By: Ivana Dragica |
The most healing plants in the world: comfrey |
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From ancient times until today, many people have witnessed the healing power of comfrey.
Comfrey is a compelling testament to how wonderful nature is and how even the most stubborn ailments can be cured with a little patience.
Comfrey’s the Latin name is Symphytum officinale, and the people known as black boneset, knitbone, consound, and slippery-root.
It has a long and varied history of use. Because of its healing properties, the people believed that comfrey originated from the Garden of Eden.
The famous physician Paracelsus said:
"Why add vinegar to comfrey root, or all sorts of other fatal ingredients when God created it to heal everything by itself, even fractured bones?”
Accelerates tissue and bone healing
Comfrey contains carotene, alkaloids, tannins, glycosides, mucus, resins, essential oils, but his most important ingredient is allantoin.
Allantoin is an active natural substance with strong keratolytic properties that stimulates cell growth in bone, connective and subcutaneous tissue.
Because of this ingredient comfrey is one of the best medicines for healing internal and external wounds, swellings, cuts, scrapes, bruises, fractures and hemorrhages.
It is also used for sprains, dislocations, and muscle and tendon strains.
Comfrey wraps are effective against psoriasis, ulcers, varicose veins, carpal syndrome and bone inflammations.
Reduces pain
Researchers claim that comfrey ointment could help millions of people against back pain.
During research, comfrey ointment has reduced pain by 95 percent and its effects started within one hour after application.
Comfrey effectively removes other types of pain, and has proven to be great in the form of a gel for pain associated with joint sprains and knee osteoarthritis.
It can bring relief even with paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries.
It helps with the deformation of the thumb
Comfrey is the only known plant that heals and removes bunions - bone deformation of thumb, for which modern medicine has no solutions other than painful surgery.
Healing using comfrey ointment and tinctures can last up to a year, but it pays off to be persistent..
Comfrey can help with:
- psoriasis
- ulcers
- varicose
- thumb deformations
- sprains and dislocations
- rheumatism and arthritis
- back pain
- external and internal wounds
- fractures and bleeding
- swelling and scratches
Preparation of comfrey healing remedies
Comfrey is used for making tea, wraps, baths, ointments, tinctures and herbal drops. Preparations made of this plant should not be kept in metal containers.
Comfrey wraps are highly regarded. All you need is to mix a few teaspoons of dried ground roots of comfrey with enough hot water to make a paste.
Rub the paste onto the wrap and adhere to the wound. Change wraps every 2 to 4 hours.
Comfrey ointment is effective for humans and animals. If you apply it immediately on fresh wounds it prevents blood poisoning, and it makes the deepest wound heal without scarring.
Finely chop four to six fresh, washed roots, depending on the size, and shortly fry them in 250 grams of ghee butter and leave to stay overnight.
The next day, heat the mixture and strain it through a cloth and squeeze. Pour the mixture immediately into clean plastic containers and store them in the refrigerator.
Note
Comfrey is recommended for external use only. Pregnant women should not use comfrey.
Harvesting comfrey
Comfrey grows along streams in moist soil and in moist meadows in lowland forest areas.
The leaves are rough and very pointy. Exterior of perennial root is almost black, and the inside is white to yellowish and as thick as a thumb.
When it is cut, comfrey is very slimy, sticky and greasy. The flowers have a shape of a narrow bell and they sprout during the whole summer under the upper leaves.
They are faced downward in unilaterally bent inflorescences that are dirty white to pink or purple in color.
Be careful not to replace comfrey with bulbous comfrey or Spanish salsify.
The root is harvested in the spring or in early fall, after it is cleaned it dries in the sun or artificial heat. Leaves and flowers are harvested during the flowering stages, from May to August.
Comfrey in the garden
Comfrey is one of the most useful plants that you can plant in your garden. You can make great fertilizer from comfrey leaves and stems, which strengthens other plants and enriches them with minerals.
The ratio is one kilogram of comfrey leaves to ten liters of water. Leave the mixture for three weeks in a plastic barrel. When applying fertilizer, dilute it in 1:10 ratio. Use fertilizer once a week.
Chopped comfrey leaves and stems can be used for covering the soil around your plants.
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