http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/comfrey.rss http://www.earthclinic.com/template_img/logo.jpg http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/comfrey.rss Comfrey for bone fractures with recipe to be applied nightly--on Earth Clinic, Your Source for Natural Remedies! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:23:23 EST en-us http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/comfrey.html&name=PROLAPSE_31804 /Remedies/comfrey.rss1 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:16:35 EDT Connie from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA writes: "Comfrey for Prolapse... Comfrey is supposed to be phenomenal stuff. Google "comfrey uses". Some people say not to ingest it, only to apply it topically; but at least one site says that fear is from poor laboratory studies, and that it's safe to ingest. It is said to work by speeding the healing process dramatically." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/comfrey.html&name=RF_31355 /Remedies/comfrey.rss2 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:22:49 EDT Ryan from Perth, Wa writes: "A month or two ago I felt the need to crack my neck but i think i did it on a bad angle or had something in there at the site. As when i did so, it made a terrible sound that resulted in some pretty intense sharp pains. the back of my neck bulged half an inch out over a few hours and it became seriously painful. As the day progressed i lost most of the range of motion in my neck and the pain only got worse. I researched and ended up at 'disc bulges' and a recommendation for a 'cold anti-inflammatory cream like Comfrey' or something to that effect... and periodic ice pack treatment. I put something frozen on it ten minutes in each hour and that seemed to help a little until i could get somewhere to do something proper about it. I then went to a health food store and got some Comfrey cream they had... and it really was amazing, on the first application it went from a serious 8/10 pain level down to 4/10, it was like pouring water onto a fire. I alternated between ice pack and the comfrey cream every 30-60 minutes and that kept the pain well down. I did make the mistake of trying to lie down and sleep... very, very silly. not for a day or two of this treatment could i lie completely down without all of the pain returning. i recommend sleeping mostly sitting up until most of the pain is gone, its not worth risking setting it off again. Apparently the reason it works is because if the muscles around the joint/disc become inflamed they will swell up and that will then put pressure on the joint/disc causing the pain. the comfrey is a 'cold acting anti-inflammatory' it is anti-inflammatory and the net effect of the cream is cooling which reduces swelling. the cold from the ice pack also directly reduces swelling. I also took some anti-inflammatories internally to speed up general recovery, ginger, tumeric, omega 3. Ryan." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/comfrey.html&name=RF_26575 /Remedies/comfrey.rss3 Wed, 13 May 2009 12:50:45 EDT [QUESTION] Kelly from Mt. Healthy, Ohio writes: "I have a question about comfrey. I read posts about it's use in treating fractures, but my question is will it help muscle tears as I fell and twisted my leg severely but did not break it. any advise would be greatly appreciated. God Bless" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/comfrey.html&name=RF_19921 /Remedies/comfrey.rss4 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST Asha from Austin, TX writes: "Hi Chloe, My 4 year old daughter got a small distal radial and radisus torus fracture on her left wrist about 6 days ago. I took her to ER and they splinted it with partial plaster along the inside of the forearm. I was trying to find a remedy to stop or relieve her excessive itchy skin underneath the splint. They are against the use of any creams applied to the skin, sticking any object inside the splint/cast to scratch, etc. And the Doctor's nurse so reassuringly and confidently recommended the use of Liquid Benedryl like it was the only and #1 cure. However, it has failed terribly. And I refuse to continue to give my little girl a self-proven highly ineffective drug. I am so fed up and totally against the use of these crazy over-the-counter medicines and prescription ones, too. My little girl has gotten to the point where she is banging, or bear rubbing her splinted arm against or on something in a desperate attempt to make the itching stop. And I've had to tell her to stop because the fracture could get worse and the splinter/plaster can break. I don't know what else to do. Prayerfully, I came across your post about your own personal testimonies on healing your fractures with Comfrey. This will be great if I can assist in speeding up her recovery because the sooner she would no longer have to wear that thing, hence, no longer itching. Now, when I take her to the ortho doctor I think they are going to cast, but I can be wrong. It's a small fracture that is said to be healed within 5 weeks using a cast and/or splint. So, they are telling me 4 more weeks of my little being unable to relieve her itchy skin. You said comfrey worked for you, but I am unsure how to apply it to my 4 year old. You used terms like "several", etc. 1) Is there exact measurements you can share for your recipe? 2) You said apply it every four hours. Ok, for how long until her next follow up (after the one she will have in a day)? 3) If he (ortho doctor) does end up casting her wrist/arm how will I administer the comfrey? 4) Does the regular grocery stores sell Comfrey? Thanks a mill, Asha" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/comfrey.html&name=RF_18385 /Remedies/comfrey.rss5 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] Katie from Edison, NJ writes: "Comfrey Compress for a Dachshund My doxie's back legs became paralyzed. The vet "guessed" that he had intervertebral disk disease and suggested a $5,000.00 surgery. After my research - I put him on strict crate rest, gave him supplements, chinese herbs and pumpkin (for fiber). I also gave him comfrey compresses - 3x's a day- which he would settle into. It took 3 1/2 months for him to walk again. The interesting thing was that when he got better, he would not sit for the compresses. I took it as "I'm ok now and don't need it anymore.") A big thanks to this website for it's valuable information. " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/comfrey.html&name=RF_16908 /Remedies/comfrey.rss6 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] Zella Sauer from Terre Haute, Indiana writes: "Hello, First let me say I love this site! I plan to try many many things here. I came here because of a gallbladder attack. I was sooo sick with this last attack, and I am not working and have no medical insurance. So I started out with AVC in apple juice and wow !! I felt much better (((but a very wonderful side effect occurred, which I wasn't expecting.... I have been holding water a lot lately in my ankles, and I have been drinking lots of water to help rid my body and eating very little to no salt, but still some puffiness.... I have been using ACV for 3 days now and my ankles and lower legs are TINY again !!! I can't believe it !!!) I have since then been reading all the wonderful things ACV does so I am a believer and will be taking it from now on.))) I did start out drinking the regular kind from the store in apple juice, but I have bought the organic ACV now... My second subject is LETTUCE. I wanted faster relief on my gallbladder and eating a chunk of lettuce makes your stomach and gas build up from all of this ease down quite fast ...and it works! THANKS My third subject is comfrey.... comfrey has many many used more than just bones.... I have it growing in my yard, and ((of course I haven;t been using it for about 1 month)) but that was me being dumb))) anyway I have a whole read out on comfrey and all of it's cures... but it may be too long for here. One thing it is for is the digestive system in your body. I usually cut me about 8 to 10 leafs each morning and bring them to a simmer and eat them. They are delicious and taste like rough spinach. My mom drinks comfrey tea. It is supposed to heal any upsets in your digestive track from your stomach right on down to your bowls, and ground comfry root is powerful stuff. Here is a small readout on just a few of it's healing powers...... ((Tea of the leaves or decoction of the root was traditionally used for arthritis, respiratory problems, persistent coughs, pleurisy, bronchitis, bronchial pneumonia, lung disease with dry cough, lung congestion, quinsy, whooping cough, consumption, metritis, periostitis, gastrointestinal ulcers, ulcerative colitis, internal hemorrhage (lungs, bowel, stomach), bleeding piles, bloody urine, bladder infections, prostate infections, cystitis, leukorrhea, excessive menstrual flow, scrofula, anemia, wasting disease, DIGESTIVE & STOMACH PROBLEMS, spitting blood, colds, nasal congestion, diarrhea, and dysentary.)) I know a lady of 98 still going strong, a dear friend of my mom's, gave a plant to my mom and she in turn gave me some starts from it years ago, to help us with stomach problems and I did use it for 3 months once ... and was wonderfully healthy and no digestive problems at all... then I moved and my landlord would not allow me to pull it up. So it took me years to find it again and only this year, I have plenty... so along with my AVC, lettuce and comfrey I plan to get healthy and well.... ohh and I am just starting to use organic coconut oil on my skin ... will let everyone know .... :) Thanks again !!! " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/comfrey.html&name=RF_28760 /Remedies/comfrey.rss7 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:51:18 EDT [YEA] Brian from Wendouree/Ballarat, Victoria/Australia writes: "when 7 years old, I nearly died with nepthritis [ kidney disease ]. At 39 year old, the pain in that area made me almost weep and it needed to be stopped. I felt something inside said to fast, take only lemon juice and eat "raw" comfrey - I did this from 4.00 pm friday until lunch time sunday and I have never had a pain there since and I am now 68years old. "I thank God for Comfrey" - since then I have spoke to people who have also been set free of disease in the kidneys through comfrey and its healing "alantoin". I only ate about 7 hand sized leaves over 3 days." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/comfrey.html&name=RF_1457 /Remedies/comfrey.rss8 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] Carol from OKC, U. S. A. writes: "...Comfrey compresses healed not only the deep bruising (in 3 days), resulting from a stubbed, broken toe but also, bone -- after all, the common name for comfrey is \"knit bone\". Raspberry tea healed my indigestion after I was forced to eat \"junk food\" for 3 days whilst staying with my husband\'s cousin." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/comfrey.html&name=RF_1455 /Remedies/comfrey.rss9 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST [YEA] Ann from Union County, NJ writes: "I fractured my right fifth metacarpal the beginning of this month. I saw the orthopaedist and he set it with a cast. I used a tincture of comfrey acquired from the local healthfood store. I applied with a q-tip under the cast at the site of the fracture once or twice a day. I went back to the doc for my followup visit two weeks and two days after the injury, the doc kept asking, three times, "When did this injury had occur?" He could not believe how fast it had healed, he left the cast off and now I have a soft splint. Now I apply the comfrey tincture on a bandaid and leave it on overnight. I hope to be splint free when I go for my next two week checkup. Not bad for a 58 year old female." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/comfrey.html&name=RF_1456 /Remedies/comfrey.rss10 Tue, 12 Mar 2002 00:00:00 EST [YEA] Donna from Ukaih, California writes: "I used a comfrey poultice on my granddaughter\'s arm and it healed so rapidly, the doctor was amazed. My 90 yr old mom just broke her arm and I\'m using a comfrey compress. I\'m told it will take 3 months or more for it to heal, so we\'ll see, but I have faith that it will heal much faster!!!" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/Remedies/comfrey.html&name=INTERNAL_1458 /Remedies/comfrey.rss11 Ted from Bangkok, Thailand writes: "You can get around the comfrey problem for internal use as comfrey\'s active ingredient is allantoin. What you need is to dissolve allantoin, which is not soluble in water. However, it is soluble in DMSO and this can help with fractures. You can mix about 100-5000 mg of allantoin to 2 cc of DMSO. Of course you should add water to 10-20 cc at which you can apply to the skin or drink for internal purposes. It has help some people heal fractures and this is one way to avoid poisonous alkaloids from comfrey. Some people added aloe vera extracts and oil to improve healing. Dosages for DMSO mixed with comfrey on a per day basis is estimated to be about 10 drops per day based on mixture I mentioned. Please understand that use of DMSO will result in you getting garlic odor. You can reduce this if you halved your dosages or drinking diluted hydrogen peroxide will also help reduce the smell. The reason why it smells garlic is because your body is hungry for oxygen. What it does is it takes out the oxygen component from the DMSO to get DMS. Now if the water you drink is high in hydrogen peroxide (water with not over 0.5% food grade H2O2), then the oxygen will come from H2O2 component more readily, reducing the garlic smell somewhat. Of course you can try MSM which is an DMSO with one more oxygen, this will get rid of the problem and will also help with healing of fractures. Of course, MSM is not as good of solvent for allantoin as DMSO.\" Click here to see all books on the healing properties of Comfrey. "