Guest guest Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Comfrey - I love it. About 30 years ago a friend who had a bunch got tired of it spreading and asked her son to disc it under when he disced her ground in spring. It spread all over. She was laughing at herself about that one! But she had enough ground that is was not encroaching. Gayla Always Enough Ranch Acampo, California Check out our SALE PAGE at www.bouncinghoofs.com/alwaysenoughhobbysale.html A day without Bill Barnhill is like a day without sunshine! goatclearing@... http://coloredboers.home.att.net/always.html No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day. Elbert Hubbard ----- Original Message ----- From: <cweeks@...> <health > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 10:13 PM Subject: Re: comfrey poultice > Thanks, this helped. I think I will need to plant a couple of more plants come > spring. > > > Message: 24 > Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:56:05 -0000 > From: " prayerfulmantis " <prayerfulmantis@...> > Subject: Re:comfrey poultice > > Yes, reuseing poultices is a go preceded by a no, at combat > speed it sounds like this, " NO GO " . However, this switching back > and forth is considered a single application. If you're running two > socks(I much prefer the ziplock bag hotwater bottle and a single > sock) that's just a way to keep things warm while your applying > them. When you are done with the treatment (I find I can keep > someone entertained with this for 20-30 minutes) then compost the > herbs. If you go to do another treatment, such as the next day, > then use new herb and fresh socks. > I much like a sock poultice. It is delightfully simple and > feeds a certain childlike glee that comes from doing kitchen > wizardry. No lab coat or college degree needed. > Used this one with comfrey leaves on an eldery man who had a > loose bone chip in his foot that wouldn't heal up. As it floated > (some injury knocked it loose) it would cause the foot to swell up > and parts would turn black and blue and stay that way for weeks at a > time. The foot support and antiinflammatory OTC meds the doctor > prescribed gave some relief but not enough. Amazingly, one > application of the comfrey was enough to kick start the healing. I > think I gave him some tincture of the root for him to take > internally for a few days too. He's been fine since. > Have fun with it! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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