"Just because people used something medicinally thousands of years ago doesn’t mean it has the ascribed medicinal properties" This! Social media platforms should be mandated to add this warning to all influencers grifting these products.
Thank you for this! I used a recipe that I found in a popular herbal book for pregnancy for Castor oil with orange juice and vodka to induce labour 26 years ago. I was already 42+weeks pregnant and having on and off labour pains, so no idea if the castor oil worked, BUT, I would recommend it if you would like hemorrhoids along with the episostomy or vaginal tear, and I have never ordered vodka and orange juice at a bar since.
I went to a naturopathic practitioner for a perimenopause consultation and when she advised castor oil packs as a way to reduce my fibroids and said she had success with other patients with this, I knew she was peddling BS and I was not wasting anymore money with her.
Thanks for this! Could you also talk about other oils and things that people suggest? I'm thinking in particular coconut oil for vaginal and vulvar hydration and as an aid to stop yeast infections and BV that are more likely during menopause. Thank you!
It's amazing the things people come up with . . . Castor oil certainly works well as a laxative and having worked with various midwives my experience with it was as an aid to inducing labor at term. A few of my patients tried it with very unpersuasive results, plus it tastes awful.
"Just because people used something medicinally thousands of years ago doesn’t mean it has the ascribed medicinal properties" This! Social media platforms should be mandated to add this warning to all influencers grifting these products.
Thank you for this! I used a recipe that I found in a popular herbal book for pregnancy for Castor oil with orange juice and vodka to induce labour 26 years ago. I was already 42+weeks pregnant and having on and off labour pains, so no idea if the castor oil worked, BUT, I would recommend it if you would like hemorrhoids along with the episostomy or vaginal tear, and I have never ordered vodka and orange juice at a bar since.
Ditto for castor oil for eyelash growth.
I went to a naturopathic practitioner for a perimenopause consultation and when she advised castor oil packs as a way to reduce my fibroids and said she had success with other patients with this, I knew she was peddling BS and I was not wasting anymore money with her.
Thanks for this! Could you also talk about other oils and things that people suggest? I'm thinking in particular coconut oil for vaginal and vulvar hydration and as an aid to stop yeast infections and BV that are more likely during menopause. Thank you!
It's amazing the things people come up with . . . Castor oil certainly works well as a laxative and having worked with various midwives my experience with it was as an aid to inducing labor at term. A few of my patients tried it with very unpersuasive results, plus it tastes awful.