The relief from the sore spots in my abdomen, and congestion in the liver etc was short-lived from the castor oil pack I did yesterday..but it definetly did give relief, and I'm going to continue with it, for sure, along with the other things I've been doing- the deworming, liver flushes, switching to distilled water, liver support herbs. I've also just found the old forum post of Skin brushing 101, which sounds encouraging, along with learning the benefits of rebounding for the lymph system.
I do have faith in the castor oil packs, it did definetly help for a time, and that was just the first try. :) plus, it is relaxing! We had 22 degrees here last night, snow flurries yesterday, lying down with a castor oil pack, and heating pad is nice!