The Oil Nut or castor bean has been used for centuries in Jamaicans hair care regimen. The beans are usually pressed and used to produce oil. The oil commonly called Jamaican Black Castor Oil, is so called because of its dark, viscous colour.
Castor Oil has amazing properties and benefits and is known mainly for its efficacy in fighting fungus, such as dandruff, as well as its anti-inflammatory and healing properties which includes wound healing.
Video demonstrating how Jamaican Black Castor Oil is made:
How to Use Castor Oil
Castor Oil can be used as a laxative; however, in hair care, the oil is used to:
Steam the hair
do a hot oil treatment
oil the scalp.
Among its many benefits, Jamaicans are convinced that castor oil does help to promote hair growth.
Jamaican Myth
Castor Oil should only be produced by elderly women or men but never women who are in childbearing or menstruous years.
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