COMMON NAME: Castor
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ricinus communis
FAMILY: Euphorbiaceae
ORGIN: Tropical east Africa
PROPAGATION: Done through seeds
- Castor plant is used for rhematic conditions, as well as for gastropathy, constipation, inflammation, fever, ascites, bronchitis, cough, skin diseases, colic, and lumbago.
- castor root is used as a purgative and for skin diseases, the leaves are used to increase breastmilk production and are applied to skin for burns.
- Castor is aphrodisiac, relieves pain and is useful in neurological disorders.
- Castor oil has laxative and anti-inflammatory effects.
- The leaves are used for painful urination, lump, diseases due to vitiation of wind and colic pain in the bladder.