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Comfrey
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Comfrey for shallow, open wounds?
An herbalist friend recommended pouring boiling vinegar over comfrey leaves and using the leaves on the shallow skin tears my 80 year old father gets. I call them sheet tears because a large area of skin simply peels off with the slightest trauma. I don’t know if it’s due to the collagen defect we share but it definitely…
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How are you growing your medicine cabinet this year?
It’s a good year for medicinals of all sorts on our little farm in Alabama. We have huge patches of elderberries and I started a tincture of the flowers last week, though I don’t really know what it is used for yet. I’m on the third leg of my wild lettuce tincture preparation (as recommended by our fearless leader, thanks…
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FREE: The Comfrey Conference, May 9, 2022
From the Wise Woman Herbal E-zine email by Susun Weed: A free virtual event that showcases comfrey lovers and herbal teachers who share their personal experiences, thoughts, and research. Premieres May 9 with a keynote on joy by Patch Adams MD. (Yet I signed up and it took me to a few things right away.) Learn More and…
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Making Salve
There are lots of recipes out there for salves - comfrey salve, arnica salve, yarrow salve, plantain salve. Why not make a comfrey, yarrow, plantain salve? You know? Blend them all together am make a multi-purpose salve? Is there a draw back or two herbs that you would don't want to combine?
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Comfrey!
So I have a HUGE Comfrey plant. I planted it last spring it got about 4’ tall by September and started flowering. It overwintered and now it is ALREADY over 4’ tall and flowering in May!!! My hubby is standing there for reference, he is 6’2” Should I cut it back? Cut off the flowers? Let it go and see how big it will…
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Awesome Comfrey
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Comfrey as forage & a control over leafy spurge?
I have a question. We have a bunch of poisonous, invasive leafy spurge. It has mainly been growing where the ground is more damp and hasn't spread to drier areas yet. I know that it can, but it hasn't here over the 5 or so years that it has been noticable. It was probably brought here by mallard ducks one wet summer. It…
