Can castor oil help you lose weight?

Castor oil is a common Chinese medicine. You must be careful when using it. If used improperly, it may cause toxic side effects. After entering the human intestine, castor oil can increase gastrointestinal motility and promote the excretion of stool. So to a certain extent, it also has the effect of weight loss. However, when using castor oil, you must understand the contraindications.

Can castor oil help you lose weight?

First of all, after castor oil enters the human intestine, it can enhance gastrointestinal motility, which will affect the uterine contraction problem. Castor oil also contains oxytocin, which can help the cervix mature faster. After pregnant women eat scrambled eggs with castor oil, the contraction of uterine cells will be strengthened and the cervix will become softer, so it can help induce labor. Modern people usually eat scrambled eggs with castor oil directly to induce labor, but pregnant women should be more careful when eating this kind of food. It is safer to eat it under the advice of a doctor.

Effects of castor oil

Castor oil is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, and the fatty acid composition of castor oil mainly includes 89% of ricinoleic acid, and some other ingredients include palmitic acid, or stearic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, dihydroxystearic acid and so on. The composition of glycerides is 68.2% of triricinoleate, 28.0% of diricinoleate, 2.9% of monoricinoleate and 0.9% of non-ricinoleate. The ash contains a large amount of Ca, Fe, Si, followed by Al, Cu, Mg and a small amount of Mn, Ti, Ni, and Zn.

For treating hemiplegia, aphonia and loss of speech: one liter of castor bean fat. Put one dou of wine in a copper bowl, put the fat in the wine, cook it for one day until it is cooked, and then drink it. (Qian Jin Fang) To treat tongue swelling and blockage in the mouth: remove the shells of 40 castor beans, grind them into oil, apply it on paper, make a pinch, burn it and fumigate it. If the swelling does not go away, fumigate again until it is cured. Someone had a tongue that was swollen and sticking out of his mouth, and it was cured by using this method.

For treating burns: Mix equal amounts of 3-5% bleaching powder and castor oil to form an emulsion. Apply to the affected area and change the dressing every other day if necessary. (Selected Works of the Complete Exhibition: Surgery) To treat bleeding on the tongue: pinch castor oil into paper, burn it and smoke it into the nose.

After the above introduction to castor oil knowledge, we may understand the effects of castor oil. In fact, as long as we use castor oil correctly, it will be helpful to people's health. After all, in many ancient medical books, this knowledge has been practiced and verified, and it is scientific.