So I'd like to talk about castor oil treatment. castor oil is one of the most amazing oils that we use in the naturopathic principles. It's it's an oil that comes from the castor bean plant and there's so much research around how it can benefit the body. In the naturopathic philosophy we take some of that research from Dr. Edgar Casey from the Casey Institute, and he discovered that using castor oil on the body organs can not only detoxify the system, but also change the cellular process of how the body detoxifies and rejuvenate. And so what we found is that castor oil actually can encourage the immunity. So improving immunity can actually improve detoxification and to some degree lessen any feelings or emotional upset.

So how that works is when we apply castor oil to a particular part of the Bodi it will actually soothe and calm and also detoxify these key chemicals within Castro that act like an astringent, so they draw out toxicity, and they improve the cellular function. And so it not only works physically, but we can also by looking at dead cases where see the spiritual and the different dimensions that cultural works. We look back in ancient times, Castro was used amongst the Egyptians, where they use the oil to actually preserve bodies and bomb in the bodies with castor oil, and it was used within Ancient Greece for beauty treatments. So Castrol on the face as a tonic and as a cleanser will actually really make a huge difference with anti aging and also tone in the skin. It's been used for bends. It's being used within the eye Vedic philosophy for Susan inflammation.

We use castor oil as a compress so put in the oil directly onto and bleach caution needs to be unbleached because that costs and if it's not, the coloring can go into the body through the skin. So we want to have an end bleached piece of flannel or caution with castor oil onto that and directly onto the auger that's needing the attention. So within our philosophy, we use castor oil on the liver first, and the liver is just below the rib cage. And so you'd want to put the whole congrats right the way across the abdominal and the colon. So you're actually treating the digestive system. And that's usually left on for one hour after three evenings a week.

So you do them in a sequence. And the idea is that should always feel better after a compress. And so if there's any side effects, such as loose bowels or headache afterwards, that you might have a longer gap between sessions. Or do the Congress for a shorter amount of time. All these things need to be supervised by a practitioner. Or if you're absolutely sure of where your bodies are, then you cannot be applied yourself within your own home.

And I'd be talking about what may be the contraindications visa for yourself within that. It's usually a very safe technique that you can apply yourself and something that you can do as part of our program to improve symptoms and also to improve longevity. And so having energy and long term capacity to improve energy function, it can make such a big difference to everyone that has come across using these techniques. We found that it is very transformative. So even if we're not doing a carbon price, we can actually apply the castor oil to the lymphatic system. We can put it on the chakra points the energy points even for simply as a throat, compress or oil on the throat to the inflammation of the throat if there was soreness there, that can also make a big difference.

So it can be used throughout the body, but we generally say is any area both the liver, the lungs, the throat, even if you're putting it on the scalp area, you would need to do a compromise on the liver first. So liver function is always worked with first and then above the body, any organs there you might actually do the liver as well. So if you're doing a compress on the lambs coffin, you do deliver at the same time. And then anything below the livers or just kidneys, put in foil on the skin on the legs, you wouldn't need to do the liver compress, but it is recommended as a starting point to end in corporate and uncut with a Castro treatment. So beyond Castro on the skinny might actually use other types of aisles which I spoke about briefly coconut sesame oil, sometimes hang for maybe years or nine of your choice that could actually improve the function of the skin to improve in detoxification.

In the Chinese system, we say that the skin the lungs of the mind are very connected with the colon. And so it makes sense at this stage to think about how the colon function is doing it with with the colon is actually congested or slightly sluggish. Or overworking. I loose bowels, you might find the skin and the lungs are very connected with that. So are you getting more sports or having a persistent cough? Fight the mind is foggy because the cold on sluggish and so one key thing that we can do within our own homes again is enemas and enemas.

Enema kits can be bought from a number of companies that are out there that have large families One of the things that we recommend as practitioners is neutrophils, they sell enema kits. And it's something that you can incorporate at home. It comes with instructions. And later on in this series of talks, I'll be telling you how to go about using one. If there's any anxiety or when sort of doubt around gc didymus, you can always get in touch with a naturopath to talk you through that process as part of the program. But they certainly aren't something that we use a lot in treatments, and there's something that we'd recommend you explore.

And then that takes me on to enema, beyond enemas to Kalani Kalani mix of based on going to a practitioner and it's a much deeper treatment and something that can be very valid within our philosophy. But the main thing is to recognize Do you need it and how often you might need these principles. So that is to say and also effective. And so again, thinking about which To the body may need attention now based on your symptoms. If the livers congested then it could bring about nausea, Akin throughout the body in poor digestion. If the skin is congested, then the obvious ones would be not sweating substantially whatever the sweating, also spots on the skin and genuine skin tone not being as good as it could be.

And then colon symptoms, again, constipation or loose bowels and bloating there. So really identifying where the symptoms and how you'd go about that that will link in the technique to match those symptoms. And through experience as a practitioner. I've seen people totally transformed by using these techniques. They can see very simple that alongside the dietary changes that were recommended and the supplementation, they are really a big part of our philosophy. as a practitioner, I could vouch to say, and if I didn't have the techniques as part of my philosophy, I think patience and my particular history, I would find that it would be would have been more difficult to move into a state of wellness.

Not to say you wouldn't get there but it actually takes a much longer time period.