Can castor oil grow eyelashes? What is the main effect

Castor oil is made from raw materials picked from common plants, ground into powder, and after processing can be used in many beauty industries, because castor oil can be used for appropriate external use and has the effect of growing eyelashes, but its main use range is still to lubricate, repair, and grow eyelashes. Therefore, many people also use castor oil to grow eyelashes, but the effect varies from person to person and depends on physical condition.

Plant and animal forms

Castor is a tall annual herb that often becomes a perennial shrub or small tree in tropical or southern regions. The young and tender parts are covered with white powder, green or slightly purple, and are hairless. Simple leaves are alternate and have long petioles; the leaves are shield-shaped and round, 15-60cm in diameter, sometimes as large as 90cm, palmately divided to less than half of the leaf blade, with 5-11 lobes, ovate-lanceolate to oblong, gradually pointed at the apex, serrated on the margins, and the main veins are palmate. The panicle is opposite and terminal to the leaves, 10-30 cm long or longer, with male flowers at the bottom and female flowers at the top; petals are monoecious and without petals; male calyx has 3-5 lobes; stamens are numerous, filaments are much branched; female calyx has 3-5 lobes; ovary has 3 chambers, with 1 ovule in each chamber; styles are 3, dark red, and 2-lobed. The capsule is spherical, 1-2 cm long, with soft thorns, and cracks when ripe. The seeds are oblong, smooth and spotted. The flowering period is from May to August, and the fruiting period is from July to October.

【 Efficacy classification 】Moisturizing medicine

[ Identification of raw medicinal materials ] Properties: This product is an almost colorless or slightly yellow clear viscous liquid with a slight odor and a light taste followed by a slightly spicy taste.

【 Nature and flavor 】Sweet; spicy; neutral; toxic

[ Source of medicinal materials ] It is the fatty oil extracted from the seeds of Ricinus communis L., a plant of the Euphorbiaceae family.

[ Usage and Dosage ] Oral administration: 10-20ml. For external use: Apply appropriate amount.

[ Source ] "Chinese Materia Medica"

Application

Castor oil and castor oil derivatives are widely used in medicines, cosmetics, lubricants, lubricants, metalworking oils, fiber oils, coatings, plastics, adhesives, plasticizers, etc.

Packaging and storage

Packaged in spray-painted anti-rust iron barrel, 190KG/barrel, stored in a ventilated and cool warehouse.

Additional prescription

① Treat hemiplegia, aphonia and loss of speech due to wind-induced aphasia: 1 liter of castor bean fat. Put one dou of wine in a copper bowl, put the fat in the wine, cook it for one day until it is cooked, and then drink it. (Qianjin Fang)

②Treat bleeding on tongue: pinch castor oil paper, burn it and smoke into nose. (From "Zhai Yuan Fang")

③Treatment of tongue swelling and blockage in the mouth: shell 40 castor beans, grind into oil, apply on paper, make a pinch, burn and fumigate. If the swelling does not go away, fumigate again until the symptoms are relieved. Someone had a tongue that was swollen and sticking out of his mouth, and it was cured by using this method. (《Experienced Prescriptions》)

④Treat burns: Mix equal amounts of 3~5% bleaching powder and castor oil to form an emulsion. Apply to the affected area and change the dressing every other day if necessary. (Selected Works of the Exhibition: Surgery)