Over the past 7 years, much of my research has concentrated on increasing our sulfur intake to detox mercury. Over the past two years, I have found another source of well being for the body, and that is through the metabolic actions created by transdermal absorption of castor oil.
From this knowledge, my wife Vanessa and I created a product called VanCoction that uses a base of castor oil and beeswax. We call it the Simple Salve. Our salve is absorbed through the skin. We regularly research the metabolic actions of castor oil and beeswax, and are proud to announce we have discovered a paper that shows that castor oil can reduce, and even eliminate breast cancer
Before I go to the paper, let’s review castor oil and it’s metabolic actions.
90% of Castor Oil is an EFA (essential fatty acid) called ricinoleic acid (RA.) The human body does not digest RA, but it stimulates metabolic actions, and has powerful transdermal absorption.
RA stimulates contraction of the smooth musculature underneath the skin and around our other organs. Therefore, it facilitates the distribution of essential elements, and the metabolism of oxidized byproducts.
RA also slows down cellular production of prostaglandin, a swelling hormone. “RA tells the cells to return to normal functions, and stop overreacting to offensive influences.”
Smooth muscle, also called involuntary muscles, line organs, venous and lymph systems, the mammary glands, and more. When smooth muscles tighten up, excess fluids are put back into circulation. All disease is inflammation, and swelling causes pain.
Smooth muscles are part of our autonomic nervous system. They respond to the environment independent of our conscious actions. For example, the contraction and dilation of the pupils in response to lighting, or goose bumps on the skin from the cold, or the urge to go to the bathroom, are smooth muscle contractions.
Mammary cells are specialized smooth muscle like epithelial cells that contract in response to the hormone oxytocin, generating contractions required for milk ejection during lactation. To be clear, Mom doesn’t say, “I’m gonna make a bunch of milk today,” but her breasts do respond to the ‘Make Milk’ call of the hormone.
Our fluids must be balanced. If one or more of our balancing systems are off, if the input does not equal the output, there may occur metabolic disorders like arthritis, cardiovascular problems, digestive problems, edema, hair loss, infections, psoriasis, and the list goes on and on. I believe in some cases it may also cause cancer, if there were to be accumulated toxins or bacterial/fungal infections.
Cancer causes swelling, and I believe swelling can cause cancer.
Edema is swelling caused by excess fluids. The circulatory and lymph systems have little hair like extensions in their endothelium called cilia, and they move fluids up and away from the forces of gravity. It is not my heart pushing the blood down and then up against the force of gravity. If the hollow tubules of those systems get stretched out or leaky, fluids can be retained, thus causing swelling.
RA, the ricinoleic acid of castor oil, tightens up smooth muscle, and thus gets cells the blood, nutrients, and oxygen they need to optimally perform.
We have found the following study:
Castor Oil for Breast Cancer
“We report the anti-cancer efficacy of Ricinus communis L. fruit extract (RCFE) using estrogen positive MCF-7 and highly aggressive, triple negative MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. RCFE induced cytotoxicity in these cells in dose and time-dependent manner. It also demonstrated robust anti-metastatic activity as it significantly inhibited migration, adhesion, invasion and expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) 2 and 9 in both cell lines. Further, flow cytometry analysis suggested RCFE-mediated induction of apoptosis in these cells.
Overall, this study for the first time demonstrates the anti-cancer efficacy of the fruit extract of common castor plant which can be proposed as a potent candidate for the treatment of breast cancer.”
Dramatic reviews of our Simple Salve product can be seen on the Vancoction website, https://www.vancoction.com/,
and our Etsy Shop pages,
https://www.etsy.com/shop/VanCoction
What sits atop much of our smooth musculature are cells containing sulfur related proteins. Much of the endothelium, and perhaps all of the epithelial cells, have sulfur, keratin based proteins in them. This includes the mammary glands.
Sulfur bonds are the defining feature of Keratin. Keratin is what gives us the ability to bounce, stretch, and recover from impacts with forces like gravity. However, if the cells don’t have the sulfur to make their keratin, they can end up being flat, and crumbly, like rubber erasers. Sulfur is what is in vulcanized rubber. It binds the rubber polymers in the tires in our cars, and the soles of our shoes, and is what makes our skin resilient, our nails, and hair healthy. It is what keeps us bouncing and buoyant, taking risks, succeeding, or failing and then recovering. Our skin should be tight and pliable like a wetsuit; our joints bendable and resilient. If we don’t have enough accessible sulfur, we can end up riding around in an electric scooter, afraid of walking up a flight of stairs because it may take a week to recover from it.
I recommend having a good intake of sulfur, and working the smooth muscles, for an unbeatable combination in good health.
Read on for a more detailed analysis.
Mercury is naturally bound to sulfur in the ground. Sulfur is the 8th most common element in the human body.
The form of sulfur our body makes to detox mercury is called glutathione. Glutathione also makes us feel good. If we are using all of our glutathione to carry away toxic mercury, we can end up feeling down in the dumps, an/or deflated (think of a partially filled basketball or car tire.)
If the cells are working overdrive to detox mercury, using all available sulfur to make glutathione to get rid of it, it may not have enough to use in other areas.
Our bodies have at least 20 different kinds of keratin. The keratin in the hair is different than the keratin of the nails, and there are different forms of keratin in the skin. The keratin of the face is different than the soles of the feet.
Keratan sulfate (KS), also called keratosulfate, is a type of structural carbohydrate, and found especially in the cornea, cartilage, and bone. It is also synthesized in the central nervous system where it participates both in development and in nerve cell scar formation following an injury. Keratan sulfates are large, highly hydrated molecules which in joints can act as a cushion to absorb mechanical shock.
Additionally, “all epithelial cells from the trachea and lung contain cytokeratins, and epithelial cells from different parts of the respiratory tract express different cytokeratins…”
“Keratins are modified in stress situations and during recovery from stress, e.g., as seen in liver, pancreas, kidney, lung, and skin. Contrary to increased hepatic K8 and K18 (the K means keratin) levels in human liver disease, colonic K8, K18 and K19 levels have recently been reported to decrease in human colon during inflammatory stress, as observed in ulcerative colitis. Furthermore, K7, K8 and K20 are increased in human colitis-associated dysplasia and colorectal cancer compared to healthy controls.
Wound Healing and Keratinocytes
“During wound healing, keratinocytes at the border of the wound undergo EMT (epithelial mesenchymal-transistion) and undergo re-epithelialization or MET (mesenchymal epitheliat-transition) when the wound is closed. Snail2 expression at the migratory front influences this state, as its overexpression accelerates wound healing. Similarly, in each menstrual cycle, the ovarian surface epithelium undergoes EMT during post-ovulatory wound healing.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithelial–mesenchymal_transition
Endothelium
The endothelium forms an interface between circulating blood or lymph in the lumen and the rest of the vessel wall. This forms a barrier between vessels and tissues and controls the flow of substances and fluid into and out of a tissue. This controls the passage of materials and the transit of white blood cells into and out of the bloodstream. Excessive or prolonged increases in permeability of the endothelium, as in cases of chronic inflammation, may lead to tissue swelling (edema). Altered barrier function is also implicated in cancer extravasation.
Extravasation
Extravasation is the leakage of a fluid out of its container into the surrounding area, especially blood or blood cells from vessels. In the case of inflammation, it refers to the movement of white blood cells from the capillaries to the tissues surrounding them.
Ear Wax, also called Cerumen
The primary components of earwax are shed layers of skin, with, on average, 60% of the earwax consisting of keratin, 12–20% saturated and unsaturated long-chain fatty acids, alcohols, squalene and 6–9% cholesterol.
It’s clear the importance of sulfur in our bodies, and the smooth muscles underneath the cells that contain it, must be ready, willing, and able to perform their duties as they were intended. I recommend castor oil in some form to help the body and the cells do their jobs.
Albert Wilking