![]() ![]() The reason is that comfrey contains Pyrrolizidine alkaloids, in short PA’s.These alkaloids have shown to cause a disease where the small and medium veins of the liver become obstructed, which results in liver dysfunction, cirrhosis and possibly death. It is quite likely that your official or common comfrey in your garden is the Russian one. Most comfrey sold in Australia, even when marked as S.officinalis are Russian comfrey plants. aperum.Ĭomfrey plants are a member of the borage family. x uplandicum, a cross between the common comfrey and rough comfrey, S. Most common forms found in gardens are the common comfrey S. ![]() ![]() The Latin name of the comfrey family is Symphytum. The United Kingdom, Canada, and Germany also have banned the sale of oral products containing comfrey. Comfrey is no longer sold in the U.S., except in creams or ointments. In 2001, the United States Food and Drug Administration issued a ban of comfrey products marketed for internal use and a warning label for those intended for external use. However, in 1984 comfrey was prohibited and Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council placed it on the nation’s Poison Advisory list. Some people even eat comfrey in soups, fritters or other recipes. Comfrey is a herb which was held in high esteem throughout history by ancient and modern herbalists alike: Dioscorides, Paracelsus, the Australian herbalist like Isabelle Shipard or the Austrian herbalist, Maria Treben all praise this herb. Some think comfrey is a panacea useful to heal wounds, broken bones against varicose veins, cough, cancer, high blood pressure to name a few. ![]()
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