Getting to Know Herbs: Castor Bean (Ricinus)

#### Dear serey all Castor bean has an impressive look but the whole plant is toxic. It's considered the most dangerous and most poisonous plant in the world. Castor oil is safe, and used for medicinal purposes. Despite having bean in it's name, castor bean isn't a true bean. The poison ricin is made from this plant, which can lead to death. The belief in magickal plants has castor bean used for protection, absorbing evil, stopping evil eye and negativity. https://i.imgur.com/24aBgw8.jpg Photo by @zur It's also commonly called castor oil, palm of Christ, or Palma Christi. The scientific botanical name is Ricinus communis. Other names include African Coffee Tree, Arandi, Bi Ma Zi, Bofareira, Castorbean, Castor Bean Plant, Castor Oil Plant, Castor Seed, Erand, Eranda, Gandharva Hasta, Graine de Ricin, Huile de Ricin, Huile de Ricin Végétale, Mexico Weed, Palma Christi, Ricin, Ricin Commun, Ricin Sanguin, Ricine, Ricino, Ricinus sanguines, Tangantangan Oil Plant, Wonder Tree. Key Points popular medicinal use for the castor oil most dangerous and poisonous plant according to Guinness Book of records magic believers use it to stop evil not edible apart from castor oil History https://i.imgur.com/zocXfI6.jpg Ricinus is Latin and means tick. The seed has marking and a bump at the end that resembles a tick. The name of castor probably comes from it's replacement for the perfume castoreum made from died perineal glands of the beaver (castor in Latin). Castor seeds have been found in Egyptian tombs dated to 4,000 BC. Castor oil has long been used to fuel lamps as a slow burning oil. Herodotus noted it's use also for improving hair growth and texture. The Ebers Papyrus, dated to 1552 BC, is an ancient Egyptian medical treatise that described castor oil as a laxative. It's been used in India since at least 2,000 BC as a laxative, purgative and cathartic, and is considered the king of medicinals for curing arthritic disease in Traditional Ayurvedic medicine. https://i.imgur.com/gFxE05e.jpg Pliny the Elder described the use of leaves by the ancient Romans: > > "The leaves are applied topically with vinegar for erysipelas, and fresh-gathered, they are used by themselves for diseases of the mamillæ [breasts] and de- fluxions; a decoction of them in wine, with polenta and saffron, is good for inflammations of various kinds. Boiled by themselves, and applied to the face for three successive days, they improve the complexion." __ __ ### Thanks all follow me @zur