Re: Comfrey/DMSO poultice success on a floating bone/inflammation issue

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Interesting treatment - what does the flax seed meal do? I understand the

rest, Thanks.

Could he use the hot comfrey oil for topical treatment at the end of a

snowshoeing day?

Gayla

Comfrey/DMSO poultice success on a floating

bone/inflammation issue

> Had a good use of herbs to share. An elderly fellow has a

> floating bone in his ankle that when overstressed

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The flaxseed poultice is an emollient, soothing to inflammed

tissues. Primarily though I was using it over the top of the comfrey

to add more heatretention/mass to the poultice. I've done it with

cornflour too but freshly ground flaxseeds outperforms devitalized corn

flour for soothing and nuturing.

Hmmm, I bet comfrey oil mixed with DMSO would be simpler and work

pretty good. That's a good suggestion.

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Thank you for sharing this info. And congratulations on your efforts! I am always so interested to read about people's experiences with tinctures, poultices, etc.. Where do you get your dmso? I have only been able to find it locally in plastic bottles - kind of defeats the purpose. Also, I'm looking for a good gum and teeth oil blend. Any suggestions? Thanks again.

Peace on earth.

Cheryl

Re: Comfrey/DMSO poultice success on a floating bone/inflammation issue

The flaxseed poultice is an emollient, soothing to inflammed tissues. Primarily though I was using it over the top of the comfrey to add more heatretention/mass to the poultice. I've done it with cornflour too but freshly ground flaxseeds outperforms devitalized corn flour for soothing and nuturing. Hmmm, I bet comfrey oil mixed with DMSO would be simpler and work pretty good. That's a good suggestion.

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Yes, comfrey does heal... can you use it as a rub?

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From: prayerfulmantis <prayerfulmantis@...>Subject: Comfrey/DMSO poultice success on a floating bone/inflammation issuehealth Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 10:44 AM Had a good use of herbs to share. An elderly fellow has a floating bone in his ankle that when overstressed moves and causes painful inflammation. It turns red, swells, and the bottom of it looks purpleish. His had been like this for a week before I saw it. Treatment was a poultice. The ankle was covered with oil, the first night I used poplar bud oil, the second and third nights with cayenne oil. Of the two the cayenne worked better. Comfrey powder was mixed with DMSO and gooped over the area, then I plopped some flaxseed meal mixed with hot water onto a cotton cloth and wrapped that over the top of the comfrey covering a larger area. A few triangle bandages helped make it more secure and then a hot water bottle was kept on the foot overnight, with the goop washed off in the morning.

The results were heartwarming. While I was wrapping it up and applying heat the patient said it felt really good, and he slept well. In the morning the swelling had gone way down, there wasn't any discoloration, and the pain had gone down to "just a twinge". We

repeated the treatment two more nights and he was snowshoeing again on the third day. The acute phase was over.

My thought was comfrey internally for a few weeks might help make the treatment longterm. Unfortunately, I made a comfrey syrup in a jar that I had just made habanero tincture in. The comfrey was

spicy hot and the mix quite unpleasant tasting. Kind of a silly mistake but humorous.

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It depends on the type of plastic bottle, Cheryl. If it is pharmacutical plastic it won't mix with the dmso. The plastic is known as polyethylene.. It is lighter in weight than DMSO and therefore DMSO cannot carry the chemical of it. It is a pharmacutical grade plastic

Check messages 25367 and 25362.. go to www.dmso.org for more info.

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From: CHERYL D JONES <cctux@...>Subject: Re: Re: Comfrey/DMSO poultice success on a floating bone/inflammation issuehealth Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 3:39 PM

Thank you for sharing this info. And congratulations on your efforts! I am always so interested to read about people's experiences with tinctures, poultices, etc.. Where do you get your dmso? I have only been able to find it locally in plastic bottles - kind of defeats the purpose. Also, I'm looking for a good gum and teeth oil blend. Any suggestions? Thanks again.

Peace on earth.

Cheryl

Re: Comfrey/DMSO poultice success on a floating bone/inflammation issue

The flaxseed poultice is an emollient, soothing to inflammed tissues. Primarily though I was using it over the top of the comfrey to add more heatretention/ mass to the poultice. I've done it with cornflour too but freshly ground flaxseeds outperforms devitalized corn flour for soothing and nuturing. Hmmm, I bet comfrey oil mixed with DMSO would be simpler and work pretty good. That's a good suggestion.

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I never tried it as a rub. It is one of my favorite plants

though. At a plant weekend that I was teaching at I said, " I brought a

friend to teach us this weekend, " and persented a 3' tall big bunch of

it dug from my garden and carried in a 5 gallon bucket. It was the

star performer of the weekend, the students used leaves to make

infusions and poultices, we used the root to make decoctions,

tinctures, people paste, and oil. Brought some oil and roots that had

been working for 2 weeks for them to strain off and make salve out of.

We also planted a bed of it on the land where the class was located for

future use.

A big theme is when you gain a plant friend and familiarize

yourself with the different methods one plant can be used in many ways

in many different applications.

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Hello Prayerfulmantis,

Are you an herbalist? Your postings are so interesting. I am wondering what decoctions and people paste are? Also, is an infusion different from a tincture? I'd be happy to read the information on my own if you have a book to recommend! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

Peace on earth.

Cheryl

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I love comfrey. It is one of my favorites.

I got a glass cut on my ankle bone that was not healing as fast as I would

like. I made a goopy mix of powdered comfrey, wheat germ oil, honey and aloe

vera juice. Put that on a bandage and left it on for 24 hours. That wound

was almost healed! Wonderful stuff.

I have one baby plant that is surviving the chill ehre.

Re: Comfrey/DMSO poultice success on a

floating bone/inflammation issue

> I never tried it as a rub. It is one of my favorite plants

> though.

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Hi Cheryl,

Decoctions: These are teas made by simmering stuff for a period of

time. Usually this is done with roots and barks that take more energy

to get the medicinal released into the water.

People Paste: This comes from the book, " 10 Essential Herbs " . It's

a versatile mix used for a lot of different acute problems in a bunch

of different ways. There are various mixes but a basic one is slippery

elm, goldenseal, and I think myrhh.

Infusion: This is a tea, put herb in a cup and pour boiling water

over the top and let it steep 20 minutes or so.

Tincture: This is herbs prepared in alcohol. Usually it's more

concentrated than an herbal tea and stores a long time.

Yes, I play at being a community herbalist, sometimes I teach at a

primitive skills school. It's a fun hobby.

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I made a goopy mix of powdered comfrey, wheat germ oil, honey and aloe

> vera juice.

Sounds like a great mix, good job.