Name:\u00a0 Comfrey<\/p>\n
Latin:\u00a0 Symphytum officinale<\/p>\n
Other Common Names:\u00a0 Knitbone<\/p>\n
Family:<\/p>\n
Parts Used:<\/p>\n
Vitamins\/Minerals:\u00a0 Potassium, Calcium, Vitamin A<\/p>\n
Used for:\u00a0 Used as a poultice for burns, sprains, bruises, and wounds.\u00a0 Can make the pain lessen, as well as speed healing.\u00a0 Taken internally it will assist with the speed of knitting broken bones.\u00a0 It can also act as a mild laxative.\u00a0 It contains high amounts of a compound called allantoin, which encourages cell regeneration.<\/p>\n
Use in tandem with:<\/p>\n
Directions & Warnings:\u00a0 The FDA is really worried about comfrey, and while I argue most of the ways they approach dealing with herbs (especially when compared to how they deal with Big Pharma), comfrey they are pursuing to an extent that I only suggest it for external use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Name:\u00a0 Comfrey Latin:\u00a0 Symphytum officinale Other Common Names:\u00a0 Knitbone Family: Parts Used: Vitamins\/Minerals:\u00a0 Potassium, Calcium, Vitamin A Used for:\u00a0 Used as a poultice for burns, sprains, bruises, and wounds.\u00a0 Can make the pain lessen, as well as speed healing.\u00a0 Taken internally it will assist with the speed of knitting broken bones.\u00a0 It can also act […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[340,109],"tags":[36,38,356,247,111],"class_list":["post-1846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editing","category-herbs","tag-bruising","tag-burns","tag-gallagher","tag-herbal-teas-fr-health-and-healing","tag-herbally-yours"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1846"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2437,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions\/2437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}