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Today’s question:

Q: “Hi! I have a question for a future newsletter: Castor oil. Everyone and their mother (and their grandmother!) is obsessed with this goopy oil. They want us to lather it everywhere. Why? I can’t seem to find any science or rational, and am wondering if I’m just giving into Castor, Inc. (or Big Castor) by not questioning it. What comes to mind is cult leaders who have turned blue after proclaiming Colloidal Silver over and over. Thanks!”

A: Gotta love the internet … Actually, the timing of this question is funny because I first tried the castor-oil-on-the-belly thing over a decade ago when I also tried seed-cycling. Both were recommended by a holistic health practitioner I was seeing in Seattle for general health and because I’d lost my period due to …