Alfarid is a leading supplier and exporter of Castor Seeds.

Botanical Name: Ricinus Communis

Castor or Arandi is a small annual plant. It ranges from 1 to 7 meters in height. It has well-developed roots, with green and reddish stems which become hollow with age. The fruit is a spherical capsule with small grey seeds with brown spots.

Curative Properties

Castor is used very effectively in the treatment of rheumatic and skin disorders. It is a harmless purgative.

Rheumatism: A poultice of castor seeds can be applied with beneficial results to gouty and rheumatic swellings.

Skin Disorders: A poultice of castor leaves is useful as an external application to boils and swellings. Coated with some bland oil such as coconut oil and heated, the hot leaves can be applied over guinea-worm sores to extract the worms. A poultice of castor seeds is also applied to scrofulous sores and boils due to tuberculosis of lymph nodes.

Problem of Breast Milk Secretion: Castor oil massaged over the breast after child-birth increases the flow of milk, as it stimulates the mammary glands.

Dandruff: If used regularly as hair oil, it helps the growth of the hair and cures dandruff.

Constipation: castor oil can safely be used round the year to administer purgatives.

Other Uses

Natural Birth-Control: Castor seed is a herb for birth control and if the woman swallows one castor seed, after the menstrual cycle she will not conceive during that month. When pregnancy is desired, the practice can be given up and conception follows after a year.

Castor oil massaged over the body, before bath, keeps the skin healthy and imparts sound sleep. Applying castor oil over hand and feet before going to bed keeps them soft and similarly over the eyebrows and eyelashes keeps them well-groomed.

Caution: Repeated use of castor oil as a laxative should be avoided as it causes secondary constipation. Persons suffering from kidney infections should not take castor oil as a purgative. It should also not be used when there is abdominal pain or intestinal infections such as appendicitis, enteritis or inflammation of the small intestine and peritonitis. Large doses of castor oil during the early months of pregnancy may cause abortion.

Medicinal Uses

Castor oil is regarded as one of the best laxative and purgative preparations available. It is of particular benefit for children and pregnant women due to its mild action in easing constipation, colic and diarrhoea due to slow digestion. When applied externally, Castor oil eases cutaneous complaints such as ringworms, itch and leprosy. Castor is used for a range of industrial purposes from soap making to varnishes.

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