| Plant names |
| Boraginaceae |
| English |
Ass Ear, Blackwort, Boneset, Bruisewort, Comfrey, Comfry, Common Comfrey, Consolida, Consound, Gum Plant, Healing Herb, Knitback, Knitbone, Slippery Root, Valluc |
| Latin |
Symphytum officinale Linne |
| Plant parts | Flowering tops, Leaf, Root |
| Diseases & Uses |
| Diseases |
Abdominal spasms, abscess, Aching joints, Aching muscles, Aids digestion, all kinds of illnesses, alleviating, angina, Antidiarrheic, Antidysenteric, Antigout, Antihemorrhagic, AntiRheumatic, Antiulcer, Arthriritic swelling, Arthritis, Asthenia, Asthma, Astringent, bites, Blood cleanser, blood formation, Blood in the urine, Bone fractures, Bronchitis, Bruise, Burn, Burns, callosity, clotting of blood vessels, Common cold, complaints of urinary system, cooling, cough, cut, Detoxicant, Diabetes mellitus, digestive disorders, Digestive ulcers, Dislocations, disorder of the kidneys, dry coughs, Duodenal ulcer, ecchymosis, emollient, enteritis, expectorant, fever, furuncle, gargle, gastric catarrh, Gastric haemorrhage, Goitre, Haemoptysis, haemorrhage from the lungs, headache, hemorrhoids, Hepatitis, Icterus, inflammation, Inflammations of the digestive tract, influenza, intestinal bleeding, intestinal inflammation, Irritability, itch, laxative, light burns, Lung ailments, mouthwash, Pain, Periodontitis, Persistent coughs, phlegm in the lungs, pneumonia, poorly healing sores, Promotes healing externally, Promotes healing internally, psoriasis, Rashes, relaxes the nervous system, Respiratory diseases, rheumatic diseases, rheumatic pain, sciatica, Sinus trouble, slowhealing sores, Sprains, stomach lining inflammation, tenosynovitis, throat catarrh, Tonic, Tuberculosis, tumor, varicose veins, weakness, wound healing, Wounds |
| Cancer |
cancer, leukaemia |
| Women's diseases |
All women's diseases, cracked nipples, excessive menstruation |
| Homoeopathically uses |
homoeopathically use, bruises, circulatory disorders, fractures, painful joints |
| Warnings |
Carcinogenic |
| Foods |
tea substitute |
| Contents |
|   | alkaloid, allantoin, aluminum, arginine, ascorbic acid, Ash, asparagine, Beta-carotene, caffeic acid, Calcium, Carbohydrates, Carotene, Chlorogenic-Acid, Choline, Chromium, cobalt, consolidine, Cyanocobalamin, Cystine, essential oil, Fat, Fibres, Folic acid, Fructose, gallic acid, Gallotannic-Acid, Gamma-aminobutyric acid, glucose, Glucuronic-Acid, Histidine, Iodine, Iron, Isoleucine, L-Arabinose, Leucine, lithospermic acid, Lysine, Magnesium, Manganese, mucilage, Mucopolysaccharides, Niacin, Nicotinic-Acid, Pantothenic acid, phosphorus, Potassium, Proline, Proteins, Provitamin-A, pyrrolizidine alkaloid, Reducing-Sugars, resin, Riboflavin, Rosmarinic-Acid, Rubber, saccharose, Saponins, Selenium, Sesquiterpene lactones, Silicic acid, silicon, sitosterol, Sodium, starch, Steroid-saponins, sterol, Stigmasterol, sugars, symphyto-cynoglossin, Tannic acid, Tanning agents, Thiamine, Tin, triterpene, Tryptophan, Tyrosine, Valine, Vitamin A, Water, Xylose, Zinc |
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