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Name Comfrey
Scientific Name:
 Symphytum Officinale
Parts Used:
Root/leaves
Other Names:
Nip Bone, Slippery Root, Black Wort, Bruise Wort, Gum Plant, Healing Herb, Knit Back, Wall Wort, Ass Ear, Black Root, Bonneset, Consoud Root, Yalluc
Properties:
 Demulcent, expectorate, mucilage, Vulnerary, Alteractive, Astringent, nutritive, Mucilaginous
Herb Image:
Image Not Available
Body Parts Affected:
 Digestive, Liver, Pulminary, Lymph, Wounds, Sores, Healing, Dandruff
Uses:
 Skin, pains, swelling, ulcers, cuts burns, Pulminary & Lymphatic gland disease, tuberculosis sores, rectal itch, wounds, bone, hemorroid, gout, gangrene, burn, protein, female debility, skin protection, kidney stone, anemia, bloody urine, leucorrhea, calcium deficiency, colds, cough, asthma, tonsil, diarrhea, stomach condition, gastric &duodenal, ulcer, arthritis, gall, liver, bloody cleanser, eye injury, headache, breast, baginal dryness
History/ Tradition:
 Carrying comfrey during travel will ensure your safety. Put some in your luggage to prevent it being lost or stolen. It will also bring luck to the carrier.
Benefits:
 A poultice of comfrey heals wounds, burns, sores, and bruises. It is a powerful remedy for coughs, ulcers, healing broken bones and sprains, and is used in treating asthma. Large amounts or dosages can cause liver damage, but there are no problems with using it externally. Used internally, it is best and safest to use a tea, rather than capsules.
Notes:
 Do not injest, toxic to liver
Other Species:
Family Name
Boraginaceae
Family Member:
   
   

Resources:
Natural Healing with Herbs --- Humbart Santillo, N.D. cpy.1984
Notes on Jamaica Ethnobotany --- Martha Warren Beck -- 1922
Jamaican Herbs --- Diane Robertson
Flowering Plants of Jamaica --- C.D. Adams, UWI
Wild Flowers of Jamaica --- Alex D. Hawkes, Brenda C. Sutton
Atlas of Medicinals Plants of Middle America, Bahamas to Yucatan --- Julia F. Morton
Home Health-Care Guide (Jamaican and Medicinal Herbs) --- Winston and Ethel Monroe
Dr. Winklet Gallimore / Scientific Research Councilb - Jamaica
Dr. Sylvia Mitchell / University of the West Indies --- BioTechnology Department


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