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Castor Oil Remedies For Colds
Vegetable Oil-Castor Oil Top Uses
This medication has 2 types of ingredients (emollient, keratolytic) that work together to treat or prevent dry, rough, scaly, itchy skin (e.g., eczema, keratosis, xerosis). Dry skin is caused by a loss of water in the upper layer of the skin. Emollients are substances that soften and moisturize the skin and decrease itching and flaking. Emollients/moisturizers work by forming an oily layer on the top of...
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Castor oil overdose
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Castor oil is a yellowish liquid often used as a lubricant and in laxatives. This article discusses poisoning from swallowing a large amount... Read more »
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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