{"id":8475,"date":"2016-10-22T11:54:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T15:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/?p=8475"},"modified":"2016-10-22T11:54:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T15:54:45","slug":"medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical News Today: Can Castor Oil Be Used For Treating Constipation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"richsummary\">\n<p id=\"abstract\">There has been some insight into the question of whether or not castor oil itself can be used for the treatment of constipation itself. In more detail to this particular aspect itself when it comes to functions of the body getting rid of waste is one of the most important functions of the body and when constipation occurs this function is stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Key Takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"takeaways\">\n<li id=\"takeaway1\">Constipation has multiple causes and has multiple side effects, and must be used with caution.<\/li>\n<li id=\"takeaway2\">Castor oil is helpful in correcting a problem with constipation, and it is recommended that a person consult a doctor before and after using this product.<\/li>\n<li id=\"takeaway3\">Constipation can be prevented with changes in lifestyle, which include changes in diet, good water consumption, and the right kind of healthy exercise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"quote\">&#8220;Many treatments exist to treat constipation and attempt to get the bowels moving again. One nonprescription treatment is castor oil. This oil is known to have a laxative effect on the body, an effect that causes a bowel movement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"source\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/313523.php\">http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/313523.php<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been some insight into the question of whether or not castor oil itself can be used for the treatment of constipation itself. In more detail to this particular aspect itself when it comes to functions of the body getting rid of waste is one of the most important functions of the body and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1646],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-commentary-posts","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.3 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Medical News Today: Can Castor Oil Be Used For Treating Constipation? - Vitamins and Their Uses<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medical News Today: Can Castor Oil Be Used For Treating Constipation?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There has been some insight into the question of whether or not castor oil itself can be used for the treatment of constipation itself. In more detail to this particular aspect itself when it comes to functions of the body getting rid of waste is one of the most important functions of the body and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vitamins and Their Uses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VitaNetVitaminStore\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-22T15:54:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vitanet-img-r-301.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"387\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"VitaNet Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@VitaNetLLC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@VitaNetLLC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"VitaNet Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"VitaNet Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d59a1d20c53d25aaf79050ed007f365c\"},\"headline\":\"Medical News Today: Can Castor Oil Be Used For Treating Constipation?\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-22T15:54:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/vitanet-img-r-301.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Commentary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\\\/\",\"name\":\"Medical News Today: Can Castor Oil Be Used For Treating Constipation? - Vitamins and Their Uses\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/vitanet-img-r-301.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-22T15:54:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/vitanet-img-r-301.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/vitanet-img-r-301.jpg\",\"width\":740,\"height\":387,\"caption\":\"Selective focus on the front blueberry\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Commentary\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/category\\\/commentary-posts\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Medical News Today: Can Castor Oil Be Used For Treating Constipation?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Vitamins and Their Uses\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"VitaNet LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/VitaNetLLC-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/VitaNetLLC-Logo.png\",\"width\":260,\"height\":90,\"caption\":\"VitaNet LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/VitaNetVitaminStore\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/VitaNetLLC\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/vitanet-llc-health-food-store\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d59a1d20c53d25aaf79050ed007f365c\",\"name\":\"VitaNet Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/71a7dc1580e04897789fb7275b731d5a851351230bf41129f18fb71a496ce9b1?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/71a7dc1580e04897789fb7275b731d5a851351230bf41129f18fb71a496ce9b1?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/71a7dc1580e04897789fb7275b731d5a851351230bf41129f18fb71a496ce9b1?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"caption\":\"VitaNet Staff\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/vitanetonline.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/resultflowvitanet\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Medical News Today: Can Castor Oil Be Used For Treating Constipation? - Vitamins and Their Uses","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Medical News Today: Can Castor Oil Be Used For Treating Constipation?","og_description":"There has been some insight into the question of whether or not castor oil itself can be used for the treatment of constipation itself. In more detail to this particular aspect itself when it comes to functions of the body getting rid of waste is one of the most important functions of the body and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/","og_site_name":"Vitamins and Their Uses","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VitaNetVitaminStore\/","article_published_time":"2016-10-22T15:54:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":740,"height":387,"url":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vitanet-img-r-301.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"VitaNet Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@VitaNetLLC","twitter_site":"@VitaNetLLC","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"VitaNet Staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/"},"author":{"name":"VitaNet Staff","@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d59a1d20c53d25aaf79050ed007f365c"},"headline":"Medical News Today: Can Castor Oil Be Used For Treating Constipation?","datePublished":"2016-10-22T15:54:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/"},"wordCount":184,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vitanet-img-r-301.jpg","articleSection":["Commentary"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/","url":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/","name":"Medical News Today: Can Castor Oil Be Used For Treating Constipation? - Vitamins and Their Uses","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vitanet-img-r-301.jpg","datePublished":"2016-10-22T15:54:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vitanet-img-r-301.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vitanet-img-r-301.jpg","width":740,"height":387,"caption":"Selective focus on the front blueberry"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/medical-news-today-can-castor-oil-be-used-for-treating-constipation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Commentary","item":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/category\/commentary-posts\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Medical News Today: Can Castor Oil Be Used For Treating Constipation?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/","name":"Vitamins and Their Uses","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/#organization","name":"VitaNet LLC","url":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/VitaNetLLC-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/VitaNetLLC-Logo.png","width":260,"height":90,"caption":"VitaNet LLC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VitaNetVitaminStore\/","https:\/\/x.com\/VitaNetLLC","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/vitanet-llc-health-food-store"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d59a1d20c53d25aaf79050ed007f365c","name":"VitaNet Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71a7dc1580e04897789fb7275b731d5a851351230bf41129f18fb71a496ce9b1?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71a7dc1580e04897789fb7275b731d5a851351230bf41129f18fb71a496ce9b1?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71a7dc1580e04897789fb7275b731d5a851351230bf41129f18fb71a496ce9b1?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","caption":"VitaNet Staff"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/vitanetonline.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/author\/resultflowvitanet\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8476,"href":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8475\/revisions\/8476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}