Comfrey root: description and healing properties

Since ancient times, the root of the common folk medicine has been used. To help this plant resorted to warriors in ancient Rome. It was used for bone splicing, wound healing. Medieval monks healed many ailments with dried roots. What is this plant, and what is its healing power?

Description of the culture

Comfrey is a perennial herbaceous plant. In people, the culture was nicknamed the joke. This name it received for the ability to speed up the fusion of damaged bones. But this is not the only positive effect on the body. Comfrey officinalis has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and regenerative properties. In addition, it perfectly improves appetite and improves overall tone.

The plant has an erect long stalk. In height, it sometimes reaches 1.2 m. The stem is covered with small hard hairs throughout its length. Leaflets differ rough surface. They have a characteristic cucumber flavor. The plant has beautiful flowers down. They attract a violet, purple, blue, and sometimes yellow-white palette.

The root of the comfrey is black-brown. He is very powerful. The root grows wider and deeper. The spindle-shaped processes branch out from it. That is why it is very difficult to dig out the root of the comfrey. The photo allows you to see which underground part has culture. The healers say: to get to the root system of the comfrey, it is necessary to dig a very large pit.

It grows alive near canals, streams, on damp lawns, in shrub thickets.

Chemical composition

The most demanded in medicine is the root of the comfrey. In this case, the healing power of the whole plant. Therefore, healers often use leaves of the culture for compresses with bruises and fractures.

The underground part contains many useful components:

• Mucous and rubbery substances;
• Alkaloids;
• Carbohydrates;
• tannins;
• Organic acids.

Beneficial features

Due to its composition, the root of comfrey is in demand in the fight against many diseases:

1. Abundant mucous components give the plant an expectorant, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic effect. That is why it is used for the treatment of the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract. He is in demand with a variety of internal bleeding.
2. The active ingredients of the root, according to the latest scientific studies, have antiulcer and antitumor activity.
3. The plant is rich in allantoin. This component is a natural antibiotic. It allows you to effectively combat various pathogenic bacteria that provoke purulent inflammatory processes in the body. Due to such properties, the root is widely in demand in the treatment of trophic ulcers and osteomyelitis. At the same time, it provides an excellent result even in cases when traditional means do not give positive dynamics.
4. But the most basic application of the root is the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system. It is used for dislocations, sprains, fractures, ligament ruptures. Due to its rich composition it effectively reduces pain, eliminates swelling and relieves inflammation.

Therapeutic application

The roots of the comfrey medicinal have a number of beneficial effects on the human body:

• Bactericidal;
• Regenerating;
• Bone-healing;
• Antineoplastic.

They are able to speed up the process of restoring damaged tissue, stop necrosis. But you should know that the plant is poisonous enough. In addition, the alkaloids that make up the culture are capable of paralyzing the CNS.

That's why resort to treatment with this plant should only after consulting a doctor.

In official and folk medicine, the live-eye is in demand in the fight against such ailments:

• Osteochondrosis;
• Any bone pathologies;
• osteomyelitis;
• Arthrosis, arthritis;
• Inflammation of the periosteum ;
• Dislocations;
• Gout, rheumatoid joint damage;
• Bone tuberculosis ;
• Thrombophlebitis;
• sarcoma;
• Tumors of various origin;
• Ulcerous diseases;
• Hardening of the breast in a nursing mother;
• Long-lasting non-healing wounds;
• angina;
• radiculitis;
• sciatica;
• Parodontosis;
• Violation of the functioning of the musculoskeletal system;
• Metastasis of cancer cells in the bone.

Consider how to prepare medicinal products from the medicinal root.

Features of the workpiece

Initially, you should properly prepare the comfrey (root). Treatment is better to postpone for the autumn. Since digging up the roots is recommended in early November. But if the therapy can not wait, the harvesting of the roots takes place in the spring and even in the summer.

The excavated part of the crop must be washed under running cold water. Then it should be dried. To do this, the root must be cut into small pieces and strung on a string. Dry the plant in a well-ventilated area. Dry the root at a temperature of 30-40 ⁰ C. To do this, use the dryer.

Water infusion

Now that the raw materials are ready, you can go on to the process of making the medicine.

Prepare the remedy as follows:

1. Grind the comfrey root. This component will need 2 tsp.
2. Fill the raw material with cold water (1 liter).
3. Infused for 8 hours. Then you must carefully drain the liquid.
4. The remainder is poured with boiling water (1 L). The agent should be infused for another 30 minutes. Carefully drain the solution again.
5. It is necessary to combine both liquids (after the first and second sinks).

This remedy can be used either inside or outside.

Drink the infusion obtained when:

• Problems with digestion (dysentery, intestinal catarrh, diarrhea);
• Ailments of the respiratory system.

Use inside the medicine 50 ml, 30 minutes before meals. During the day you can drink infusion up to 6 times.

The agent is also used:

• As poultices, compresses with dislocations, sprains, fractures;
• In the form of a rinse solution for angina, inflammation in the mouth, respiratory infections.

Tincture for compresses

The medicine is prepared differently if you plan to use solely for outdoor purposes the root of the grass comfrey.

Preparation of tincture:

1. Thoroughly crush the root. Take 3 tbsp. L. Cooked raw materials.
2. Pour boiling water (0.5 liters).
3. The solution should be infused in the thermos for 30 minutes.

Use this tool in the form of compresses to treat:

• Sprains, joint pains, dislocations, fractures;
• Skin diseases;
• Suppurating wounds.

Broth of the fool

A very sought-after medicine is the following:

1. Take the crushed root (1 tbsp.).
2. Pour the raw material with cool water (0.5 liters).
3. Within 5 minutes, the solution must be boiled over a small fire.
4. Then the broth should be infused for 1 hour.

Such a medicine is used for therapy:

• Various pathologies of the digestive tract (gastritis, ulcers);
• Hypertension;
• Internal bleeding;
• Respiratory diseases.

It is recommended to consume 100 ml of the product. During the day you need to take the medicine up to 4 times.

Alcohol tincture

To prepare a product for internal use, it is advisable to use alcohol or vodka 40%. If the medicine is for external purposes, then you can take more alcohol - 70 percent.

Alcohol tincture from the roots of the comfrey is prepared this way:

1. Take the raw materials. It is best to take the root of a mature plant. The older the culture, the stronger its healing properties. Clean the fresh root. Rinse it in several waters.
2. Thoroughly grind, using a grater or a meat grinder.
3. Fold the resulting gruel (100 g) into a glass jar.
4. Pour the raw material with vodka (0,5 l). If you apply alcohol, then initially dilute it to 40%.
5. Shake the mixture well, stir well. Put the solution in a dark place. Do not store it in the refrigerator.
6. The drug should be infused for 2 weeks. By this time, the root will completely settle. And the liquid will turn brown, reminiscent of tea. It feels slightly slippery to the touch. The medicine is ready. It is necessary to carefully drain the liquid without stirring the solution.
7. Thicken again pour vodka (0.5 liters). And put it in a dark place. In 14 days you will have a new portion of the medicine. Raw materials can be used 3 times.

Take tincture for a variety of ailments:

• Diseases of the digestive tract;
• Tuberculosis;
• Ailments of the respiratory system;
• Oncology of the lungs, prostate, mammary glands;
• Metastasis in bone tissue.

It can be used externally for the treatment of ailments of the musculoskeletal system. Tincture will ease the suffering of the patient with tooth diseases, pathologies of the oral cavity. In addition, it is often used to rinse your throat.

Use the tincture as follows:

• 10 drops of medicine diluted in 1 tbsp. L. water;
• Take 2 times a day for 1 hour before meals.

It is strictly forbidden to increase the concentration of the drug. It should not be forgotten that the comfrey is poisonous.

Preparation of ointment

Medicinal properties of comfrey are estimated by official medicine. This confirmation is the well-known "Ointment of Dr. Tiss." This development of German pharmacologists forced to take a more careful look at the healing properties of the live-eye.

You can make your own healing ointment yourself:

1. The roots of the comfrey must be grinded into powder.
2. Prepare the ingredients. You will need root powder and pork lard, in proportion - 1: 1. Just do not mix them.
3. Smalets must be pre-melt.
4. Then add fat to the fat.
5. Boil the remedy for 10 minutes.
6. Allow the ointment to cool.
7. To provide the necessary consistency, add camphor oil to the product.

Ointment is used for rubbing into diseased joints. It effectively relieves inflammation, eliminates puffiness. To her help resorted to with severe joint pain.

Comfrey on milk

Let's consider one more effective recipe.

The product is manufactured as follows:

1. The ground root (40 g) is poured with fresh milk (1 L).
2. The product must be infused (in a closed container) in an oven at a temperature of 80 ^° C.
3. The length of the longing is 6-7 hours.

The obtained medicine is used for the treatment of renal and pulmonary pathologies. Take recommended for 1 tsp. Three times a day.

Comfrey root: contraindications

It should be remembered that, despite its healing power, the life-jour is poisonous. That is why, if you consider therapy such a means as comfrey root , use, contraindications of this culture must be discussed with the doctor.

Lifetime is prohibited under the following conditions:

• Pregnancy (it is capable of provoking contraction of the uterus);
• Hypotension (the root ensures a decrease in pressure).

In addition, you should not uncontrolled use of comfrey. Do not forget that it is quite toxic. It is not recommended to take long-term medication on the basis of a live-eye. As a rule, optimal therapy lasts 10-20 days.