Re: Castor Oil question

[Guest guest]

>From: capless@...

>Could someone remind me what the rule of thumb is for adding castor oil at

trace to improve later and help fix the scent. Is it 1 teaspoon/lb oil or 1

Tablespoon/lb oil?

>

Sue,

I use 1 oz per pound of oils. I also include this figure in my lye

calculations.

Tina

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I'm sure it's not dangerous to leave the castor oil on your skin. The

recommendation to cleanse the skin is likely to protect clothing.

Group Moderator

>

> I've been using the castor oil packs this week, with a layer of 50% oregano

oil applied directly onto the skin under the pack. This is definitely helping

diminish the pain of my frozen shoulder. I am so thankful for this

recommendation.

>

> I did some additional reading on castor oil, and saw that it is helpful even

without heat being applied to the skin. Therefore, when I'm at home, I apply the

oregano oil and the castor oil to my shoulder and cover it with cling wrap even

when I'm not applying heat to it.

>

> I was reviewing the directions for the castor oil pack, and see that the skin

is to be cleansed afterward. Is it harmful if I don't clean off the oil

afterward? I've been leaving it on, then applying more oil several hours later.

>

> Thanks in advance,

> H.

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi,

> Somewhere I read that it is important to cleanse the skin because the pack

> draws toxins out of the body and if you don't wash then you risk

> re-absorbtion. Sounded reasonable to me.

+++Hi ,

If that were true then I should have been very unhealthy when I was growing up

since we only bathed and had our hair washed once a week (I'm 69 years old). My

health started going downhill when my very frugal mother started using bad oils

and fats, like margarine, and made bread from white flour and fats like Crisco.

The Eskimos rarely washed but they were perfectly healthy as we know from Dr.

Weston A. Price's book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration.

Also many kinds of animals in the wild don't wash off their sweat yet they are

healthy unless they have food scarcity or obtain toxins we put in their

environment. They also clean their fur and genitals, etc. by licking, and they

eat bugs out of each others fur, etc. Some animals do not have sweat glands,

like pigs, so they must wallow in the mud and water instead.

Bee

[Guest guest]

Thanks Bee! Just another example of fearmongering, I guess. What you wrote

makes a whole lot MORE sense.

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Bee <beeisbuzzing2003@...> wrote:

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> > Hi,

> > Somewhere I read that it is important to cleanse the skin because the

> pack

> > draws toxins out of the body and if you don't wash then you risk

> > re-absorbtion. Sounded reasonable to me.

>

> +++Hi ,

>

> If that were true then I should have been very unhealthy when I was growing

> up since we only bathed and had our hair washed once a week (I'm 69 years

> old). My health started going downhill when my very frugal mother started

> using bad oils and fats, like margarine, and made bread from white flour and

> fats like Crisco.

>

> The Eskimos rarely washed but they were perfectly healthy as we know from

> Dr. Weston A. Price's book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration.

>

> Also many kinds of animals in the wild don't wash off their sweat yet they

> are healthy unless they have food scarcity or obtain toxins we put in their

> environment. They also clean their fur and genitals, etc. by licking, and

> they eat bugs out of each others fur, etc. Some animals do not have sweat

> glands, like pigs, so they must wallow in the mud and water instead.

>

> Bee

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[Guest guest]

There is still one thing that I don't understand though. We do absorb

things through our skin, right? If I stand on a piece of garlic before long

I am breathing garlic out of my mouth. If I bathe in chlorinated water I

absorb that as well I've been told. So then how would the toxins on the

skin not be absorbed? Are you saying that the skin doesn't absorb any of

these things?

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[Guest guest]

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> There is still one thing that I don't understand though. We do absorb

> things through our skin, right? If I stand on a piece of garlic before long

> I am breathing garlic out of my mouth. If I bathe in chlorinated water I

> absorb that as well I've been told. So then how would the toxins on the

> skin not be absorbed? Are you saying that the skin doesn't absorb any of

> these things?

+++Hi ,

I did not say your skin does not absorb substances, since it does. I was simply

saying that " if washing off the skin washed off toxins " and it was so important,

etc. - see what I wrote below.

Of course your skin absorbs all kinds of things, so your example of garlic is

typical. So does washing your skin after standing on a piece of garlic

eliminate your garlic breath? The answer is no.

" If that were true then I should have been very unhealthy when I was growing up

since we only bathed and had our hair washed once a week (I'm 69 years old). My

health started going downhill when my very frugal mother started using bad oils

and fats, like margarine, and made bread from white flour and fats like Crisco.

The Eskimos rarely washed but they were perfectly healthy as we know from Dr.

Weston A. Price's book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration.

Also many kinds of animals in the wild don't wash off their sweat yet they are

healthy unless they have food scarcity or obtain toxins we put in their

environment. They also clean their fur and genitals, etc. by licking, and they

eat bugs out of each others fur, etc. Some animals do not have sweat glands,

like pigs, so they must wallow in the mud and water instead. "

Bee