Comfrey has many common names. You many know it as: knitbone, healing herb, boneset, slippery root or bruisewort.

Latin: Symphytum officinale

Centuries ago the Greeks used comfrey to stop bleeding and to treat bronchial issues. Dioscorides prescribed comfrey to heal wounds and mend broken bones. The latin conferta means grow together which is where comfrey is purported to have gained its name.

Comfrey is used today externally in balms and salves and as feed for livestock. Recent controversy over it’s toxicity has stopped people from using comfrey as an internal aid. Comfrey MAY be toxic when ingested.

The plants themselves are an upright leafy perennial. Very hardy. They die back in the winter and come right back in the spring. Comfrey has a way of taking over so plant it in a restricted bed.

Magically speaking, comfrey is used in any form of magical healing. Also used for traveling safely.

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