{"id":330,"date":"2012-10-21T21:25:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T21:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=330"},"modified":"2012-10-21T21:34:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-21T21:34:46","slug":"comfrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"Comfrey ~ Symphytum officinale"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Comfrey <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Symphytum officinale<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Boraginaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: root, leaves<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: moist places in Britain, Europe, USA<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: allantoin; pyrrolizidine alkaloids (primarily in fresh plant, primarily in root); tannins; phenolic acids<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: cooling, moistening<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: demulcent, anti-inflammatory, vulnerary<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: mild analgesic<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">connective tissue healing<\/span>, sprains, wounds, burns, arthritis, dislocations, contusions, hematomas, ulcers, glandular swellings<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: periodontitis and pharyngitis (gargle); eczema, psoriasis<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: external: poultice, paste, fomentation<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: internal use (possible), pregnancy, nursing<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: internal use may cause veno-occlusive disease (possible)<\/p>\n<p><em>Notes<\/em>: considerable controversy over pyrrolizidine alkaloid content and potential liver damage<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comfrey Latin name: Symphytum officinale Family: Boraginaceae Part used: root, leaves Habitat: moist places in Britain, Europe, USA Main constituents: allantoin; pyrrolizidine alkaloids (primarily in fresh plant, primarily in root); tannins; phenolic acids Energetics: cooling, moistening Main herbal actions: demulcent, anti-inflammatory, vulnerary Minor herbal actions: mild analgesic Main medicinal uses: &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,33,1,32,35,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-inflammatory","category-demulcent","category-module1","category-properties","category-vulnerary","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}