Castor oil, Cultivation Type : Natural

Apart from being a purgative Ayurveda properties of Castor oil are listed as follows :

• SrotoVishodhana – cleanses body channels
• Tvachya – improves skin qualities
• Vrushya – aphrodisiac
• Vayasthapana – anti aging, rejuvenative
• Yoni Vishodhana – useful in cleansing vagina
• ShukraVishodhana – useful in cleansing semen, to improve motility and to treat sperm defects.
• Arogyakara – improves health
• Medhakara, Smrutikara – improves intelligence and memory
• Kantikara – improves skin glow
• Balakara – improves immunity
• AdhobhagaDoshahara – expels vitiated Doshas from lower part of the body (Virechna)
• Deepana – improves digestion strength
• Vishamajwara – useful in intermittent fever
• prushtashoola, guhyashoola – useful in low backache
• Vatodara – useful in gas, bloating
• Gulma – abdominal tumor
• Anaha – gaseous distension of abdomen
• Ashtila – prostitis
• Katigraha – low back stiffness
• Vatashonita – gout
• Vid bandha – constipation
• Bradhna – prolapsed rectum
• Shotha – swelling, inflammatory conditions
• AmaVidradhi – initial stages of abscess, where pus is yet to be formed.
• Amavata – rheumatoid arthritis