Castor oil is toxic.

It is generally used to cause diarrhea or eliminate worms. Castor oil when taken internally is very easy to have nausea and dry vomiting and other diseases, and it is irritating to the skin and eyes, used to deal with constipation should pay attention to the use of methods and dosage, pregnant women can not take castor oil. Castor oil is not a vegetable oil, it in addition to the main purpose of diagnosis and treatment also has many industrial production on the main purpose.

The use of castor oil:

Sodium ricinoleate is irritating to the small intestine, causing intestinal peristalsis to enhance the small intestinal contents of the small intestine rapidly advancing to the colon, 2 to 6 hours after taking the drug, the discharge of semi-liquid feces, after defecation, can be temporary constipation; increase the dose can not be enhanced, the unhydrolyzed portion of the rapid excretion of the large intestine, ricinoleic acid is not a part of the large intestine. Colon, ricinoleic acid absorption, as with other fatty acids in the body metabolism decomposition, therefore, castor oil as a laxative is relatively safe; due to bad taste, can be made into an emulsion for internal use.

Castor oil itself is a small irritant, can be used as a skin lubricant for dermatitis and other skin diseases, made into an ointment for burns and ulcers, the seeds of the paste for the skin black fever ulcers, in addition to blepharitis can be used; as a solvent to remove the eye irritants, local application in the vagina and cervical disorders.