COMFREY
Latin Name: Symphytum officinale
Family: Rubiaceae
Height: 1 - 1.2 metres
Clusters of blue-mauve drooping bell shaped flowers. Long taproots help soil condition by bringing water and minerals to the surface.
A useful plant, which aids healing but must not be fed to excess because of the alkaloids it contains.
Constituents: Mucilage; gum; allantoin; tannins; saponins;
pyrrolizidine alkaloids; phenolic acids, including rosmarine, cholergenic
and caffeic; choline; resin; volatile oil
Actions: Vulnerary, demulcent, astringent, and expectorant.
Sources: Comfrey is included in the Galen's Garden's Hedgerow Herbs blend of 20 different herbs and wild plants.
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Herbs and Wild Plants
Constituents and Actions
Agrimony |
Avens |
Borage |
Calendula |
Cats Claw |
Celery |
Chanca Piedra |
Chickweed |
Chicory |
Cleavers |
Coltsfoot |
Comfrey |
Cornsilk |
Dandelion |
Echinacea |
Elder Flower |
Fennel |
Fenugreek |
Garlic |
Goats Rue |
Golden Rod |
Groundsel |
Inula |
Lemon Balm |
Maca |
Mallow |
Marshmallow |
Meadowsweet |
Melilot |
Milk Thistle |
Mouse Ear |
Nettles |
Parsley |
Plantain |
Raspberry Leaf |
Red Clover |
Rosehip |
Shepherds Purse |
Suma |
Valerian |
Yarrow
Herb uses, myths and herb/drug interactions
From Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information