Guest guest Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 COMFREY: Did you know? Comfrey is much used to maintain health in animals and cows, especially, will demolish a stand of comfrey in short order. It is, however, also excellent as an expectorant for bronchitis and irritable coughs and can soothe inflamed gastric and duodenal ulcers. Add 1 to 3 teaspoons of dried comfrey to 1 cup of water, bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and drink three times a day until the condition eases. Very good for healing also, which you already know. Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ www.onegrp.com/?mamanott organic cosmetics http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 As a child growing up on a homestead back in the 70's I watched my mother try to get a patch of comfrey growing. It never seemed to take however as the goats would escape from the pen and go straight to the comfrey planting and devour every last bit of it. Then they'ld go to the cherry tree. In the early 90's many moves later I visited the old homestead, now under new management. In the place where she had planted it without the goats present the comfrey had spread into a beautiful patch 20' across. Some herbal authors scared of litigation have warnings about comfrey. I remember those goats and they would do just about anything to get it. Seems like there's something we can learn from them about it. Of course they'ld eat lots of other things too, we had to keep them out of the burdock or the milk would get burdocky. But comfrey has a long established history as a powerful healer. I occasionally eat the leaves steamed slightly and they are good. One of the old names is knitbone, people with breaks and fractures heal up quicker when on comfrey. I use it a lot in external healing salves for lots of different wounds, skin irritations, and the like. One of my teacher's uses it internally on people who undergo surgery or trauma as it helps the whole body heal quicker. Comfrey leaves are an awesome addition to the compost pile. The best quality compost I've seen is made with comfrey integrated into the layers. I keep two biointensive beds planted to the stuff, I get 2-3 compost cuttings a year (a lot of biomass), medicine, and an emergency food supply all in one. It's another great plant for guerilla gardening or permaculturing and I like to give out lots of slips to have patches growing throughout the community. Comfrey roots can be decocted and made into a paste that is a great facial mask. With a few drops of lemon essential oil (can't remember what the other one I used was, some aromatherapy person could tell one lots of different oils that are cleansing and nourishing to the skin) added after it cools smear it on. It makes one look like an alien from a cheap grade B scifi movie but after 20- 30 minutes peel it off and the skin looks awesome. Slippery elm and marshmallow can be used similiarly, I like comfrey or marshmallow as it's a bit more sustainable than the slippery elm. Cheaper too when you have a big patch of it. Another use of the roots is to dry and roast and turn into coffee. Not quite as good as dandelion or chicory but an interesting alternative to try. Thanks for bringing up this one, it's one of my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 I've got comfrey in the back yard but I've been neverous on using it. I guess it's like every thing else it has to be used in moderation. --- Suzanne <suziesgoats@...> wrote: > > COMFREY: Did you know? > > Comfrey is much used to maintain health in animals > and cows, especially, will demolish a stand of > comfrey in short order. It is, however, also > excellent as an expectorant for bronchitis and > irritable coughs and can soothe inflamed gastric and > duodenal ulcers. > > > > Add 1 to 3 teaspoons of dried comfrey to 1 cup of > water, bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. > Strain and drink three times a day until the > condition eases. > > > > Very good for healing also, which you already know. > > > > > > > Suzi > > What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet > been discovered. > > > health/ > www.onegrp.com/?mamanott organic cosmetics > http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in > one click. __________________________________ - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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