F.J.A. (Co Letrim, Ireland) on 03/08/2026

As a budding Musician (Drums) in the late 60’s, I bought some exercises so I would not need to practise, the exercises involved, concentrating on the fingertips as the wrist is rotated and another which began with a clenched fist, and the hand then springs open.

One day I did the springing hand thing and it felt like the elastic band in my Left wrist snapped, I was in pain for years. The pain went away completely about forty years later when I wore a wrist strap for a few days-ish.

I moved from london to the irish countryside and tried my hand at a bit of farming around 2000, whilst erecting a polly tunnel, I aggravated my right wrist and hand when digging, trenching in and back filling the polly tunnel covering, I was so determined to get the job done, I went back with sore Right wrist and hand, and completed the job but: it seemed like my farming and music playing days were over, I could still hook things up with my hands though.

When I heard about Castor Oil (again) I got a bottle and felt enthusiastic about the potential results and just before bed time, applied a profuse amount to my right wrist, hand and arm and the surplus got spread over my left limb accordingly.

When I awoke, the middle, ring and little fingers on my Left hand were numb, that was about three years ago and I have not used Castor oil since, I did strechy exercises and had some Bowen treatment, along with regularly dosing myself with Mag Phos Biochemic tissue salts (they are amassing and work) my little finger is still numb around the tip and My right hand is still quite painful along the little finger side of the hand and up into the wrist when articulated.

Reading about Castor Oil again tonight here, has prompted me to contact you to ask, can you shine a light on the reaction I had with castor oil, because all the other comments about the substance are very positive.