Comfrey salve

1/2 cup dried, chopped leaf or leaf/root combo or
1 cup chopped fresh leaf
3 cups olive oil
beeswax

Bake the herb in the oil at 250* for 3 hours, cool, strain through old nylons, squeeze to get all of the good stuff. You now have comfrey oil, it can be used in ears, as massage oil, or just stored until you need salve.

To make salve, heat oil in ovenproof container to 250*, stir a lump of beeswax the size of a small hen egg in until it melts. I make a lot of salve so I have a grater and pans that are used only for this. Beeswax is hard to get off! Allow the salve to return to room temp, and test for thickness. If too soft, add more wax, too hard, more oil.

I make it up as I need it and then add essential oils or vitamin E if it is needed. This salve is good for anything that affects the skin EXCEPT******* DO NOT use on stitches or puncture wounds, it promotes healing too well.

Comfrey aids in the degenerative and regenerative phases of healing and is amazing.

I prefer the natural salve produced by olive oil and beeswax, but, in a pinch, the herb can be baked in petroleum jelly, strained, and put back into the jar.

Comfrey Compress

comfrey leaf- fresh or dried clean (spring, distilled, non-chlorine) water

The amounts depend on how much you will need, blend thoroughly to liquefy, apply liquid as a warm compress to sprains, strains, bruises.

I take excess comfrey leaf and freeze it in baggies, also used to keep frozen ice cubes of comfrey blended for emergencies when we had kids at home.

Sorry this is so long, but I am a true believer in the healing power of comfrey. I use it for papercuts in the office to stop the sting, too. We are never without it. Just keep an eye on the furbabies, they love the way it tastes.

Happy healing,
Kathryn