Comfrey – An All Natural Remedy For Healing Wounds and Inflammation

Comfrey is a native plant of Europe and Asia. The plant grows quickly and exhibits broad hairy leaves and generally rich purple coloured flowers. 

For many centuries, Comfrey has been used as a traditional herbal remedy applied externally as poultices, compresses or creams for both superficial and deep wounds.

More recently it has found favour as an essential oil for rubbing into the skin for scaring, inflammation, ulcers and muscle injuries.

Comfrey contains a chemical called allantoin, which speeds up cell division, so that anything from a graze to a bone fracture will heal more quickly. Comfrey can be combined with Calendula for its anti-infective actions giving an all-purpose first-aid treatment for any injury. Comfrey is also excellent for longer-term problems like leg ulcers.
When Comfrey is taken internally, it get to work on oesophagitis (inflammation of the oesophagus) and peptic ulcers, bowel inflammation and piles. Its cooling and soothing properties also help with chronic bronchitis and irritable coughs.

Culinary                                    

Comfrey leaves can be cooked and eaten, and are very useful for vegans as they contain significant amounts of vitamin B12, which otherwise is uncommon in foods not derived from animal sources.

Other Uses
Comfrey is sometimes grown as a green manure to be turned into the soil or added to compost, for both its mineral content also as it rots down readily helping other compost materials to decompose more quickly. It is also used in animal fodder for its mineral and vitamin content.

Add Comfrey to your herbal medicine cabinet for an effective remedy for wound healing, inflammation, for soothing the skin and for its essential minerals. 

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Botanical Name: Symphytum Officinale

Status: Wild-crafted

Actions: wound healer, anti-inflammatory, cooling and soothing, high in vitamin B12

Contraindications: The root contains certain chemicals, which some studies on rats and mice suggest may that it may cause liver damage


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