Castor Oil Pack
Castor oil packs have been used for centuries to aid in healing, detoxing, and reducing inflammation. Castor oil promotes lymphatic drainage, increases circulation, and helps decrease pain.
Materials
- Organic Cold-pressed Castor Oil look for hexane free and in a glass bottle
- Cotton or Wool Flannel cloth OR a Castor Oil Pack Linked below
- Old Towel or Cloth If you're using the cotton or wool flannel, you will want an old towel to create a barrier and prevent staining your clothes, bedding, and heating pad.
- Towel
- Optional: Heating Pad I highly recommend this as it will help with absorption and it's quite relaxing.
Instructions
- Get your flannel cloth ready (skip this step if using a pre-sized castor oil pack). If you have a large cloth you will want to cut it into smaller pieces. I use to cut mine into ~10 x 12 inch rectangles. Fold one of the cloth pieces so that it is 3-4 layers thick and a size similar to the area you plan to cover (liver, abdomen, joints, etc..).
- Pour some castor oil onto the fabric, around a few tablespoons. After pouring the oil onto the fabric I like to fold the fabric on itself and rub the oil around so that it saturates the fabric but isn't dripping or running off.
- Place the castor oil cloth against your skin covering the area of your body that you plan to apply it. For detox or gut health support this will be over your abdomen or the right side where your liver is located. If you are trying to relieve muscle or joint pain and inflammation you will apply it to the that area.
- If you are using the flannel cloth, you will want to cover it with an old towel or rag as a barrier. This will help keep it in place and trap heat while you relax. The pre-sized 'castor oil pack' has a built in barrier and strings to tie it around your body to hold in place.
- Apply heat over the castor oil pack. This helps increase the absorption and benefits. It is also very relaxing. It can be helpful to lay down on a towel when doing this just to add extra protection for your bedding and furniture- castor oil can stain.
- Relax with the castor oil pack and heat for at least 30 minutes.
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