Replied by Rob from Kentucky on 07/15/2026

A 20-year-old woman from the West Indies had what must be classified as a mixed bacterial-fungus infection under the nail of the right forefinger. For four years, it had grown more and more serious, until the nail became very thick, the end of the finger tender, and a greenish-yellow exudate, which had a foul odor, came from the nail. For nearly four months, the girl’s mother placed a pad of cotton soaked with castor oil around the tip of the finger and bandaged it in place every night. The infection disappeared, the nail grew in normally, and now she claims it is the strongest and best nail she has.

This mother, whose daughter responded so well to the use of castor oil on her finger, used the same treatment for a bunion on her big toe – rubbing it with castor oil three times a day and sleeping with a pad placed over it at night. In three weeks, the swelling was gone. Whenever it starts to flare up again, she treats it the same way with the same results. She may have the gout, rather than a bunion, but she is controlling it in a very simplified and economical manner.

Note: A mixture of 1:1 Ratio of Castor oil and Tea Tree Oil will increase the anti-fungal effect. When castor oil is used externally (rubbed into the skin), castor oil is able to penetrate deeper than any other essential plant oil (up to10cm). Rubbing castor oil on the skin can relieve pain, reduce inflammation, detoxify the body and boost lymphatic circulation.

Source: September, 1974, Volume 9, No. 5, page 218, by the Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA. https://cayce.com/cayce-case-reports/castor-oil-stories-ear-nail-problems/