SYMPHYTUM OFFICIONALE (Common Comfrey)
Homeopaths, like herbalists, use Symphytum for fractures. Homeopaths, however, give their remedies in potentized doses rather than in teas, tinctures or poultices as done by herbalists.
Although one must go to a physician to have the fracture re-set and placed in a cast, Symphytum will relieve pain and promote rapid healing of the fracture. Sometimes the plant is referred to as bone knit for this reason. Common conditions for use of Symphytum by homeopaths are bone fractures and facial injuries.
Besides its application in fractures, Symphytum is a great remedy for injuries to the eyeball, bones around the eyes, and the cheekbones.
There are 35 species in the genus Symphytum. They are all are coarse, hairy herbs with simple, opposite or basal leaves and pendent, tubular to club-shaped flowers. Symphytum officinale is the comfrey used by homeopaths, a coarse perennial native to Europe and Asia with winged stems and large, rough leaves. The plant grows up to 90 cm high and prefers moist, marshy places. The flowers are arranged in curled cymes and vary considerably in color – white, pale yellow, purple, purple-blue, rose and crimson forms being found.
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