Comfrey Salve (how to make for topical use) For arthritis, back and joint pain, old injuries, etc.
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- Comfrey is one of the most powerful natural remedies known. It has been shown in peer-reviewed, scientific journals to be beneficial in arthritis, back pain, sprained ankles etc. People have even found benefit to old bone injuries and even frost bite neuropathy. We had a friend write us yesterday who tried it this week on a rotator cuff injury and within one day was feeling better. Have you ever tried it out personally?
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A few things that are suggested by researchers-
- Don't use on broken skin,
- Use no more than 10 days a time,
- Don't use more than 4-6 weeks total in a year.
- Don't take internally.
@@alexisdavis2702 I ordered from the desert sisters on here, got a confirmation they received payment and said they would send another email to confirm shipping but today is 10 days later and have not received the comfrey or email shipping notification. I’m going to have to call them.
I have Rheumatoid arthritis in my knees and the medicine I am on has stopped working. I have just started using some comfrey cream. How long will I have to wait for it to help me?
@@sixpackbinky Thanks for the info👍
@@sixpackbinky I was going to order until I saw your reply.
@Health and Homestead, can you cite the research papers that suggested these warnings. Especially the -Don’t use more than 4-6 weeks total in a year and -no more than 10 days at a time. The suggestions seem crucial concerning health reasons and I’m concerned if it is linked with liver issues. Are the properties of comfrey transdermal and collective? Please if you can, cite the research so I can look up the information.
I've been using comfrey over 40 years and know it to be most beneficial for "many" physiological problems. I am an herbalist who has used and continue to heal naturally whenever possible, as opposed to pharmaceuticals.
You are awesome maintain that awesome health and lifestyle
Is it safe to give it to someone as a tea for hematomas?
Will this work for painful poison ivy
@@rosesareredvioletsareblue11111 my midwife friend gave me one cup of tea after birth. After making the tea I put the tea bag on my pad. I had huge hematomas and it helped so much and so fast!
@@rosesareredvioletsareblue11111 It is not for consumtion. You should put comfrey salve ON hematomas, but only if the skin is not broken. Comfrey salve should only be applied on intact skin.
In addition you should use comfrey salve for no longer than three weeks and not on little children (under the age of 12).
In parts of the UK we also know comfrey
as knitbone.
I was pounding a ground rod in the other day and missed the rod, slamming the post pounder onto my big toe. I don't believe it was broken, but it sure was smashed! I put on a comfrey salve (made from a recipe just like this) and even though the expected horrific bruise came out, by the second day most of the pain was gone and the bruising is going away fast.
Wow, that is incredible. It is amazing how many testimonies people have just like that. Blessings Sandra.
@@HealthAndHomestead sir symphytum homeopathy (mother tincture) medicine has been banned in usa?, is it toxic? Because I eat mother tincture for bone fracture .please tall me.
@@HealthAndHomestead how much powder in tablespoons???
@@reneebushor2852 a tablespoon is 15ml. Teaspoon is 5ml
Spray the rod w wd40
My husband had swelled knee and behind the knee. He had surgery on the other knee for torn meniscus. I used powederd comfrey with water as a poultice 3 days later all cured. Never hurt again 🤗
Incredible. Thanks for sharing.
I suffered for nine months with a sprained knee; comfrey cream cured my knee in 48 hours!
@@donnamcdonald3709 I am amazed every time I hear testimonies like that but I guess I should get used to it. This stuff is incredible.
Oh, so maybe I don't need to make a slave. By poultice, u just used the leaves of comfrey in a cotton cloth? Do u heat it at all
I suffered for nine months on and off crutches with a sprained knee. Four doctors, including a specialist, could not help me. Comfrey cream cured my knee in 48 hours!
Thanks so much for this video & for sharing your recipe! I've just started learning about Comfrey & how wonderful it is for chickens (leaves) AND for the soil. I guess it has quite a taproot & brings up lots of nitrogen for other nearby plants to benefit from. God's creation is AMAZING!
I was wondering what the Nitrogen Phosphorus and Potassium values were. I found this...
" The NPK (nitrogen-phosporous-potassium) breakdown of comfrey leaves is 1.80-0.50-5.30 for true comfrey and that last number bumps up to 7.09 for Russian comfrey. " That means that Comfrey is a natural source of Potassium which is known to help with blossoms and fruits. I thought that was interesting so I thought I'd share :)
My family had a homestead in Holland MI in the name Garret John Boone for over 100 years, believe it's in the National Registery. Back in the day, before the auto, people transported by foot or horse and wagon. When I was talking to my Great Aunt decades ago about the amazing flower garden which was started decades before she was born for growing medicinals and herbs for the farm. She told me that when working farm animals died they were buried there as were many scraps from meal prep and comfrey tea and leaves were used often. Often wonder if it is still there.
I fell down a flight of stairs and shattered my ankle and tibia 13 screws, a pin and a bar were needed to put me back together.One of my friends who had recently immigrated from Mexico brought me a bag of comfrey and told me how to use it. My surgeon was impressed with how fast I was healing. I told him what I had used and he called it an old wives tale. Silly man.
Well he doesn’t make money from that so of course he would say that. That’s how corrupt our medical system has become
@@ilana8898 you got their number!
How rude and arrogant
He doesn't get a kick back from the pharmaceutical companies !
Old wives knew what they were doing!
As a wildlife tech, I'm exposed to alot of hazards. I've been using comfrey for everything from bug bites, scrapes, poison ivy blisters, and sun burns. It even healed a super stubborn cartilage piercing that refused to heal on its own (mostly coz i kept snagging it on things accidentally!) I swear on this stuff, it's amazing
I was in an auto accident a couple of years ago breaking both my legs and my dominant arm. I had pain while visiting my daughter in my legs and as I was in another state pain meds/ insurance/ MD orders were major hindrance to say the least! My daughter had the comfrey plants in backyard! I harvested the leaves, put them in a bag, beat them and once pulverized I grabbed the saran wrap and put the poultice on my legs and wrapped my leg covering the poultice with the saran wrap. Worked so well I brought 3 plants back to my state and this year I am pleased to say the comfrey is growing well. This year I plan on making salve! The poultice wrap works wonders better than any OTC med that is for sure! Should have listened to those farmers earlier!
Great testimony. I believe it is the most potent when you apply the plants (beaten with a mallet and potentially blended) to the skin. Some people mis in some ground flax to make it more manageable as a paste to the skin.
Oh wow!! I understand exactly what your talking about in your story. Going to try this for my injured shoulder.
Do you ship to Barbados? I would really like some of the comfrey salve.
I love hearing this. I have a comfrey patch among blueberries in my backyard. I, too m,ake a salve and sold it in a coffee shop for a while. People that use it swear by it and use it often. I also make it for a few massage therapists who use it on injuries in their practices. Others think: maybe I need some VapoRub or a Tylenol. Unsurprisingly, you Can't convince everyone to reconsider pharma !
That is the absolute truth !!! I have a friend that can talk the talk BUT can't, no , no WONT walk tge walk . She uses things like this for her chickens only but not herself or the dogs . She has to have pharmaceuticals for herself & the dogs . Go figure that warped sense of thinking .
@@louisevaughan2165what, I don't understand
@@louisevaughan2165 vapurub is just a salve that is mass produced. It works very well. The cheaper knockoffs of Vick’s use lesser quality ingredients so there is a difference. Vick’s speeds healing because of the ingredient “ thymol”. It works as a cough suppressant if you rub it on your feet. The peppermint is antiseptic, the eucalyptus is antifungal...
I’ve e been crippled for over two weeks with a stress fracture of my ankle, wearing a boot and hobbling around in pain. I massaged some comfrey into my foot & ankle and within 4 hours I could feel a tingle and now it’s very itchy but it has loosened up considerably and the pain has subsided a lot. This stuff is like a miracle for me enabling me to get to the bathroom without a boot or crutches! Comfrey awesome! ❤
When they get one of those side effects from pharma and they live thru it, maybe that will change their mind. Who knows? I'm convinced their medicine is killing people. Look how they told people they had to wear masks during Covid but yet they knew masks don't help.
This is the only video I've found that actually uses the comfrey powder in the salve, instead of infused oil. I always wonder how much of the insoluble (in oil) goodness of the comfrey is left out by straining the oil, and why the whole dried leaf powder is not used in other recipes. I will be making this one! Thank you.
Im going to try all methods to see what works best…oil infused comfrey, comfrey tincture, or powdered comfrey when making my salves…so far I have tried the quick 2 day method to infuse dried comfrey and the method where you infuse the dried leaves in oil for 6 weeks in a dark cool place. I did not notice a difference between the 2…both are great!
Btw, I had an 8 inch scar on my abdomen from several surgeries where they used the same scar site. It was scaly and sore, and would not heal for several years. I started putting comfrey salve on the scar about 5 months ago…I now have a 2 inch section with a little bit of scaly skin left…the rest has healed and softened. It truly is wonderful…now I am not embarassed about my abdomen anymore!
@@Katrn30 FANTASTIC!!!!!
Myself and a dear friend both use comfrey salve daily ,I no longer take morphine for my back pain and I have a stock pile of comfrey salve for us both .I highly recommend this to anyone who is in pain
I have a huge comfrey plant in my garden which I mostly use for making plant food. So good to know I can use it for pain too because I have Elhers Danlos syndrome and Fybromyalgia but won't take the meds offered. Natural and nourishing is preferred and now found! I deeply appreciate your true kindness in freely sharing this recipe with the world.. Thank you X a trillion! 🤗💞🙏🏼
What a sweet young women. I grow comfrey for my chickens...no wonder they are so happy and healthy!
Where do you get seeds?
@@ivylagrone8632 I was wondering the same...not sure if they will grow in my area though.
@@ivylagrone8632 I got mine from strictly medicinal seeds.
@@sarramiller976 hi ! Soo is that the name of the business to get comfrey seeds from. ? Strictly medicinal seeds ? Thank you for replying. !!
@@leighboschen3399 yes 😊
It's Italian name (consolida maggiore) it's quite eloquent : from the Late Latin "consolidate" ("consolidating, strengthening") for its virtues of healing wounds and fractures.
thank you for this. I and many others appreciate what y'all do. sending love yalls way
I had hip surgery 5 years ago to repair tore cartilage. I have been taking kratom ever since to help mitigate the pain. Though it works well it has other potential side effects that I’m not keen on. I am just about out and was not going to buy more but the fear of the pain had me worried I’d just go back to it. The pain and the week of hardcore withdrawals. Your video came with impeccable timing that can only go to show the Lord is with us. Thank you for the information and hope. All glory goes to God.
Has the compfry helped you? I am just starting using it and want to get in direct touch with people who are trying it, too just so I will know if it really works and how well. I rubbed the salve on my knees about 20 minutes ago and they have stopped throbing but still are painful if I move.
I'm in Fibro-flare at the moment, everything hurts!!
Would this be of help to me?!TIA. .X
It is so important to remember that 4 weeks a year is the high-end recommended time for use of any comfy product. Whether it's for consecutive weeks or 4 weeks broken up. Some people say 4 to 6 weeks but evidence shows that kidney and liver damage can occur in as little as 4 weeks especially amongst elderly and immune compromised people. Just because it comes from the earth doesn't make it completely safe.
@@connecticutwormsgardens Yes, that is true and a disappointment for me since I already have kidney disease.
@@AndreaDingbatt turmeric helps
You hit another homerun with this video! Great Job Thanks
My sister made a comfrey drink with garlic & tomato juice for my husband after a large soda machine fell on his ribs at work. He added tobasco for flavor. He drank 6oz twice a day and after 3 - 4 days he was back working pain free. Amazing stuff.
Any idea on the measurements for that recipe?
@@h.s.6269 Researchers suggest not taking it internally.
@@h.s.6269 I do!
2 large comfrey leaves chopped across, fine
1 celery stalk
1 Med garlic clove
1/2 gal tomato juice
Run 1st 3 ingredients in blender with 1/2 cup juice then add the remaining juice. If it’s too thick add a bit more juice.
@@HealthAndHomestead ah, ok. I'll look into it and check studies on it before trying anything. Thank you for the warning!
And Anne, ty for the recipe. I know it's meant in good faith. I'll check on what's known about it and use the recipe if it seems safe to. Ty so much!
Hush
Yes I have and will continue to use the salve. What a difference.
You can't know how badly I need to try this for my back, hips, and ankle. How can I get some? Bless you for doing this! "Every herb and every seed for man's use...." Well done.
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I used this on a dog's suspicious lump near her toes...we covered with salve and a bandage..we checked two days later and it had started to dissolve the Lump..we repeated again and next time we checked it had nearly disappeared..after a week there was no sign of what ended up being some sort of tumour 😊
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing. This may give an idea to to someone to try it out. Blessings.
My dog has a lump on his back that is continually growing. I will give it a try..thank you
Hello there, I am going to have to ask you, but if it disappeared, how would you find out that it was a tumour?
Please,No Disrespect to You, and I don't mean to offend you at all...
I'm a retired veterinary nurse, I have always gone to Natural remedies, like my boss did!
So I Know that this works, but I feel a bit daft, scratching my head, because I'm like,it disappeared,then you found out it was a tumour?!
Forgive the question, please, I'm a bit slower these days after a Traumatic Brain Injury...
Kindest Regards,
Andrea and Critters.. ..XxX...
Was it a swollen and inflamed area between her toes? It may have been an interdigital furunculosis. Regardless, I'm sure the comfrey promoted the healing process.
@@AndreaDingbattit was simply assumed it could be a tumor. Never saud it was a fact.
OUTSTANDING. Thank you
So glad to see your video. So encouraging!
Thank you for sharing this! I’m excited to try this for my back pain
Most excellent! You've blessed me!!
Glad to hear it. Blessings.
Thank you so much for sharing the blessing and I made up some of the salve and sold it for a nominal fee at our church health fair.
I always watch your videos until the end! It's always so uplifting
I use fresh comfrey on my dog's skin ,when she has wounds on her skin that don't heal very well....it's amazing....it works very well!!!
Honey is good for this too.
Back in 1978 we were living on a mountain six miles from the nearest school bus stop, so were home teaching our kids except for twice a week when we took them down because we felt it was important that they get some ‘socialization.’ Picked them up from school one Thursday and the six year old had a scrape on her wrist, didn’t think anything of it (this was before we knew that schools didn’t do anything with cuts or scrapes). Touched her on Sunday and she screamed, looked at her wrist and she had a red line going from the scrape to a sack under her arm. Didn’t have a phone so went down the hill to a neighbor who had one, called the local ‘hippy doctor’ (only doc in the area). He said to put comfrey on it and bring her in in the morning. I had no idea what comfrey was, but the neighbor grew it for his rabbits and gave me several leaves. Not knowing what else to do with it I put a leaf over the scrape and wrapped gauze around it. Checked it an hour later and the leaf was black and wilted. Put on another one. When I put her to bed, I put the rest on. Checked in the morning, the red line and sack under her arm was completely gone. The comfrey had drawn out all of the poison. Have grown comfrey ever since, won’t be without it.
Mom had arthritis really bad in her back and neck. After we discovered comfrey, she started drinking one cup of tea every day for her arthritis (didn’t cure it but she could sure tell the difference in the pain level if she didn’t take it). Took about a week before she started noticing a difference. Took it every day for 30 years before she died of breast cancer at 84 years old, never had a problem with her liver. I think the key is moderation (as in all things but people need to decide what’s best for them and not take chances if they aren’t comfortable with it). I make a sun tea with dried comfrey and mint (sweetens the drink) and will drink a cup once or twice a month when I notice arthritis stiffening up my fingers.
What is a hippy doctor? Herbalist? Did he have a degree? And since his recommended treatment worked so well, did you continue to seek his skills? And if so, what other remedies or cures worked well?
@@kentneumann5209 This was in the 70s in Southern Oregon when the hippie movement was in full swing. To be honest, I have no idea what kind of degree he had, and after using the comfrey on my daughter I didn't need further treatment for anything. Our family has been pretty healthy (except for some who have allergies and my mother's arthritis which I mentioned). I didn't follow through on other remedies as we moved quite a bit, but I did take a comfrey start with me and the ones I have now are direct descendants of that start. After my divorce I was more settled, only moving a few times and planted my comfrey where ever I have been. I have been using herbs and homeopathy for several years now and find they meet my needs.
Did you just slap the whole leaf on your daughter's arm or chop it or?@@sandrah583
I am so glad I fell upon this video. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and everything
Great info, thank you 👍 Love the healing stories!
Drying some leaves now in the dehydrator to hopefully make some salve. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe.
Just pick some comfrey today, I'm gonna make this salve in a few days. Looks very easy
Thank you for such detailed information. God Blessed
Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you for this info!
I just ordered some and am excited to try it on some residual pain from frozen shoulders and some other areas. Ordered two so I can gift one! God bless 🙂
Praise God comfrey root oil gave me back my ability to pray on my knees again, the pain was like electricity up my legs. The key is twice minimum daily use and now today 4 years later I only use it 2 to 3 times per week once a day...
God is so very good caring for us out of His Pharmacia of Creation, amen 🙏🕊🍇
Wow what a testimony. Thanks for sharing.
@Wyman Kingsley “...and leaves for the healing of nations.” Hazon/Revelation HALLELUYAH 🙏🙌🏻💙
Thank you for sharing!
God bless your family
Yes. In days past comfrey was called bone knit.
Years ago, I regularly used comfrey. Thank you for this video reminding me of this miracle herb! It’s every bit as good as you state in this video! Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for your free helpI really need this
This is so awesome.
Excellent video. Great job Sophia! I have used comfrey before very successfully God is so gracious to porovide us with His pharmacy.
Yes indeed. He gave herbs for the service of man.
Psalm 104:14 "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;"
I just started soaking some comfrey leave about half-hour ago 😊 It might be too late for this year but I figured I'd give it a shot.
I heard about this a long time ago. I'm glad to come across your channel. I know a lot of people that could use this.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful information! I just ordered your salve and the book you recommended.
Thank you for sharing your recipe! We have lots of comfrey growing wild in Russia, I'll share your recipe with my family out there!
Thank you for this info. I always enjoy learning about natural ways of healing ourselves. Going to order some comfrey plants.
I have been buying the salves from your friends shop...THEY WORK! Better than I could put into words. Thank you so much for this information. I have passed on her shop's information to others who could benefit from these products. Such a blessing and a priceless help. ❤❤❤
My Dad made a poluce on his friends gang green foot kept it wrapped for couple of days ganggreen gone the doctor was amazed !
My husband has been really having trouble controlling his body pain from arthritis incurred through a 21 year career in the army. I've started my first kitchen/medicinal garden this year, and also foraging. Comfrey has found itself growing in my herb garden between the basil and rosemary lol. I've been looking for it during my foraging, but no luck. Thank you fir this recipe. I will be making it as soon as I get a fully grown plant to harvest from.
Wow wow wow!! God’s medicine indeed!!
Can’t wait to make some. Hoping this one guy at the Farmers market will have the plant!! Thank you for sharing!! I get so excited about this kind of stuff!!!!🤪🙏
Great information!! Thank you! My love from Greece.
Love this format, showing both the plant outdoor and preparation in the lab/kitchen, as well as all the great information and in such a concise package. I will be diving into the rest of the channel now, subscribed!
Okay now I know what to do about my varicose veins. Thankyou!😊
Thank you. I will use this for my arthritis. I am planting this in the spring.
It is a great plant both as a remedy and it is simply beautiful to have around. Blessings with your plants.
Thank you! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Been using comfrey cream for years my grandma used to get it at the he health food store, works so so well
The V.A. has me taking Tramadol for my maladies.I will be looking in depth for this!
The power of comfrey: my Rottweiler was 5 years old and could not even get up anymore - I was told to use fresh comfrey leaves, parsley and honey and make a tea - I just blended everything together and added some milk for taste - did this 5 days in a row - after 1 day she could get up and day 2 she could walk, on day 3 she was running slowly again and continued to improve - 5 years later I had to put her down because she had cancer in her jaw
Be very careful-comfrey is a great salve but taking internally it can build up and damage the liver in humans. I assume it could cause the same damage in an animal. Just be careful. :)
Was thinking that the medication did not cause this cancer.
This was recommended by a lady that wrote a book about herbs for animals - this is the exact recipe
I'm so sorry for the loss of your rottie but great that she had a few more good years B4 cancer stepped in. 🌺🌷🌸
Thank you ! Great recipe 🥰
Great information here...thank you very much.
I've been making a comfrey/plantain salve for many years and although our 6 children are all grown up, it's still called "Mom's magic salve." Now, I do it a little differently. I gather roughly half and half comfrey and plantain leaves, chop them up fine in a food processor, cover the chopped leaves with olive oil and I put them on low heat in the oven until the water is evaporated. I have a formula for how much beeswax to use per cup of prepared oil. I know it cured my neighbor's sun poisoning rash, it is wonderful for small wounds and diaper rash. It helps things heal quickly. Another young friend used it to help heal a broken bone she had years ago. I am intrigued by the idea of drying the leaves and making it the way you do. Thank you for this! Oh, and I also make, and freeze, comfrey poultices to use for sprains and bruises. The salve is great for bruises, too.
Do you mind sharing your formula for oil to bees wax to use?
This may sound silly, but do you wash the leaves before putting them in the food processor?
@@oneofmany7051 not silly at all. No, I don't.
I have a book on using herbs and Comfrey used to be called Knitbone.
Could you share how to make a poultice? Is it just the leaves or do you add something else.I think it’s a great idea.😊
Thank you so much this great video. I placed this salve order for my dad. I am excited for him to give it a try.
It would be great if you can give us an update on his progress! 💌
Fantastic thank you so much for sharing this blessing im gonna use this for my arthritic hands bless you and your family
Thank you VERY MUCH for this video & for Sofia's recipe for the salve. I'm gaining so much knowledge from your videos. And I'm especially grateful for your faith & belief in God. We can do nothing of worth without Him. So sad that too many people haven't yet learned that! I'm extremely thankful for the wisdom you share with us! God bless!
Comfrey propagation: Years ago I had a comfrey plant for medicinal purposes. My dad ran over it with a roto-tiller to clear that land area. I was so mad. Until Next year I saw that it turned into around a dozen comfrey plants. 😀 It's called root division. ;-)
Some places it's called "Plow me plant" :)
Comfrey is amazing! I use it for more things than I can list. Comfrey in my garden is only outnumbered by garlic, and yarrow. The only reason for that is the comfrey plants just take more space. I have over a hundred plants. Next year I could possible have 500 to 700 from root division.
Wow. You will likely never run out. Blessings.
How precious. God bless you young lady and sir. Not are you communicating from experience but you share truth . ❤😇
Thanks! That's really easy to make.
Good video👍🏻 there's a good reason it's called knit bone,Ive used comfrey in a poultice for my wife's broken big toe,healed within 4weeks,hospital was amazed.🕊️
We have a friend with a similar story. Thanks for sharing. It really is fantastic.
@@HealthAndHomestead forgot to say I added alot of fresh wild honeysuckle flowers to the poultice,the flowers help with inflammation of the skin,and are mildly antiseptic apparently 🕊️👍🏻
Thank you for showing how to make this, I have comfrey growing in my garden. It’s also good when you combine it with nettles to make a liquid fertiliser.
Not complicated recipe. Blessed by this. GOD bless you as well, esp. so when having Bible study.
Thank you God bles you work with God given plants
Thanks for sharing about this herb. I'd heard negative things about it, but you've convinced me to give it a try. Thanks, also, for a glimpse of your sweet family. Much happiness to you all.
The negative things are not to use it on puncture wounds, deep cuts, etc e cause the healing is so fast it will heal over debris and cause an abscess. Some research will scare you from using it internally from the alkaloids that are in it. It is used topically safely and is used in thousands of patents for creams and salves under different names.
I'm big at knowing what "weeds" are in my yard since I'm aware most plants labeled as "weeds" are actually amazing medicinal plants. I also make sure to grab medicinal plants when they hit clearance at my big box stores plant section since many don't know what they are for. I only plant multipurpose plants in my gardens. I had a crop of chickweed in my front yard this spring and gathered it all up and made a tincture which I used for a recent heat rash that I got thanks to our 100 degree weather here in Texas.
I was browsing through the seed section and came across evening primrose and it dawned on me that, as a kid these were everywhere in the spring, but I haven't seen any in a couple of years. I'm also noticing dandelions are becoming scarce. People have weed and feeded these wonderfully beneficial pants out of their yards. I've managed to replant some in my medicinal garden which has improved my bee pollinator population, which has been null and void the past couple of years.
It's so frustrating how people are decimating beneficial plants and animals that they den as nuisances instead of trying to educate themselves on them and preserve them.
We are also seeing dragonflies migrating away from our lake and creeks into our yard, we use filtered water, which concerns me about our natural water supplies and how badly they are being polluted.
If you think dandelions are becoming rare, come to the town I live in. The yards are simply loaded with yellow blooms in the spring
I have 12 fruit trees with comfrey planted at their bases and 3 more comfrey plants in a bed that I plan on dividing to increase the # of plants I have. I will try making comfrey salve to use in my knees which have DJD as Voltaren gel doesn’t really help that much
@@rubytrotter3766 you have bees don't y'all? We don't, I've literally only seen one bee in our yard. Hoping we're going to get more with the pollinator garden once more flowers bloom. Unfortunately every time I go to Lowe's someone in line is buying pesticides. Think I might have to start bee keeping and hope the HOA doesn't have a clause about them or I'll have to get them certified as support animals. 😉
This is an excellent video. Thank you so much for sharing!
I have my own comfrey plants and make comfrey balm and oil it has helped with with my joint problems. I gave a jar to my nurse and she said it's great and her husband uses it too.
Thanks Bro. Chad, I just called and ordered me some wonderfulproductson their website. May the Lord continue to bless your ministry in Jesus name Amen. Blessings 🙏
I trust they will be a blessing to you. God bless Mavis.
Cool! I’ve heard of comfrey since I started learning about country living. The salve looks so pretty. We usually use arnica but lately both my parents have been complaining about shoulder pain so maybe this might help. Thanks for sharing the recipe! I might buy some of that salve and look for seeds so I can grow my own.
I make comfrey and arnica oil combo half and half,I cup of olive oil and a handful of arnica flowers, I put it in the lowest seting on the stove and let it simmer for about 2 hours, turn it off let it rest all night.Next morning warm it and pour it over a piece of cheese cloth to remove the herbs.Store in a dark color battle,and useT when needed.Thise
This comfrey is an infertile variety. Either buy a tiny plant or beg a bit of root from someone..it grows easily but doesn't spread unless you propagate it 👍
I’m sure this recipe will make a difference to the arthritis in my foot
Really great you gave out the recipe with no, but you have to buy this. Good honest people.
Thanks.
I used it as a poultice for a sprained ankle and it healed quicker than before. I’m going to have to try it on my shoulder which has been slowly getting better since I fell on ice. My plants that I moved last fall are just peeking through the ground.
Glad to hear that it worked on the ankle. I would love to hear how it goes on your shoulder.
I bought twenty five seeds, theoretically, off of eBay a couple of years ago. Paid $3.25. taxed & shipped. Not sure how many I actually received since the shells on many of them were smashed. I planted eighteen, and managed to get five plants growing. I have them potted, since I'm hoping to move in a couple of years and will be taking them with me. When they go dormant, I put the pots in the cellar. A couple came out of dormancy early this year, shot straight up, then flopped over before I could get them safely outside. I've put the pots next to each other, and put the flopped over plants onto the other's pot. It's actually pretty comical, they are doing really well even though they're not growing entirely in their own pots.
Next year I'll move them to the shed in February or March, then I can put them outside on days there is no inclement weather. That should prevent them from coming up to quick.
Comfrey is like a weed! Once established in the ground, you can't get rid of it! It's wonderful.
It would be okay to plant them in the ground. Comfrey will come back beautifully once the ground is warm. (Or perhaps you might have to move while the ground is frozen??)
I received my comfrey from a friend. I have shared bits of it since with 2 other people. It just keeps spreading; makes me quite happy to see.
Such a blessing thank you for this video.
You are so welcome!
It’s nice to see a god loving family. Don’t see much anymore where I’m at. Thank you so much for sharing with us your knowledge on this amazing plant. I heard about it for garden tea but I did not know the amazing benefits that it brings to us! Stay amazing!
Wow I have also made comfrey salve since 1991 but I never did it into a powder but now I’m gonna try ur recipe. I dry the leaves and cover in olive oil for a few months. Then I do the beeswax w the oil to make the salve. Everyone I give it to or sell it to loves it. So happy to see others use it! Knitbone is a country name for it.
Have you used coconut oil to make the salve before?
I haven’t. Only olive oil. Have u?
Was urs coconut oil and I missed it lol?
Just found you guys. What a refreshing channel you have. Lovely family…
thank you 🙏🏼
We looked everywhere for comfry and could not find. One day we were at the garden centre at my wife's work and the lady said oh my husband has some in garden and she would get some. My wife is waiting for me to finish a bed to plant. Cant wait.
It will be worth it.
Make sure that you plant it where you want it to stay. The roots go down 5 - 6 feet deep and the plant grows over 4' tall. I get two crops per year here in central British Columbia, Canada.
My mother is allergic to Declofenac. Her face swelled up and went all red along with her hands. Bet she wouldn’t have had a reaction like that with Comfrey!’
Great video looks simple I'm going to try this
Thank you for sharing
Not sure why I hadn't subscribed sooner, I appreciate what you do and looking forward to seeing you channel grow. Maybe livestock?
I ordered some today. I hurt everywhere! I pray this helps.
I hope it works for you Melissa. I will pray for you. There can be certain causes of pain. Sometimes an anti-inflammatory diet can help significantly.
Praying for you too. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thanks - I am going to find some right away!
Comfrey, the knit-bone wonder. I almost forgot about this. I must get some. Thank you for posting this message.
I’ve just posted about it being called knitbone before I read your post. 😊