed to help with a number of issues, such as poor liver function, constipation, and menstrual cramps. The pack is a cloth or a specially made pad that ...