Poke Root and Castor Oil
Poke root castor salve
Updated 07/12/2024
The powerful combination of fall harvested Poke Root combined with Castor oil has helped many people, including me, with issues where shrinking, soothing, and softening are needed. Because this salve is made with castor oil, it’s not likely to clog pores.
From fibroids, arthritis, swollen lymph nodes, endometriosis, cysts and fatty tumors to cystic acne; our creative customers have tried this smooth salve in ways I hadn’t imagined.
I was surprised to find that some have been using it for under eye care and have reported improvement in dark circles, fine lines, and a reduction in puffiness under the eyes. I have begun using it under my eyes as well and can report the same results.
Castor oil
Castor oil not only gives this salve a unique silky smooth feel, but it’s known for its rich fatty acids, natural anti-inflammatory compounds, and antioxidants. This salve is especially powerful when paired with heat.
You can warm the target area with a wet washcloth and/or place some salve in a small bowl that is sitting in a container of warm water before applying to the skin for additional benefits. OR you can apply the salve, lay a flannel cloth over the area and apply a hot water bottle (not heating pad).
I’ve been advised by knowledgeable herbalists to only use poke root for 6 weeks at a time. Take a break for a few weeks and start back if necessary. I’m NOT a clinical herbalist, but have used poke root for several years.
You can purchase the 1 oz, 2 oz, and 4 oz tins of this salve our family store at Homestead Iron. Like all my herbs, our Poke Root is harvested right here on the Missouri Herbs farm nestled next to the National forest. We are beyond organic!
Testimonial:
Your Poke Root Salve is amazing! I have a skin condition called hidradenitis suppurative. It is a very painful and disfiguring condition. Doctors don't have a cure just pills, poisons, and surgeries I can't afford. My mom brought me some of your Poke root salve to try after it helped my dad with his HS. I am so glad she did. It's the ONLY thing i treat my HS with now. When a sore starts popping up I apply the salve. I get immediate pain relief and In three days it's open and drains completely. It can take a couple weeks for a big one to completely heal but it heals instead of just draining and hurting all the time for months to years. I cannot go back to life without it. Nothing can ever happen to you because I really CAN NOT go back to the way things were. It was no good going through life without help or a cure. At least now I can treat it and win the battles. Thank you for your healing salve. With much love for your Butterfly Medicine ~ Tracy S.
Fall Harvest Poke Root
Fatty Tumor Before Poke Castor Salve
Fatty Tumor 1 week after Poke Castor Salve
A castor pack is used in cases for additional benefit. Please try this at least 4 days in a row per week for 2 weeks.
First prepare your room: Lay a towel over your pillow or on the couch where you are going to lay or sit. Near your bed/ chair place 2 good sized patches of old blue jean material (or old towel) like 12 x 12”, another towel and a big glass of water. Having a set of tongs handy keeps you from getting your hands so oily.
In the kitchen: Fill hot water bottle with hot water.
Get 3 or 4 layers of old cut up strips per area you are going to be treating (about 6” wide and about 8” long) of flannel or some thick, all natural cloth. If you are doing both breasts, then you’ll need a set of cloth for both. Put the strips in a glass bowl or container. If that container has a fitted Tupperware type lid – you can store your strips of cloth and re-use them.
Pour a generous amount of castor oil in the container and lay the cloths in one at a time, soaking each so that they are soaked and heavy. Get a pot of water and put the container of cloth and oil in the water (the cloths are in the bowl, not touching the water) and warm them. Not too hot so that you’ll burn yourself.
When you re-warm the cloths the next day, you can put more oil on them if needed. When the oil soaked cloths are slightly warm, keep them in the bowl and take them and the hot water bottle to where you will do your treatment.
Apply poke salve fist if you are going to use this as well. Then pick up the strips of oiled cloth, gently squeeze with thumb and index finger over your container to get excess oil out. Lay the warmed castor oil strips of cloth in several layers on the breast, then cover with big blue jean strips, (you can then cover it with plastic wrap if you want), then the hot water bottle, then cover all with a towel and just relax till the bottles aren’t warm anymore, sipping your water. Some fall asleep wrapped up and that’s OK. You might want to get a storage bin to store this stuff in because it’ll probably be stained. You might feel relief after the first time, I did.
“No pain from Mortens Neuroma tumors since applying Poke Root Castor Salve 2X.”
“For everyone suffering from oddities of the adrenal and lymphatic and endocrine problems? This product is an ABSOLUTE GODSEND! My use was for a sand-spur of 20 years in my body which I finally got to fall off. But the inflammation and huge pain and histamine release from such, actually jeopardize my actual LIFE. After first application, the intense pain 80% stopped. Things and infections from the sand spur and or other lymphatic problems? STOPPED. After 3 days healing of a very deep wound/hole in my foot the size of a dime and 1/4” deep began to heal and pain relieve was INSTANTANEOUS. With all that is being pushed on us all by the “medical experts” being the joke they are, did exactly what this seller said it would do. Absolutely AMAZING healing product that I am telling all my friends about this sole product!”
“I’m over the moon with this salve. I sent it to my sister who has a host of lymphatic drainage issues and she loves it.
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This SALVE!!! I NEED A BATHTUB FULL OF THIS MIRACLE GREASE! My mum gets a boil in the same spot ever so often. I put it under her arm when it was just beginning and she didn’t experience ANY of the grief she usually does. The poison was neutralized and I can’t believe it! It NEVER CAME TO THE SURFACE. She’s been dealing with this for years. No antibiotics this time and she’s fine. Also we put it under her eyes because her lymph nodes are obviously sluggish and her eyes went down in two days. You have a customer for LIFE. I will gift these tins to my senior clients at Christmas for sure.”
“This salve is amazing! I used it for a boil. Not only did it work, but it worked fast. I’m so grateful for this product.”
“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This product is amazing. I had a lump on my cervical lymph node and using just regular hexane free castor oil wasn’t doing the trick. I also ended up with a cyst on my upper abdomen that became inflamed and painful. The inflammation went away with just the castor oil but the cyst still remained. I just received this and after a day of applying it the lump on my lymph node is 95% gone and the cyst on my abdomen is going away! This stuff is gold in my opinion and I’ll be repurchasing just to have a backup. So happy with this and grateful to have found you on here”
“I use this on a swollen lymph in my neck and also in places I have inflammation and it has helped me alot. Thank you.”
“This is an excellent product. I’ve been using it for painful fibrocystic breasts and in less than a month the pain is practically gone.”
“This is helping with a eczema rash that nothing else worked on as well as some cystic acne that would not go away. Amazing product. After a few days the pain is gone and skin is healing.”
“Healed my husband thyroid problems he had for years.”
