{"id":614,"date":"2012-11-04T04:57:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T04:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=614"},"modified":"2013-01-27T06:59:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T06:59:02","slug":"castor-oil-ricinus-communis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=614","title":{"rendered":"Castor oil ~ Ricinus communis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ricinus-communis-seeds1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1319\" title=\"Ricinus communis seeds\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ricinus-communis-seeds1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ricinus-communis-seeds1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ricinus-communis-seeds1-432x432.jpg 432w, http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ricinus-communis-seeds1-268x268.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Castor oil<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Ricinus communis<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Euphorbiaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: oil expressed from seed<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native toIndia; cultivated worldwide<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: fixed oil, alkaloid (ricinine), lectins<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: oily, neutral<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: laxative, purgative, cathartic, astringent<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: emollient, labor-inducing, anodyne, aperient<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">constipation, main Ayurvedic treatment for vata<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">benign masses<\/span>, food or other poisonings, burns, arthritis<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: rough skin, dermatitis, cysts, tumors<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: topical oil; topical poultice, internal: 1-2 Tbs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: diarrhea<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: The seeds contain 2% toxic substances (ricin), 2.5-20 seeds can be fatal<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span>; http:\/\/www.hort.purdue.edu\/newcrop\/duke_energy\/Ricinus_communis.html; http:\/\/www.healthy.net\/asp\/templates\/article.asp?PageType=Article&amp;ID=429; http:\/\/www.herbs2000.com\/herbs\/herbs_castor.htm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Castor oil Latin name: Ricinus communis Family: Euphorbiaceae Part used: oil expressed from seed Habitat: native toIndia; cultivated worldwide Main constituents: fixed oil, alkaloid (ricinine), lectins Energetics: oily, neutral Main herbal actions: laxative, purgative, cathartic, astringent Minor herbal actions: emollient, labor-inducing, anodyne, aperient Main medicinal uses: constipation, main Ayurvedic treatment &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,81,171,36,49,170,169,32,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anodyne","category-astringent","category-cathartic","category-energetics-taste","category-laxative","category-neutral","category-oily","category-properties","category-purgative","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1322,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions\/1322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}