According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, castor oil — which is pressed or extracted from castor beans — is approved for just one medicinal use: as a laxative. Here’s what castor ...

After a quick Google search, the woman realized using the oil could actually be dangerous. “Too much castor oil, it’s literally like call poison control,” she explained. Social media users ...

The latest health trend doing the rounds on social media involves pouring castor oil in your belly button. While trending on TikTok now, this health hack actually draws from the ancient Ayurvedic ...

“The internet is all over castor oil as a go-to skincare product,” says Mary Alice Mina, M.D., F.A.A.D., co-owner of Baucom & Mina Derm Surgery in Atlanta. People on TikTok claim that it has ...

Castor oil has a bad rap with anyone who was force-fed spoonfuls of it as a child, but it’s gone viral on social media recently for benefits other than being a powerful laxative with a famously ...