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 Castor oil Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine - Find Articles
Castor oil is a natural plant oil obtained from the seed of the castor plant.
Castor plants grow along stream banks, river beds, bottom lands, and in almost any warm area where the soil is well drained and with sufficient nutrients and moisture to sustain growth.
Castor oil is a strong and effective cathartic or purgative (laxative), with components in the oil that affect both the small and large intestines.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0002/ai_2603000253   (1080 words)

  
 Castor
Castor, a figure in Greek mythology the twin brother of Polydeuces (Pollux), is one of the twin stars that form the constellation Gemini.
Castor and his brother were born from eggs after Zeus visited Leda as a swan.
Castor was a great soldier and horse tamer and competed in many Olympic Games and won many of them.
www.pantheon.org /articles/c/castor.html   (174 words)

  
 Castor 6
Castor Aa is a main sequence dwarf bluish-white star of spectral and luminosity type A1 V. Given its shared spectral type with well known neighbor Sirius A, Star Aa probably has a similar mass around 2.15 Solar.
Castor Ab is a main sequence dwarf of uncertain spectral type, probably ranging from M5 to brighter ("earlier") type of probable luminosity type V (Golub et al, 1983).
Castor Bb is a main sequence dwarf star of uncertain spectral type, probably ranging from M2 to a brighter type ("earlier") -- possibly with metallic lines as well -- and luminosity type V (Golub et al, 1983).
www.solstation.com /stars2/castor6.htm   (2229 words)

  
 Castor
Castor A consists of two almost identical main sequence stars of spectral type A in a rather eccentric elliptical orbit with a period of 9.2 days.
Castor B consists of two stars revolving in a circular orbit with a period of 2.9 days.
Castor C consists of two stars revolving in an orbit almost edge-on to our line of sight.
domeofthesky.com /clicks/castor.html   (383 words)

  
 Castor Bean Plant
In Greek and Roman legend, Castor was one of the twin sons of Jupiter and Leda.
Castor wax, a hard wax produced by the hydrogenation (chemical combination with hydrogen) of pure castor oil, is used in polishes, electrical condensers, carbon paper, and as a solid lubricant.
Castor oil is also used as personal lubricant: It is sometimes applied externally as a soothing emollient for dry skin, dermatitis, other skin diseases, sunburn, open sores, and it is the primary ingredient of several brand name medications.
waynesword.palomar.edu /plmar99.htm   (5312 words)

  
 ONJava.com -- Using Castor JDO for SQL Mapping
Castor is a multifaceted software tool being developed under the auspices of exolab.org, an informal organization involved in the development of open source, enterprise software projects based on Java and XML.
Castor is able to employ a mapping file as a simple way to bind Java objects to SQL database tables.
Unlike Castor's XML marshalling -- where there is a default mapping of a Java object to XML elements and attributes -- no default mapping exists for binding Java objects to SQL database tables: you must use a mapping file to enable this functionality.
www.onjava.com /pub/a/onjava/2002/10/02/jdosql.html   (1256 words)

  
 Castor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Julius Caesar Drusus, son of the Emperor Tiberius, nicknamed "Castor"
Castor Oyl, a fictional character in the Popeye cartoons and brother of Olive Oyl
Castor angle, alignment in the vertical longitudinal plane of a motor vehicle's wheels
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Castor   (233 words)

  
 Castor Oil Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Castor oil is a staple item in our medicine cabinet at home, and whenever we travel, we pack a small bottle of castor oil.
Castor oil is extracted from the seed of the castor oil plant, whose botanical name is ricinus communis.
She suggests rubbing castor oil on the belly and covering with a warm towel if the cervix is ripe and labour seems near.
www.holistic-nutrition.com /Castoroil.htm   (2032 words)

  
 Castorbean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Castor bean plants in a garden should not be allowed to flower and seed.
Castor beans are used as an ingredient in some animal feeds after the oil has been extracted or inactivated by heating for 20 minutes at 140oC.
Castor beans are pressed to extract castor oil which is used for medicinal purposes.
www.ansci.cornell.edu /plants/castorbean.html   (943 words)

  
 Castor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In classical mythology, Castor is the mortal twin of Pollux, the twin warriors whose stars dominate the bright zodiacal constellation of
Castor has no physical relation with Pollux, and at a distance of 50 light years is half again as far away as its mythological companion.
Castor A consists of almost identical stars, each with about two solar masses, in a 9.2 day orbit about each other, the stars about a tenth of Mercury's distance from the Sun apart.
www.astro.uiuc.edu /~kaler/sow/castor.html   (603 words)

  
 Castor Oil
The castor bean plant is actually native to India, where it is called "Erand." There we found it being used extensively for all types of gastrointestinal problems like constipation, dysentery and inflammatory bowel disease.
Centuries ago the castor bean plant was referred to as the "Palma Christe." It was called this because the shape of the plant's leaves were thought to resemble the palm of Christ.
The castor oil must be of the cold pressed variety to be effective since the modern heat extraction process destroys the active ingredient in the oil.
www.industryinet.com /~ruby/castoroil.html   (4432 words)

  
 Mythography | The Greek Heroes Castor and Polydeuces in Myth and Art
"Castor and Polydeuces were the offspring of Leda and the Swan, under which disguise Zeus had concealed himself.
From this incident, Castor and Polydeuces came afterwards to be considered the patron deities of seamen and voyagers, and the lambent flames, which in certain states of atmosphere play round the sails and masts of vessels, were called by their names.
Castor was slain, and Polydeuces, inconsolable for the loss of his brother, besought Zeus to be permitted to give his own life as a ransom for him.
www.loggia.com /myth/dioscuri.html   (400 words)

  
 Castor Oil
Powder from the Castor bean and leaves is applied externally to relieve skin inflammation, boils, abscesses, earache (otitis media), and migraine, although there's no proof of its effectiveness for these ailments.
In Asian medicine, Castor Oil is used as a remedy for joint pain, dry stool, indigestion, facial paralysis, boils, and ulcers.
Castor Oil's laxative effect stems from its ability to prevent absorption of liquids from the intestinal tract.
www.pdrhealth.com /drug_info/nmdrugprofiles/herbaldrugs/100570.shtml   (317 words)

  
 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Castor Oil Plant - Herb Profile and Information
The valuable purgative known as Castor Oil is the fixed oil obtained from the seeds of the Castor Oil plant.
Castor Oil forms a clean, light-coloured soap, which dries and hardens well and is free from smell.
Castor Oil is an excellent solvent of pure alkaloids and such solutions of Atropine, Cocaine, etc., as are used in ophthalmic surgery.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/c/casoil32.html   (2654 words)

  
 Castor (star) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Castor (α Gem / α Geminorum / Alpha Geminorum) is the second brightest star in the constellation Gemini and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky.
Astronomically, Castor was discovered to be a visual binary in 1678, with the magnitude of its components being 2.8 and 2.0.
Castor has a faint companion separated from it by about 72" but having the same parallax and proper motion; this companion is also a spectroscopic binary with a period slightly less than 1 day.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Castor_(star)   (341 words)

  
 Get started with Castor JDO
Castor JDO (Java Data Objects) is an open source, 100 percent Java data binding framework.
Castor distinguishes the relationship of two objects as either dependent or related, and maintains different life cycles for each of the two types of relationship.
Castor JDO is just one of many data-binding solutions available in the open source world today.
www.ibm.com /developerworks/library/j-castor   (2328 words)

  
 High-Tech Castor Plants May Open Door to Domestic Production   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Castor oil is also used in paints, coatings, plastics, antifungal compounds, shampoo, and cosmetics.
Castor plants that are free of ricin and allergens could renew interest in farming this crop.
Although some types of castor grow to be 30- to 40-foot-tall trees in the Tropics, in the United States castor can be harvested annually when it is only about 4 to 5 feet high.
www.ars.usda.gov /is/AR/archive/jan01/plant0101.htm   (903 words)

  
 What is castor/caster sugar?
Castor or caster sugar is the name of a very fine sugar in Britain, so named because the grains are small enough to fit though a sugar "caster" or sprinkler.
It is not as fine as confectioner’s sugar, which has been crushed mechanically (and generally mixed with a little starch to keep it from clumping).
If you don’t have any castor sugar on hand, you can make your own by grinding granulated sugar for a couple of minutes in a food processor (this also produces sugar dust, so let it settle for a few moments before opening the food processor).
www.ochef.com /580.htm   (142 words)

  
 Castor Bean - Ricinus communis
Although commonly referred to as a "bean," castor is not a legume.
The plant has also been called the "castor oil plant." Castor oil, one of the oldest commercial products, was used in lamps by the Egyptians more than 4,000 years ago, and seeds have been found in their ancient tombs.
Castor is considered by most authorities to be native to tropical Africa, and may have originated in Abyssinia.
www.mda.state.mn.us /mgo/crops/castorbean.htm   (132 words)

  
 Jimmy Castor Bunch
Castor was raised alongside The Teenagers, attending Public School 169 and Junior High School 164 with the pint-size star Frankie Lymon.
Castor's stint with The Teenagers was a brief one, and soon he was involved with new outfits such as The Clintonian Cubs and The Casals.
By this time the billing was The Jimmy Castor Bunch, and in addition to Jimmy on sax, timbales, and vocals were Gerry Thomas on trumpet and piano, Harry Jensen on guitar, Lenny Fridle, Jr., on congas, and old Harlem doo-wop buddy Doug "Bubs" Gibson (formerly of The Vibraharps) on bass.
www.70disco.com /jimmycas.htm   (1913 words)

  
 Castor Oil: Interesting Thing of the Day
The short answer is that castor oil is a strong laxative—and presumably, cleansing the bowels in such a forceful manner could serve either a beneficial or a punitive purpose.
Castor oil is also known to induce vomiting—again, occasionally a medically useful thing, though more often, a symptom one would wish to be cured of.
Castor oil is used in the production of plastics, soaps, textiles, paints, cosmetics, inks and dyes, adhesives, lubricants, polishes, and numerous other products.
itotd.com /articles/520/castor-oil   (893 words)

  
 Get started with Castor JDO
Castor JDO makes use of Castor XML's ability to unmarshall an XML document into a Java object model for the purposes of reading the mapping descriptor.
Castor provides an implementation of a subset of the ODMG 3.0 specification for the Object Query Language (OQL).
Castor's OQL implementation is a subset of the ODMG 3.0 specification.
www-128.ibm.com /developerworks/library/j-castor   (2328 words)

  
 Norwegian Homefleet WW II - D/S Castor
Castor is mentioned in connection with Convoy HN 10 from Norway to the U.K. in Febr.-1940, bound for London with general cargo (this was before Norway had become involved in the war).
Bergenske had lost a Castor in WW I, built in Grimstad in 1909, 1313 gt - struck a mine and sank near Lister Tief on Jan. 1 (Jan. 10?)-1915, voyage Stavanger-Hamburg - crew was saved.
Purchased by BDS in 1887 and renamed Castor, stranded at Lister-Raunen on March 17-1905, voyage Bergen-Oslo.
www.warsailors.com /homefleetsingles/castor.html   (529 words)

  
 CASTOR - CERN Advanced STORage manager
CASTOR manages disk cache(s) and the data on tertiary storage or tapes.
The CASTOR servers are all installed in the Computer Centre, while the CASTOR client software is installed on most of the desktops at CERN, including Windows, using standard installation facilities.
Castor external operation face to face meeting on November 13th-15th 2006
castor.web.cern.ch /castor   (626 words)

  
 Create Web services using Apache Axis and Castor
Castor is a stand-alone XML data binding package that provides a mapping from XML-Schema to Java objects.
Both Axis and Castor require some code generation, and you'll be overlaying the generation of Castor's code on top of Axis's to get this "best of both worlds" solution of Axis's Web Service client and server code and Castor's data binding.
In your example, these methods are not needed because the Castor Serializer and Deserializer for Axis is using the Castor Marshaller and Unmarshaller classes directly, which accomplishes the exact same purpose, and so for clarity we've turned them off.
www-106.ibm.com /developerworks/webservices/library/ws-castor   (5524 words)

  
 Castor Doclet
Castor JDO is an OpenSource object-relational mapping tool developed by Exolab (http://castor.exolab.org).
The purpose of the castor doclet is to generate this mapping file from simple javadoc tags added in the source code.
As many Castor users have expressed the need to generate mapping/DDL file on the castor mailing list, it seems that the best way to share the new doclet version is a publicly accessible development server such as Sourceforge.
castordoclet.sourceforge.net   (381 words)

  
 Castor Oil Extraction Resources @ Castoroil.in   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
complete list of castor oil and castor oil chemicals for which we can find suppliers is given here.
Castor seed is grown commercially on plantations but also harvested from wild plants.
Extraction of oil from castor seeds is done in a manner similar to that for most other oil seeds.
www.castoroil.in /extraction/extraction.html   (675 words)

  
 Steve Castor Law and Associates of Grand Junction Colorado
Castor and Associates, PC, attorneys bring a strong foundation of business and professional experience, education and practical experience, as well as maturity to the practice of business law.
It is understood that clients are seeking the best value for their money and Castor and Associates, PC, is committed to being very competitive in terms of quality of service and reasonable fees.
Castor and Associates, PC, the complete business law firm, concentrates on the legal needs of businesses and business people, understands how your business operates in today’s environment and is able to assist you in all of your legal matters.
www.castorlaw.com /about.htm   (381 words)

  
 Carol Castor Portrait Artist Quality Prints and Original Works of Art
Castor has a gift for expressing the beauty and dignity of the human spirit.
Castor captures people in all walks of life: the Native American, ranch culture, Americana, the cowboy and cowgirl, people from the mid-west, and sacred images.
A portrait artist, Castor is a member of ASOPA (American Society of Portrait Artists) and has produced several portraits for the University of Oklahoma: The Health Sciences Center, The Law Center, and the Pharmacy School.
www.castoroils.net   (270 words)

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