just listen to this my mother was critically ill at 90 with blocked gallbladder stones and high inflammation so could not be operated on she was saved by 1 tablespoon of castor oil taken over 3 days in the mornings she passed the gall stones in her stool and on the third and fourth day she was released from the hospital soon after she was very lucky my grandma lived to 103 and about 100 I asked her what her secret was her response one teaspoon of casso oil every day I used it to cure my daughter's eczema when
she was 3 it never came back and she is now 12 I mean look at these comments there's something here I'm not exactly sure what but there's definitely something now I know how this sounds it's like one of those scammy late night infomercials this feels like the definition of snake oil except it comes from beans but there's actually tons of legitimate scientific studies on this stuff well tons might be a bit of a stretch but there are some studies to prove its efficacy and some scenarios and we're going to talk about what's been actually scientifically
vetted and verified and what hasn't it's crazy to think that there was a time when people thought meditation was a scam it's just this weird spiritual thing it's very woo woo all the hippies do it and now there's tons of scientific literature to support the importance of meditation and the effect that it can have on the mind and the body in fact now I would go as far to say if you don't meditate then you're the weird one now so is that the case with cter oil or is this just another fat and are are
some of these crazy claims actually true so I used to think that castor oil was just this thing that old women would rub on their face and use during their menstrual cycle but I really couldn't be more wrong while that may be true it also has some extremely powerful properties that can be used for a whole host of other different applications so I was recently encouraged by my functional medicine doctor and also my acupuncturist that my uh liver room needs a little bit of support and they both recommended independent of each other that I should
use castor oil so I went ahead and bought me this castor oil wrap and some castor oil from Queen of Thrones which I'll put a link down below you get a 10% discount code if you want and I just put one tablespoon on here and I just lather it on there and all I have to do is take this thing right here I'm just going to put it on boom just like that wrap it up like that and so I've been doing this now for over 30 days I want to tell you a little bit
about my experience and then share some of the benefits that I've noticed as well as after I did the research what I discovered which was absolutely fascinating yes I'm fully aware of how sexy this looks by the way I wanted to uncover for myself why both of these people were recommending this and then also seeing all these crazy testimonials and anecdotes online about this powerful Miracle sort of oil and really understand what's at play here what's going on and by the end of this video I bet you're going to consider slathering this weird goopy substance
onto your side just like I do before we get into that let's give some context castor oil is this thick yellowy oil that comes from the castor bean also known as rinus communis and this little bean traces back 6,000 years all the way back to ancient Egypt and it's also an active component and many modern Hair Skin and pharmaceutical products and if you're anything like me you also probably believe that the ancient Egyptians were on to something otherwise they wouldn't have been able to build those big pyramids I got to give credit where credit to
do when I was doing my research for this video I stumbled upon this one video by this chick named rundown with Rachel and she broke down so much stuff about castor oil and did it in such an incredible way so big shout out to you Rachel but I'm going to pick up where she left off let me share with you what I discovered after going down research Rabbit Hole I discovered that this compound has an array of phytochemicals such as alkaloids flavonoids turentine sapins phenolic compounds such as chamil garlic acid rosin Rudin lupal rolic acid
pinin thol and gistic acid I don't even know what most of these words mean but basically it's got a lot of things that are apparently really good for you and I know I mispronounce like half of those and these phytochemicals have been responsible for many pharmacological and therapeutic effects anti-cancer antimicrobial anti- insecticidal antioxidant anti-diabetic anti contraceptive anti-inflammatory bone regenerative anal how do you even say that anal jessic anal or as my friend Rachel says in her video it's got all the antis at least the ones we want now this powerful compound doesn't come without its
potential risks let me explain you see this oil is so powerful that it can literally induce labor so if you're pregnant or you're thinking about being pregnant then I would think again when it comes to castor oil the other thing to consider is that if you consume it orally it can lead to toxicity issues so best be warned it seems like it's kind of like that you know too much of a good thing can become a bad thing so I think that applies here and if you have any medical conditions then definitely 100% speak with
the doctor before you ever introduce something new like this into your regimen and a lot of people on the internet are just running around smearing this stuff on their face rubbing it in their hair drinking it Bottoms Up and some of the claims that are being made are not necessarily substantiated by scientific literature seems like the biggest disagreement is between dermatologists and the natural people saying that it can clear up your acne so I did my own research and I looked at Healthline and what they recommend is that you just put it on a little
bit of skin to test it and see how your body responds which to me seems like the obvious thing to do you know don't just just go lathering it everywhere going gung-ho just take a small patch of skin and see if it works for you I think with everything there's always just a lot of nuance what the dermatologists are saying is it's not this like One-Stop shop that just fixes all acne depending on what type of acne you might have is going to determine if this is appropriate for you or not but I did find
one study that I'll link up down below that says that it can reduce skin inflammation quite a bit also the claims about the benefits for hair are unsubstantiated as well in terms of scientific literature however there's an immense amount of anecdotal data and testimonies of people having great results by putting it in their hair castor oil has proven to be very moisturizing so depending on what you're dealing with maybe that might work for you but even though there's a bunch of claims that aren't backed up by scientific literature there is a bunch of stuff that
is backed up by scientific literature apparently it's really good for pain really good for swelling really good for wrinkles really good for these sort of dark spots under your eyes you know I've never been one to do any type of like skin facial routine since I've always had really good skin but you know couldn't hurt people also seem to be having great results with planta or fastis and arthritis and all the iises it's supposed to be really good for the eyes for your oral health you can oil pull with it it's good for stretch marks
and scars but even the use cases that I'm using it for like the detoxification stuff on the liver there's not really evidence to back back that up either but just because there aren't scientific papers to back something up doesn't mean it doesn't work in my experience usually the scientific literature is about 5 years maybe even 10 years behind what's happening right now in terms of Cutting Edge science ironically this isn't really a Cutting Edge science this is something that's been around forever it's been proven to have some benefits and just there's nothing that's been studied
to prove these other potential benefits that people are claiming so I'm in the camp of as long as I'm not drinking it and I'm not pregnant which as far as I know I'm not it seems relatively safe as long as you don't use too much of it apparently that can lead to a little bit of a dis pants so we don't want that either because based on what I read the beneficial properties that it has are incredible so maybe as it gains more popularity more studies will be done and then we'll see okay what are
the actual benefits that can be validated so let's talk about what to look for when buying some castor oil this is the queen of Thrones brand and what they do right and what you want to look for is that it's in a glass bottle that it's Amber that it's organic and that it's hexam free and that it's cold pressed so this is the good good link in the description with discount code or find another brand that does all these factors so make sure you get the good stuff so how do you use it you take
the bottle you pour it into a teaspoon you take that teaspoon you dribble it onto your Castle oil pack which is this like fabric that you tie around the side of your torso you want it to be above your hip and right below your rib cage and that's right where your liver sits you're going to wrap it around press it against your skin and then you're just going to chill for the next hour or so let that cassor oil seep into your skin and do what it does best and and then you can take it
off wash your skin wipe it down and you're good to go so I want to tell you about my experience using cassor oil now for over 30 days and it's been pretty simple so it's a bit cool to your skin when you put it on and what I noticed is that there's a 10 to 15% soothing feeling so it's nothing crazy but I do notice I feel comforted when I'm wearing it and it definitely improves my sleep it improves my digestion and it makes me feel more relaxed in the evening and as subtle as it
might be the sensation that I got is that everything was just kind of working better if that makes sense at all I'm not drinking it I'm not putting it in my hair I'm just wrapping around my side and sometimes I even fall asleep with it but I wouldn't recommend that because I did that a few times and I got oil all over my bed apparently you get most of the benefits in the first hour so going to sleep with it might just be Overkill so how does this stuff actually work say it with me rice
acid okay so that's one of the compounds inside of cassor oil that makes it so powerful this is where the anti-inflammatory and pain reduction properties come from apparently it can help with cell signaling and can even change gene expression sometimes I laugh when I find these things that are just perfectly created in nature to create certain results for us it makes sense why it's in a bunch of products and pharmaceuticals you know whenever people are claiming like this new Panacea of Health that's like a cure all for everything I always throw up my guard I'm
like okay snake oil salesman on the way and it's so easy to miss these kind of things but with this one in particular there actually is some research to support some of these incredible properties and yes there's not very much research and there's more research to be done and look at these comments look at these anecdotal testimonials it's insane like it literally makes you think like wow like there's got to be something here right otherwise this many people wouldn't say that it's this good how many other things did people think were weird or Fringe or
didn't have enough data to back it up that are not really popular that have been scientifically validated my experience has been good and it seems to be helping for what I need it for was it mind-blowing or anything revolutionary for me no it was if anything just really subtle and it was nice but nothing to shout out from the rooftops about but I like it and it's this easy thing to do where I just wrap it on my side and I go about my evening routine and it just is doing its work while I can
do other stuff and as long as you're not drinking it and you're not pregnant it doesn't really seem like there's much downside and I think it could be especially helpful for some very specific use cases that's it for this video I know if you like this one then you're definitely going to like this one go click this video right now and I'll see you over in that next video take care and be well
