Castor Oil is a vegetable oil that comes from a seed from the Ricinus Communis plant. It has been used for centuries for its healing properties. Traditional midwives and holistic health practitioners use Castor Oil Packs for health challenges in the abdomen, digestion and reproductive system. This simple and effective treatment is prescribed for scar tissue adhesions after cesarean birth, breast and ovarian cysts, endometriosis, fibroids, GI stagnation, IBS, Crohn’s disease and more.
Castor Oil Packs for Cesarean Birth Recovery & Adhesions
Scarring and adhesions are common issues that can happen as you heal from your Cesarean or C-section surgery. Adhesions are thin sheets of scar tissue that join two pieces of tissue that normally would not be joined.
Adhesions attach to other tissue and organs in the lower abdomen, including the bladder, intestines, bowel, sacrum or anything in the pelvic floor. They can cause pain, urinary or bowel dysfunction, fertility challenges, and other disorders in the pelvic floor and lower abdomen. Adhesions affect 93% of people who have had abdominal or pelvic floor surgery and can negatively affect your overall health.
Why Do a Castor Oil Pack?
Castor Oil has the ability to penetrate deep into your body to break down scar tissue, adhesions and other abnormalities of the abdomen and pelvic floor. It soothes the entire abdominal cavity, triggers the growth of new tissue and reduces pain and inflammation. Castor Oil Packs also stimulate the lymphatic system, supporting the liver and gallbladder in the detoxification process.
What to Look for During Treatment
When you use a Castor Oil Pack daily you may notice that your bowel movements appear a little oily. This is good as it confirms deep penetration of the Castor Oil into the body and intestines. For healing adhesions and scar tissue, packs should be performed several times per week for about two months. This may sound like a lot, but the healing benefits are worth the effort. You’ll know it’s working when your symptoms of pain, inflammation, and/or bowel disfunction begin to subside.
What You Need: Castor Oil Pack Supplies
Our Wildish Castor Oil Pack Kit contains everything you need to easily perform Castor Oil Packs at home. But, if you’re sourcing everything yourself, you’ll need the follow items:
Hot Water Bottle: We recommend a hot water bottle over a heating pad.
Castor Oil: a bottle of organic Castor Oil. Castor Oil can stain. Be careful when using it. More on this in the how-to section.
Wool or Cotton Cloth: Wool holds up with many uses and doesn’t go rancid with the oil for months. Cotton is good for 6 weeks of regular use. You can reuse your cloth over and over, don’t wash it. When you are done, just throw it away.
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Towel: to wrap around you to keep the heat in.
How to Do a Castor Oil Pack
Fill your hot water bottle with hot water from the tap. If it’s not hot enough, you can add boiled water to it. Remember: you want it hot but never burning to the touch. If it’s too hot, take the hot water bottle off until it cools.
Get comfortable in a reclined position with a towel under your back you so when you lay on it, you can wrap it around you.
Add 2 oz of castor oil to your cloth, spread it around by rubbing the cloth together and then lay it oil-side down, on your lower abdomen on your Cesarean incision.
Put the hot water bottle on top of the cloth on your lower abdomen.
Wrap the towel around your abdomen to keep the warmth in.
Feel free to watch, listen or read something. You can meditate or simply lay with your eyes closed.
After 30-60 minutes, remove the hot water bottle. Open up the towel. Carefully remove the cloth so as not to get remaining oil on other fabrics or clothes.
Massage the remaining Castor Oil on your skin into your lower abdomen.
Put the cloth in the plastic bag, seal it and place it in the refrigerator for the next use. No need to wash the cloth between uses.
Empty the water bottle and store everything together for future use. This makes it easy to access and prepare for the next use.
Add a little extra Castor Oil to the cloth the next time, however there will still be remaining oil on there from the previous use.
Conclusion
The best results come from using the Castor Oil Pack over the course of time and regular use. Doing this for two months, several times per week will have an enormous impact. That being said, you can feel the healing effects from the first time you do it.
As a proactive measure to adhesions, our Repair Down There Salve is designed to heal your Cesarean incision (or perineum for vagin*l births) in a manner that prevents these adhesions from ever occurring. It also helps to minimize scarring. Consider having this product on hand for postpartum recovery.
