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Comfrey: Description. Perennial herb with branched stems straight. Leaves alternate, large, oblong-lanceolate. The flowers are small, bell-shaped, purple-violet, are collected in inflorescence. Stamens five, a pestle. Seeds - black, four nuts in the cup. Roots from the top is black and white inside. Plant height 60-90cm.
Flowering time. May - August.
Habitat. In moist places along riverbanks, ponds, forest glades.
The applied part. Roots.
Collection time. Early spring or late fall.
Comfrey: Chemical composition. Comfrey root contains alkaloids, coloring matter, a small amount of tannins, traces of essential oil, a lot of mucous, starch, sugar, bitter, resin, rich in calcium.
Comfrey: Action. Coating, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, hemostatic, wound healing, astringent, emollient, tonic. Comfrey coats mucous membranes and protects them from harmful influences. Contributes to the regeneration of the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines when erosive changes, terminates the process of atrophy in the elderly. Improves appetite and digestion, stimulates cell growth and recovery of various tissues, removes dead tissue from the body. It improves metabolism, promotes rapid bone fractures concretionary.
Comfrey: Use. In the gastro-intestinal diseases (dysentery, diarrhea, stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer, tuberculosis of the intestine, bloody diarrhea, colitis). When you cough, bronchitis, pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, tonsillitis, epistaxis, hemoptysis, influenza, paralysis, inflammation of veins, sciatica, joint pain, gout, rheumatism, tuberculosis, inflammation of the bone, kidney disease, a general loss of strength. If stomatitis, periodontal disease (rinse). It is used topically for wounds, festering wounds, ulcers, bruises, scrofula, trophic ulcers, abscesses, hardening of breasts.
Dosing ..
1. 1 tablespoon herb mistletoe in 2 cups boiling water, leave. Drink 1 / 2 cup 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before eating.
2. 15 g of mistletoe herb to 1 cup of boiling water, leave. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day. Externally in the form of baths.
Contraindication. Pregnancy.