Useful for minor skin wounds, inflammation, scarring and more.
Comfrey has several medicinal actions. It is known as a vulnerary and as an astringent. These properties make it useful in the healing of minor external wounds. Comfrey can be used for minor injuries of the skin, where it will work to increase cell production, causing wounds to heal over rapidly. Comfrey is also demulcent, producing a mucilage that coats and soothes irritated tissues. It will help reduce inflammation and at the same time lessen scarring. It has traditionally been used internally for stomach and duodenal ulcers for the same wound-healing effect, although this use is currently discouraged due to concern about certain toxic compounds in the plant.
Comfrey also has expectorant properties and has a relaxing effect on the respiratory membranes. Since it helps relax and soothe membranes, it has been traditionally used in coughs, asthma, and bronchitis.
Since Greek and
Roman antiquity the versatile comfrey has been used in a great variety of
ways - as an external application for wounds and fractures, and as a
remedy for numerous internal pr...
Comfrey Leaf Capsules This is a high quality product. This is an effective herbal product not available from commercial sources in the US. -- Blake
Both the leaves and root of comfrey are used medicinally
to influence the bodily systems of the lungs, stomach, kidneys, and the
bones and muscles. Tonic, demulcent, expectorant, vulnerary, and
astringent properties make comfre...
Medicinally, comfrey
leaves and especially the root have been used as expectorants, emollients,
astringents, demulcents, and hemostatics. Knit-bone is one common name. A
poultice of the leaves...
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