[log in to unmask] writes:
 > The plant is quite toxic and triggers allergic reactions in
 > many people. Not the sort of thing I'd want to eat.

I was considering trying a castor oil pack to see if it would help diminish
fibrocystic breast cysts -- but since it would be absorbed through the skin
-- I wanted to know more about it.  I don't use polyunsaturated skin creams
-- just creams with either macadamia nut oil or olive oil or sometime jojoba
oil.