HEALTH BENEFITS WITH "CASTOR SEEDS"
1. Castor is
well-known seasonal plant has deep
roots, with green and reddish stems
which become hollow with age. Its
height is about one to seven meters.
The fruit is a spherical capsule
with small grey seeds and brown
spots.
2. Castor plant
grows throughout the warm-temperate
and tropical regions and flourishes
under a variety of climatic
conditions. It can be grown almost
anywhere and this is one of castor's
greatest virtues.
3. Castor plant
seeds contain alkaloid reclining and
toxalbumine ricin. Triricinolein
They yields a fixed oil, which is
used mostly for medicinal purposes.
4. Castor
plant or its oil is though not a
food, yet it is one of the most
commonly used oils all over the
world as a safe purgative and drug
for reducing irritation of the skin
and alleviating swelling and pain.
Further detail see in the following
article in Urdu. |
