comfrey final

Comfrey.s nutritional analysis (some folks choose to
use it as a green blender drink) shows that it.s high in
calcium, chromium, manganese, niacin, potassium,
protein, riboflavin, selenium, silicon, and vitamins A and
C. This is an analysis of the leaf properties. The root is
also used in traditional folk medicine.
In the garden today, the comfrey is luscious and
blooming. The purple flowers are not so showy but
beautiful just the same. Comfrey is in the borage family
and you can see similarities in the way the flower stalks
are as well as the leaf texture. Some folks are sensitive
to the hairs on the leaves and get contact dermatitis
(itchy). You may want this info if you are new in
contacting the plant with bare skin.
One other important point, if you are considering
putting it in your garden. It grows by root cuttings. If
you ever want to change the location of your comfrey
patch .good luck. It will grow where you transplant
it, but also where you wanted it gone. I work a garden
with a friend and told him about this .I don.t think he
really believed me at the time.now he does. We have
spent 3 years trying to take all the roots out of a section
of the raised beds, and it comes back just as fabulous as
if we left it there. So learn from our mistake if you
will! When you see this wonderful plant, send it a smile
from your heart and thank it for its aid to humans for
generations.