Castor Oil
4 benefits mapped to clinical evidence across supplements.
Benefit Evidence
Digestive support
Moderate
Gut permeability/stool looseness +
Labor onset/VBAC +
Bowel prep/imaging mixed
690 people
Main Effects
Digestive support690
Gut permeability/stool looseness +
Labor onset/VBAC +
Bowel prep/imaging mixed
Moderate
Similar by evidence
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Being studied right now
Recruiting clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. A trial in progress has no result yet — this is what the field is asking, not what it found.
Castor Oil Ingestion and Balloon Catheter for Labor Induction in NulliparousCastor Oil · Induction of Labor Affected Fetus / Newborn · 142 participants planned · ClinicalTrials.govRecruitingCastor Oil Ingestion and Balloon Catheter for Labor Induction in MultiparousCastor Oil · Induction of Labor · 216 participants planned · ClinicalTrials.govRecruiting