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Castorbean Oil

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Clinical Trials

Meta-Analyses

PubMed References

Top Conditions Studied with Castorbean Oil

Prolonged Pregnancy 1 Induction of Labor 1 Colorectal neoplasia/polyps and completion rate of colon cap 1 Castor oil is obtained from the plant Ricinus communis and h 1 Therapeutic Hyperthermia|Thermotherapy|Polymers 1 Pulp Response to Castor Oil 1

📋 Sample Trials

NCT00244738

The Use of Castor Oil as a Labor Initiator in Post-date Pregnancies

Completed

NCT01100541

Evaluation of a Polymeric Plate Derived From Castor Oil to Thermotherapy

Completed

NCT03958981

Castror Oil for Labor Induction in Women With Previous Cesarean Section

Completed

📊 Sample Meta-Analyses

CRD42022326787

Effect of castor oil on labor induction: systematic review and meta-analysis

Castor oil is obtained from the plant Ricinus communis and has been among the ag

CRD42022338939

Effect of castor oil in bowel preparation regimen for patients undergoing colon capsule endoscopy

Colorectal neoplasia/polyps and completion rate of colon capsule endoscopy

📚 Sample References

None linked yet.

🌿 All Herb data fields for Castorbean Oil

🌿 Names

Pinyin Name

Bi Ma You

中文名 (Chinese)

蓖麻油

Latin Name

Ricinus Communis

English Name

Castorbean Oil

☯ TCM Properties

Properties (性味)

Sweet; Acrid; Neutral

Meridians (归经)

Lung; Large Intestine

Part Used

Oil expressed from seeds

🩺 Clinical Profile

Function (功能)

To lubricate intestines, moisten skin.

Indication (主治)

Dry stool, sore and scab, burns.

Toxicity

Toxic

🔗 External References

HERB DB

HERB000431 ↗

TCMID

7702

🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (25 fields)

name

Castorbean Oil

chinese name

蓖麻油

pinyin name

Bi Ma You

latin name

Ricinus Communis

english name

Castorbean Oil

properties english

Sweet; Acrid; Neutral

meridians english

Lung; Large Intestine

use part

Oil expressed from seeds

tcmid id

7702

herb id str

HERB000431

function text

To lubricate intestines, moisten skin.

indication

Dry stool, sore and scab, burns.

toxicity

Toxic

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📋 Clinical Trials

4 · subject of clinical study

NCT00244738 The Use of Castor Oil as a Labor Initiator in Post-date Pregnancies

→ Prolonged Pregnancy

NCT01100541 Evaluation of a Polymeric Plate Derived From Castor Oil to Thermotherapy

→ Therapeutic Hyperthermia|Thermotherapy|Polymers

NCT03958981 Castror Oil for Labor Induction in Women With Previous Cesarean Section

→ Induction of Labor

NCT05723900 Evaluation of Pulp Response to Castor Oil

→ Pulp Response to Castor Oil

📊 Meta-Analyses

2 · systematic review

CRD42022326787 Effect of castor oil on labor induction: systematic review and meta-analysis

→ Castor oil is obtained from the plant Ricinus comm

CRD42022338939 Effect of castor oil in bowel preparation regimen for patients undergoing colon

→ Colorectal neoplasia/polyps and completion rate of

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