Castor Oil for Your Face (Nature’s Botox)

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Castor oil has been used for over 4,000 years! It’s been found in ancient Egyptian tombs and in Chinese and Indian medicine.

When shopping, look for an organic, cold-pressed, hexane-free castor oil packaged in a dark bottle.

Castor oil contains ricinoleic acid, which is not found in any other plant. It can help eliminate dark spots and wrinkles and is very hydrating for your skin. It can penetrate all three layers of your skin and can even dissolve lumps in some cases.

Castor oil benefits are best seen with consistent use. To see results, use castor oil three times per week for at least 30 days to 6 weeks.

Potential health benefits of castor oil include the following:

•Increases growth and thickness of eyelashes and brows

•Removes skin tags and warts with the help of iodine and garlic

•Boosts the immune system

•Helps dissolve tartar

•Reduces pain from arthritis

•Reduces liver congestion and increases bile flow Castor oil penetrates the skin, so you can use castor oil packs on the ovaries or breasts to help address cysts. DMSO can help castor oil penetrate the skin more deeply. Magnesium oil is also a helpful addition to castor oil.

Try dipping your face in an ice bath before applying castor oil. A 48 to 72-hour fast replaces dead cells with new cells and can have a multi-layer effect on your skin. A healthy diet is also essential!

Castor oil can improve stretch marks and scars and boost hair growth. Massage castor oil into your scalp to reduce dandruff and dry scalp. Jamaican black castor oil is the best option for your hair and scalp.

Massage castor oil into your feet to address inflammation systemically and use topically to reduce pain. Castor oil can cause early contractions during pregnancy, so use with caution.

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:Dr. Berg, age 60, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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0:00.0	We're going to talk about how to 10x the results of using castor oil, not just on your face,
0:05.0	but in many other applications. It's been around for at least 4,000 years. It was found in some
0:10.4	of these ancient Egyptian tombs and has been used in Chinese medicine, Indian medicine, for thousands
0:15.9	of years. Yet in an unaltered state, it's actually a pretty deadly poison. In the process of making the
0:22.0	oil, certain things are taken out to make it one of the most healing things that you can put on
0:26.2	your body. Let's first talk about the type of castor oil that you get. If you're just getting
0:30.0	some commercial castor oil that's not organic, it's not cold press, then you might be getting
0:35.3	a chemical in there called hexane, which is in petroleum.
0:38.2	You want a hexane-free, cold-press, organic in a darker bottle, because you don't want something
0:43.7	that's rancid or too refined as an oil to put on your skin. It's one of the thickest oils,
0:47.8	but it has something in it that is so rare, it's not in any other plants. It's a certain natural
0:53.7	chemical called
0:54.5	ricinoleic acid, which has the ability to get rid of a spot on your face. It gets rid of
1:01.2	wrinkles. It is super hydrating. Castro oil has the ability to penetrate all three layers of
1:06.8	your skin, and in some cases even dissolve certain types of lumps on your body. Probably one of
1:11.3	the biggest mistakes that people make. They're not using it consistently enough. They try it once
1:16.9	and they expect these miracles to happen. Be consistent. Use it longer. You have to do this
1:22.7	three times a week for at least 30 days to six weeks in some cases to start seeing change. You want to use
1:29.1	just a little bit and really rub it into the different parts of your face. And you're going to find
1:34.7	that it actually helps to hydrate your face. One of the biggest benefits of using castor oil
1:41.1	on your eyelashes or even eyebrows, It tends to increase the growth in the
1:46.3	thickening of your eyelashes and even your eyebrows. Works on skin tags, warts. For those things,
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