Castor Oil Stories: Castor Oil and Allergies

Castor oil can be used in a variety of ways. Hemet Pathak, M.D., brings us this story from his native India: five drops of castor oil each morning, taken on an empty stomach in a little juice or water, is often beneficial therapy for allergic manifestations in the G. I. tract, as well as with skin and naso-pharyngeal allergies. This type of therapy has its roots in Indian herbal therapy, with which Dr. Pathak is an expert. The anti-allergenic nature of castor oil used in this manner was discovered accidentally in a man who was highly sensitive to penicillin. He had been on the castor oil for another reason when he was given penicillin by someone who did not know of his allergy. When he realized what he had been given, he was frightened – but nothing happened. The allergy was gone. An unofficial report of some 140 cases has been made, with highly encouraging responses being noted.
Dr. Pathak and Valentine Birds, M.D., reported in a letter that they have used two to five drops of castor oilorally on a daily basis, both with and without castor oil packs on the abdomen, and have noted encouraging results in the allergies of children. Further, they have noted that a single cathartic dose of castor oil given immediately after an accident when a whiplash type of injury is incurred often reduces the severity of the pain in the spinal musculature. They follow this up with osteopathic techniques, castor oil packs, pressure techniques and acupuncture as the situation warrants, and have found these patients respond in a more satisfactory manner.
The use of the cathartic, of course, is a fundamental concept in the physiologic suggestions in the Cayce material. When an accident or an illness creates more toxins or waste products of any kind in the body, it is helpful to rid the body of them as quickly as possible.
[† January, 1975, Volume 10, No. 1, page 37, Copyright © 1975 by the Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA.]