NEWS · B2 Level - Part 5

Why Are Some People Using Castor Oil

It's all the rage - castor oil. "This stuff is magical."

Level: B2 · 26 sentences

Transcript

  1. It's all the rage - castor oil.
  2. "This stuff is magical."
  3. "Oh my gosh, there's just so many possibilities."
  4. It's no longer the dreaded medicine from yesteryear.
  5. Remember the children and Mary Poppins?
  6. "Never give us castor oil or gruel."
  7. Today, videos touting the benefits of castor oil have racked up a mind blowing 400 million views on social media.
  8. "We could get rid of our cellulite."
  9. People are using it to grow their hair.
  10. "Castor oil is one of the best oils for growing your hair and vanish wrinkles."
  11. "I started rubbing castor oil on my face at night, and most of my wrinkles are gone."
  12. She says her nails got stronger and longer.
  13. "I never have nails this long."
  14. "It is one of the things that has absolutely changed my life."
  15. Fitness influencer Emma Citarelli swears by it.
  16. "Two years ago, I struggled with really bad bloating and ovarian cyst."
  17. For the past year, she's been rubbing castor oil on her stomach before bed.
  18. She covers it with a cotton pack.
  19. "Cysts on my ovaries have gone down."
  20. "It's great for hair health... I put it on my eyelashes and eyebrows."
  21. "It just helps those grow."
  22. It's believed Cleopatra and the woman who famously played her, Elizabeth Taylor, both use castor oil in their beauty regimens.
  23. So are the results real or an old wives tale?
  24. "You cannot believe everything you see on TikTok,"
  25. "and a lot of what you're seeing is anecdotal, but not based in really good scientific evidence."
  26. But for these castor oil fans, nothing beats castor oil.