Hot Castor Oil Pack Weirdness

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Just got done doing a hot castor oil pack on a friend. She had

some bowel thing going on in which part of the intestine collapses like

a telescope in upon itself and was suffering from intermittent

constipation and explosive diarhea. Her tummy was swollen with extra

matter that wasn't coming out. Put a heated castor oil soaked piece of

flannel on her abdomen, covered it with a piece of plastic, placed on a

hot water bottle, and covered everything with a towel. Redid the

hotwater bottle after half an hour and at the end of the hour I noticed

something odd. After removing all the stuff on her bare abdomen was a

small area about 3 inches across that was bright red. The odd part was

it was located right over the part of her intestines where the problem

was. There were no discernable hot spots in the way the flannel or hot

water bottle was applied. By some reason more blood flow was brought

into that area by the treatment. That's what it's suppose to do but it

was curious to see it play out.

Anyone have a similiar experience or observations?