Fw: Re: CS>comfrey salve

2010-02-02 Thread Nancy Venzon
--- On Tue, 2/2/10, Nancy Venzon wrote: From: Nancy Venzon Subject: Re: CS>comfrey salve To: silver-list@eskimo.com Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 8:35 AM Sorry, I make my own. I buy comfrey  extract and mix it in a good cream base. Why don't you go to the web site for ABC

Re: CS>comfrey salve

2010-02-02 Thread Nancy Venzon
Sorry, I make my own. I buy comfrey  extract and mix it in a good cream base. Why don't you go to the web site for ABC American Botanical Council http://abc.herbalgram.org  and they will have some clinical data on comfrey that is reliable. --- On Tue, 2/2/10, Deborah Gerard wrote:

Re: CS>comfrey salve

2010-02-02 Thread Deborah Gerard
Thanks Nancy...does your jar say anything on it as far as warnings? Mom is freaking out...Debbie From: Nancy Venzon To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, February 1, 2010 11:35:55 PM Subject: Re: CS>comfrey salve It is my understanding that comfrey

Re: CS>comfrey salve

2010-02-01 Thread Nancy Venzon
It is my understanding that comfrey can cause liver damage if taken orally and even then I don't know at what dosage. I have used comfrey cream for years topically. I don't think there are any contraindications to using in cream form. --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Deborah Gerard wrote: Fro

CS>comfrey salve

2010-02-01 Thread Deborah Gerard
Well I ordered the salve, along with some other suggestions, and had it sent to my dad. Mom was reading the label and it said it could cause liver damage and possible death on it. Now mom is freaking out...any idea's on what I can tell her to make her feel it is okay to use the product on dad? t

Re: CS>help for cracked vertebrae - Lisa - more on comfrey

2010-01-26 Thread Rowena
In old English Dr. Kirschner used comfrey in his medical practice to promote the healing of ulcers and wounds. He traces the history of comfrey back to 1568 and W. Turner's Herball which said "of Comfrey Symphytum, the rootes are good if they be broken and dronken for them that spi

Re: CS>CS and Raw Milk - Vitamin B12 - Comfrey

2006-02-14 Thread Heidrun Beer
other plant sources for it. > >Heidrun: > >Comfrey is the only land plant known to derive and store >Vitamin B-12 from the soil. It also has a great many >medicinal uses, plus it's a wonderful compost plant and >with 22-33% protein a great feed for ruminants! > >Kind re

Re: CS>CS and Raw Milk - Vitamin B12 - Comfrey

2006-02-14 Thread hj
At 03:12 PM 2/10/2006, you wrote: Among other things, the process creates Vitamin C and Vitamin B12 - especially the latter is interesting because there are no other plant sources for it. Heidrun: Comfrey is the only land plant known to derive and store Vitamin B-12 from the soil. It also has

Comfrey

1998-08-04 Thread W. D. Cavanaugh
Apologies to all and sundry. I'm not going to have time to send the comfrey before leaving for vacation. Not only do we have our plate full with vacation/disease/mother, but I just bankrupted us on the commodities market. Oh, well. . . . Things happen as they should. Since I&#x

Re: PLEASE READ: (plus comfrey)

1998-07-31 Thread W. D. Cavanaugh
ver, I'm whelmed that each is harnessing his heat to produce such beneficial power; even more amazed that when we are flamed it just makes us brighter; and there is never any lack of respect . Till next time--- Wil,,,, with a ps below I haven't forgot to mail comfrey to those wh

Comfrey,Symphytum Officinale

1998-07-22 Thread Tai-Pan
Hi Brian ,Barbara and list, Seeing your request for info on Comfrey and not seeing any comprehensive reply, will give you this. COMFREY: Scientific name:Symphytum Officinale. Folk names: Assear,Black Wort, Boneset, Bruisewort, Consolida, Consound, Gum

Comfrey ,Symphytum Officinale

1998-07-22 Thread Tai-Pan
Hi Brian and Barbara, and listers, Seeing your request for info on Comfrey and not seeing any comprehensive reply,will give you this. COMFREY: Scientific name: Symphytum Officinale Folk names : Assear,Black Wort, Boneset, Bruisewort,Consolida, Consound,Gum Plant

RE: Comfrey Off the Topic

1998-07-16 Thread Charles L. Church
Comfrey looks somewhat like Borage, has somewhat spear like dark green leaves, and is a perenial that grows about 2-4 ft in height. If you go to my page http://www.piggott.net/~hhr/links.html there should be two links there that deal with plant I.D., and one of them would hopefully have a color

Re: Comfrey Off the Topic

1998-07-13 Thread W. D. Cavanaugh
Comfrey is just comfrey. The pepsin must be from something else. I'll be glad to mail you some of the root for growing your own plant if you'll send me your snailmail address. I do not know how many of you will want this, but I will send as much as I can. Wil Cavanaugh chuck...@ia

COMFREY

1998-07-13 Thread likowski
Yes, it's back in health food stores. Years ago comfrey-pepsin was a wonderful GI (Gastrointestinal )healing agent. We used it to heal ulcers, to sooth the GI tract and it worked great. Who says you need antibitics to heal h.pylori?? Anyway, someone got a hairbr

COMFREY: THE "BONEMENDER"

1998-07-13 Thread likowski
"W. D. Cavanaugh" : "My point is: almost nobody I know has any knowledge of comfrey..." COMFREY: One of the best weapons in herbal medicine; miraculous in it's ability to rapidly mend and heal broken bones and torn flesh. The Indians called it BONEMENDER and was

Re: Comfrey Off the Topic

1998-07-13 Thread ramakrishna Kothalanka
HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE CAMFREY PEPSIN IN MY YARD ; HOW DOES THIS PLANT LOOK LIKE; WHERE CAN I GET OKRA PEPSIN AND CAMFREY PEPSIN? THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-m

Re: Comfrey Off the Topic

1998-07-13 Thread jeinert
> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 17:57:36 + > From: chc > Reply-to: c...@jps.net > Organization: Creative Health Center > To:"silver-list@eskimo.com" > Subject: Comfrey Off the Topic > Years ago comfrey-pepsin was a wonderfu

COMFREY

1998-07-12 Thread brains
I also would like to have any information that some one on the list may have about Comfrey. thanks very much .. -- Peace and Health to you and may the White Light protect you Barbara and Brian in OZ VK5KBW http://www.senet.com.au/~brains/intro.htm -- The silver-list is a

Comfrey Off the Topic

1998-07-12 Thread chc
Years ago comfrey-pepsin was a wonderful GI (Gastrointestinal )healing agent. We used it to heal ulcers, to sooth the GI tract and it worked great. Who says you need antibitics to heal h.pylori?? Anyway, someone got a hairbrained idea to shove 1000 x the usual does into lab rats and i believe it