COMFREY

(Symphytum officinale)

    Comfrey is also known as knitbone since it has been shown that a comfrey plaster has helped mend broken bones over and over again. Comfrey contain allatoin which is a protein that promotes the healing of sprains and broken bones.

    Comfrey is a perennial herb and a member of the borage family. The flowers are blue-purplish, yellow, white or red. The plant can grow up to 5 feet high.

Grow comfrey in well-drained soil in a sunny location. Comfrey is good for many skin problems. Apply externally ( cream) for bites, stings, bruises, sprains, nosebleeds, splinters, wounds, leg ulcers, to soften your skin and to sooth hemorrhoids.

    Due to comfreys high allantoin content it works against signs of aging!

Parts used: Leaves, rhizome, roots (external use only).

    This herb is recommended for external use only since comfrey contain high levels of pyrolizidine alkaloids which are toxic to the liver. Don't useif you are breast-feeding or if you are pregnant.