Using Comfrey Safely
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Comfrey is an important plant in traditional Western herbalism, as well as in modern herbalism, but there's a stigma around it too. People seem to be a bit scared of comfrey because of some research showing some of the constituents are potentially dangerous.
But this is an herb that has been used in Western herbalism both topically and, yes—believe it or not—internally as well for a really long time. Few people talk about the possible internal usage of comfrey.
But if you know more about its uses and characteristics, you can use it with greater confidence and competence.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the plant path, your window into the world of herbal medicine, with Saja and Whitney Popham, founders of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:23.6 | Hey there everybody, Sagea Popham here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:29.6 | And in this week's episode, I'm going to be talking with you a little bit about Comfrey. |
| 0:33.6 | You know, this is a super important plant in traditional Western herbalism as well as in modern |
| 0:40.3 | herbalism, but there's kind of this stigma around it too, right? Like everyone seems to be kind of a little |
| 0:47.8 | bit scared of comfrey, right? Because there's, you know, some research on it and on some of the |
| 0:53.4 | constituents in there as being |
| 0:55.4 | potentially dangerous. But this is an herb that has been used in Western herbalism, both |
| 1:01.6 | topically and yes, believe it or not, internally as well for a really long time. But not a lot |
| 1:08.6 | of folks really talk about the possible internal usage of Comfrey. |
| 1:14.3 | So in this week's episode, I'm just me sharing a little bit more about this plant, some of |
| 1:20.4 | its uses and characteristics. And so you can know more about it and be able to use it with greater confidence and competence. |
| 1:30.5 | So enjoy this week's post on Comfrey. |
| 1:34.1 | Sherry is asking Comfrey, what is its effect on the body? |
| 1:38.1 | How can it be applied? |
| 1:39.4 | Yeah, good question. |
| 1:40.3 | I like how direct your question is. |
| 1:42.4 | So Comfrey or Symphitum fissionale. |
| 1:46.0 | This is, um, yes, this is a remedy that has been around for a very long time. |
| 1:52.0 | It's a very popular herbal medicine. |
| 1:55.0 | It is, there's like controversy, not controversy, but maybe a little bit around Comfrey, differences of opinion to be sure. |
| 2:05.4 | So, you know, one of the main things about Comfrey is most herbalists say, you know, |
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