All the Comforts of Comfrey

» LadyB - In support of the comfrey...

That bit of research that caused the uproar about the DANGERS of comfrey I thought had been thoroughly challenged. Last I heard, it was a matter of a) Russian Comfrey being tested, b) one single alkaloid from the ROOT was tested, c) that one alkaloid was SYNTHESIZED, and d) that synthesized, single alkaloid was fed to a bunch of rats at some unbelievable concentration that we couldn't duplicate without drinking astronomical amounts of comfrey tea every day for YEARS. And at that, the poor rats showed pre-cancerous changes in their livers (what a surprise!). From THERE, someone came to the conclusion that Comfrey Causes Liver Cancer. Oh please. And OFF the shelves it goes.

Comfrey IS one of the most astonishing healing plants going. I usually make an infused oil from the leaves, then gently heat that oil over a double boiler and melt in some beeswax and get the most amazing healing salve there ever was. It is SO healing that I WILL give you one caution: Don't use it on a really deep cut, or the top will just close up in RECORD time without healing all the way down. That's how quickly it works. With that in mind, I usually mix the comfrey oil with an equal amount of plantain oil and make the salve from there. WONDERFUL stuff.

But yes, all the warnings about it taking over the universe is true, which is why is makes such GLORIOUS COMPOST!!!!

-- posted by LadyB

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» Fatima79 - Herbal supplements ??

Hi there all,

I've a friend that uses herbal life supplements for weight loss. So far she lost about 15ibs in 6wks, no side effect as of yet and she looks and feels great. I want to try it myself But I'm afraid that it would do harm than good. I've hear that some natural diet pills are not good for your health. Did anyone of you take this diet pill before or know anything about it? It's new to me and I would like to know anything/everything about it.

Thanks in advance,

Fatima

P.S I'm new member forgive me if I posted this in the wrong Discussion forum

-- posted by Fatima79

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