The plant forgotten by the world. How important it is for health

During the communist period, castor was cultivated in our area on large areas, but today there are few who have heard of this plant and many fewer who rely on the establishment of a castor crop in the field.

Two years ago, Ioan Conț, a farmer from Cluj-Napoca, dared to set up a castor plantation on about one hectare and told Agrointeligența about the market opportunities for this unique crop.

“And today I remember how beautiful the castor fields were in my childhood. Two years ago I bought seed from the internet and I decided to start cultivating this medicinal plant. For everything that means information regarding culture technology, I found out from the internet. Although I did not find too many Romanians to cultivate on large areas of castor, I realized that I could not fail. I thought that if my grandparents managed to cultivate this plant a hundred years ago, why couldn’t I ”, Ioan Conț, a farmer from Cluj, declared for Agrointeligența.

Castor oil is a tropical oil plant native to India and Africa. It is currently cultivated in our country for ornamental, industrial and medicinal purposes.

The oil extracted from castor seeds has therapeutic value but is also used as a fuel being soluble in alcohol.

In internal use it is indicated in case of constipation, intestinal parasitosis, and in external use for alopecia, warts, warts, papillomas, warts, acne, ulcers, keloid scars.

Administration:

Castor seed oil is extracted in specialized laboratories and is used internally only in the dose recommended by the doctor (due to high toxicity) or well-dosed standardized preparations, writes csid.ro.

For external use, the skin is massaged with castor seed oil in case of acne (being a good natural antibacterial agent), alopecia (contains omega 3 acids important for nourishing the hair root), for weeds, cracks, warts, moles are massaged area 2-3 times a day. Stretch marks (pregnant or childbirth women) can be removed by massaging the abdomen and thighs daily; Scars left after surgery or another cut or wound can heal by leaving a compress soaked in castor oil for several hours a day.

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