What The Heck BECAME Of Castor Oil?

[malaria]

I have never had it given to me, seen it prescribed or otherwise heard of it outside of every third Our Gang short.  WTF?

I tried to find a description of its taste; the recurring one seems to be that it tasted like Vaseline.  Ew. 

Was Fauci about to unveil it as the super-secret cure-all for COVID? 

[myhomeo]

Castor oil was an over-the-counter syrup that induced diarrhea. In those days, virtually every childhood ailment was believed to stem from constipation so it was blithely poured down the throats of miserable kids for years. It was also sometimes used to torture prisoners, no kidding.

Eventually, people wised up and realized it really wasn't helping and it was retired. There are other, much more efficient methods of making kids poop these days.