Castor seeds are well-known for numerous health properties and chief among them is the use of castor seed oil as a cleansing laxative and purgative. Some herbalists make the use of castor bean oil in order to treat food poisoning. In Chinese medicine castor bean seeds also popularly known as castor oil seeds are used to extract the castor oil and use it as an external application. Most people who grew up with home remedy grandparents may recollect having to consume castor oil as a child and remember its especially horrible taste. Nevertheless, are healthy dose of castor oil is the final word on stomach upsets especially those related to constipation.