Dianne Onstad
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 It may be applied as an ointment or poultice mixed with other antiseptic herbs, such as comfrey.
Asafoetida
(Ferula assafoetida, F. foetida regel) Also Known As: Hing, Stinking Gum, Devil's Dung, Food of the Gods
Ferula is an old Latin name for the plant, likely derived from the verb ferire, "to strike," because irs srems were used as ferules (instruments, such as a flat piece of wood, used to punish children). Assafoetida derives from the Persian aza, meaning "mastic" (resin), and the Latin foetida, meaning "fetid" or "bad-smelling. |
Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens
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 HERP index for a serving of comfrey root and symphytine in comfrey-pepsin tablets is compared to the low HERP index for daily intake of EDB in grains averaged over the U.S. population). Fourth, as is common to a number of assessments, the increased risks to subpopulations are not addressed, subpopulations with considerably higher exposure than the calculated average exposure (or single serving in some cases) or those with identifiable increased susceptibility. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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 HERBAL TREATMENT
¦ a poultice of onion and comfrey is an old-time remedy that has anti-inflammatory action. It also stimulates the blood and gets it moving. Make a poultice with a combination of chopped onion and comfrey (see preparing herbal treatments in Part Three) and apply it to the affected area. Overwrap it with a clean white cloth and allow the poultice to remain in place for at least an hour.
Note: Do not use this treatment if the skin is broken.
¦ Turmeric contains curcumin, a strong natural antiinflammatory. Take 300 milligrams of standardized extract two or three times daily. |
Dr. Mary Dan Eades
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 If applied quickly, comfrey can prevent some discoloration. Apply a bandage soaked in comfrey tea. Do not ingest this herb.
• St. John's wort is useful for treating bruises and other wounds. Steep 1 to 2 teaspoons of dried herb in vegetable oil for a few days, then apply directly to the bruise. Tinctures and salves also work well.
Dosages may vary, depending on the duration and severity of your symptoms. Follow package directions, or consult a qualified herbal practitioner.
What makes it worse?
• I know of no nutrients that of themselves worsen capillary fragility. |
Dianne Onstad
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| A perennial crop lasting up to twenty years, comfrey grows well in drought-prone regions and brings the subsoil into
Comf rey / Nutritional Value
Per 100 g Edible Portion
Leaves
Root, Dried
Calories n/a
217
Protein
22 g
9.4 g
Fat n/a
'•7 g
Fiber n/a
« g
Calcium n/a
1,130 mg
Ironn
/.
81 mg
Magnesium n/a
170 mg
Phosphorus n/a
211 mg
Potassium n/a
1,590 mg
Sodium n/a
351 mg
Zinc n/a
0.28 mg
Manganese n/a
6.70 mg
Beta Carotene (A) n/a
11,000 IU
Thiamine (B|)
0.500 mg
0.120 mg
Riboflavin (B,)
1.000 mg
0.720 mg
Niacin (B3)
5.000 mg
6.700 mg
Cobalamin (Be)
0. |
Dr. Mary Dan Eades
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| Herbal remedies
• comfrey is anti-inflammatory, stimulates the immune system, and aids the formation of new skin. Moisten powdered comfrey with vegetable oil and apply the paste, or pound the leaf to soften the fuzzy hairs and apply the leaf itself, topically. There's no need to wash off the residue.
• Witch hazel is a soothing astringent that relieves hemorrhoidal pain and itching. Make a compress using generic witch hazel (available anywhere), and use it whenever you need a bit of soothing.
• Aloe is astringent and heals wounds. Apply it topically to the anal area. |
Dianne Onstad
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| Culinary Uses
This bland, extremely fine gteen powdet is used most frequently as a food supplement and often combined with nuttitional yeast, comfrey, ginseng powder, or bee pollen. It can be added (up to 10 percent by volume) to cereals and other food products to boost their nutritional profile without changing the flavor or creating objectionable tastes.
Health Benefits
Micro-alga exists on the edge between the plant and animal kingdoms and offers some unique nuttitional advantages. |
American Medical Publishing
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| The use of comfrey in dietary supplements is a serious concern to FDA, they say. These plants contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids, substances which are firmly established to be hepatotoxins in animals. Reports in the scientific literature clearly associate oral exposure of comfrey and pyrrolizidine alkaloids with the occurrence of veno-occlusive disease (VOD) in animals. Moreover, outbreaks of hepatic VOD have been reported in other countries over the years and the toxicity of these substances in humans is generally accepted. |
Dianne Onstad
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| A daily drink of comfrey, alfalfa, and parsley mixed with fruit juice is a marvelous tonic, very efficacious for general health.
Coriander and Cilantro
(Coriandrum sativum)
Also Known As: Chinese Parsley, Mexican Parsley
The name Coriandrum, used by Pliny, comes from the Greek koris, a name for an ill-smelling bug or bedbug; it was given to this plant because of the peculiar odor produced when it is struck or broken. Sativum indicates that this plant has long been cultivated. Cilantro is the Spanish name for the plant. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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 The following herbal products have demonstrated liver toxicity: germander, comfrey, chapparal leaf, ma huang, pennyroyal, skullcap, and mistletoe. If one desires to use any of these herbal products, it is advisable to do so under the care of a physician and with careful monitoring of liver enzymes and hepatitis C viral counts (Harvey et al. 1981;Gossrau et al. 1990).
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Conventional physicians administer a two-drug combination consisting of interferon and ribavirin in an attempt to eradicate HCV. While this dmg therapy is very effective in some patients, it fails in many others. |
Dianne Onstad
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| With more protein in its leaf structure than any other known member of the vegetable kingdom, it is also the only land plant discovered so far that contains traces of vitamin B12. comfrey is an excellent detoxicant, especially effective on liver and lung tissues, creating richer, cleaner blood cells that are capable of carrying greater amounts of oxygen and nourishment. |
John Heinerman
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 Prevention magazine related how her own stomach ulcers disappeared by her drinking comfrey tea for a while. Comfrey's success with this, as well as with external wounds and sores may be attributed in part to the silicon, potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen found in the allantoin.
Allantoin is a very healing substance because it promotes cell regeneration, particularly important for deep wounds and open sores. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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| The following herbal preparations have shown liver toxicity: germander, comfrey, chapparal leaf, ginbu-1, pennyroyal, skullcap, and mistletoe.
Some hepatitis B patients take 500 mg of licorice root extract 3 times a day. There is a controversy about hepatitis B patients taking high-dose licorice; we therefore suggest it only be taken under the supervision of a knowledgeable health care provider. If high doses of licorice are taken, monitor blood pressure to guard against any untoward increase. |
Walter Last
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 Broken Bones: Fresh vegetable juices, broth of fish heads, and bone meal can be helpful as well as vitamin C, halibut-oil capsules, manganese, boron, zinc, magnesium, and comfrey root. Place the north pole of a magnet above the fracture (towards the trunk) and the south pole opposite and below the fracture (towards fingers or toes); also try a pulsating magnetic field at the site of the injury. See Osteoporosis below. |
Michael Castleman
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 But for wounds, comfrey is still a great healer.
How-to: Mix the powdered root with water to make a paste. Apply it to the injured area and cover with a clean bandage. Change the bandage and comfrey preparation daily. "I've seen complete healing of major skin wounds using this method," says Andrew Weil, M.D., professor of preventive medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson and author of Natural Health, Natural Healing.
Dill Seed
Dill is best known as the spice in pickles. |
Ray Strand, M.D.
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 Some herbs contain dangerous products called pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are known to cause liver damage while leading to cancer in animals; for example: borage (Borago officinalis), coltsfoot (Tussilago far-far), comfrey (Symphytum species), and life root (Senecio aureus).7
The German Federal Health Agency has established regulations on the amount of pyrrolizidine alkaloids that their manufacturers may place in these herbs. Germany, however, does require quality control and so actually regulates these amounts. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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 Because the content of PAs is highly variable and can vary naturally in the crude drug by a factor of approximately 10, only comfrey products that have a declared content of PAs should be used therapeutically (Michler and Arnold, 1996). g£2fl Arnica
Arnica flowers are obtained from Arnica montana of the family Asteraceae (Fig. 8.7), an herbaceous perennial growing to 30-60 cm that is native to mountainous regions of Europe. Its large, orange flowers bloom from June to August. According to the 1996 German Pharmacopeia, the flowers of A. chamissonis (subsp. foliosa) can be used in place of A. |
| Two medicinal herbs - arnica and comfrey - have a long tradition in European folk medicine for external use in the treatment of injuries. Crude bromelain (from pineapple fruitstalk) and other herbal enzyme preparations are taken internally and are used mainly for the treatment of postoperative swelling. gjgjQI Bromelain
Crude bromelain is a mixture of proteolytic enzymes derived from the pineapple plant (Ananas comosus, family Bromeliaceae) and especially from the fruiting stems. |
| Ointments or other preparation for external use only should contain up to 20 % of the dried herb or equivalent amounts of extract. comfrey contains unsaturated pyrrolizidine alkaloids (Pas), which have shown hepatotoxic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic properties in rats. Internal consumption of the herb has also been shown to induce hepatic veno-occlusive disease in humans. Thus, the monograph cautions against the external use of more than 1 mg of PAs daily or similar use of the herb for more than 4-6 weeks per year. |
Walter Last
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| Discolored Intestinal Area: A whitish intestinal area indicates inflammation, irritation, or ulcers; if present, avoid gluten products, lactose, spices, and acid foods; use mucilaginous supplements (fenugreek, slippery elm, comfrey, linseed), brown rice, and the outer parts of potatoes. If there is a mucus congestion in the head, there is a whitish or brownish discoltowards ear and brain. If chronically weak, this area will be dark. |
| Use homeopathic Arnica and/or Bach Rescue Remedy, internally and topically; also burdock, chamomile, comfrey, echinacea, and yarrow, as teas and topically. additional therapies: Cool burns with ice; spray wounds and burns with a one-percent ascorbic acid and propolis solution; alternatively, apply weak tannic acid. After drying the site, apply vitamin E oil and cover with aloe vera gel, honey of a heavy consistency, or ointments containing propolis, vitamin E, and zinc oxide. The principle is to seal the wound or burn airtight with an antiseptic preparation until it is healed. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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 Cynoglossum spp.), comfrey (Symphytum officinale), and lungwort (Pul-monaria officinalis). American dogwoods (Cornus spp.) have T-shaped hairs that cause erythema and urtication when the leaf is rubbed on the skin in the direction of its long axis. In addition to its obvious spines, the pads and fruit of the prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica), cultivated for its edible fruit, bear tufts of shorter, hooked hairs called glochids, which may appear innocuous but can cause mechanical injury. |
Earl Mindell
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 Comfrey
When used in teas, comfrey has been found to alleviate stomach ailments, coughs, diarrhea, arthritis pain, liver and gallbladder conditions.
CAUTION: A possible side effect of using this herb is that it can reduce your absorption of iron and vitamin B12.
140. Echinacea
This herb has been found to protect healthy cells from viral and bacterial attack by stimulating activity of the immune system in general and T cells—which attack pathogens and toxins—in particular. Helpful in lessening the severity of colds and flu, and in speeding recovery.
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Dian Dincin Buchman, Ph.D.
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 The following herbal poultices are also useful: hot moistened flaxseed, cooked marshmallow root, cooked hot comfrey root, moistened comfrey leaves, and gingerroot tea. Place any of these in a handkerchief, light kitchen towel, or cloth, and apply to the area of pain.
SPRAIN AND SWELLING Water Therapy
Immediately apply an ice pack to the sprain for 20 minutes an hour during the first 24 hours. This reduces recovery time as well as potential inflammation. Practice RICE: Rest, Icing, Compression, and Elevation. Compression means either light bandaging or an elastic bandage such as sold by Ace. |
Andrew Pengelly
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 Several herbs, including comfrey, slippery elm bark, marshmallow and linseed, are used in this way.
Gums and mucilages are invaluable aids in the management of irritable digestive disorders, especially where ulceration is a feature. Their relative indigestibility and hydrophilic properties create an influence on bowel behaviour, acting as:
• Laxative agents—the bulk effect results in increased peristalsis, drawing moisture into the colon producing a mild aperient effect
• Antidiarrhoeal agents—small quantities absorb excess water in the colon. Tannins if present have a binding effect, e.g. |
Paul Pitchford
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 Although not as effective as comfrey, most other greens such as plantain leaf, cabbage, spinach, and chard can be substituted when comfrey is not available.
Chives and cayenne are additional excellent remedies for injuries with signs of blood stagnation. They work internally when added generously to the diet. For external use, chive greens and/or roots are cut finely, then juiced by wringing the pulp through muslin or similar cloth, or by expressing with a juicer. The juice can then be soaked into cotton cloth and applied as a compress, or rubbed on directly as a liniment. |
Dr. Richard Schulze and Sam Biser
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| John Christopher, and other herbalists, were big fans of comfrey leaf and root for the same purpose, and had thousands of great patient healing stories and testimonials. It contains some of the same healing chemicals as Aloe. Since I used Aloe exclusively in my clinic and because it is already in gel form, I believe Aloe is superior.
Notes from Sam Biser: Dr. Schulze's late teacher, Dr. John Christopher, recommended all people keep a burn paste in their homes made up of 1/3 comfrey root powder, 1/3 raw honey, and 1/3 wheat germ oil. |
Paul Pitchford
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| Although not as effective as comfrey, most other greens such as plantain leaf, cabbage, spinach, and chard can be substituted when comfrey is not available.
Chives and cayenne are additional excellent remedies for injuries with signs of blood stagnation. They work internally when added generously to the diet. For external use, chive greens and/or roots are cut finely, then juiced by wringing the pulp through muslin or similar cloth, or by expressing with a juicer. The juice can then be soaked into cotton cloth and applied as a compress, or rubbed on directly as a liniment. |
Grace Ross Lewis
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 Precautions: comfrey taken orally has been linked to liver damage (cirrhosis). Unborn children have suffered liver damage as a result of mother's use. Animal studies show lung, kidney, and gastrointestinal problems resulted from consumption. Australia, Canada, Germany, and Great Britain restrict sales of comfrey.
Synonyms: NONE KNOWN. contugated linoleic acid__
Products and Uses: A fatty acid that occurs naturally in meat and dairy products.
Precautions: No negative side effects known. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 Ginseng, Pollen, and Dandelion.
•OROTIC ACID Vitamin B-13, Calcium Orotate and diOrotate, Magnesium Orotate, Lithium Orotate, andZinc Orotate.
WORKS WITH: Mineral transport.
RANGE: 1500-2000-3000mg. RDA: None.
TOXICITY: Noneknown.
ABSORPTION: For Folic acid and Vitamin B-12 use. The Orotic molecule is mainly absorbed in the mesenchymal connective tissue and by bradytrophic tissues in cartilage, vessel walls, the Brain Blood Barrier, for the nerves, Brain activity; and bone matrix: and is less absorbed in liver epithelial glands, ormucous cells. |
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