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Dried Comfrey Leaves
Sustainably harvested and air-dried for external use. JC Botanicals offers high-quality comfrey for your personal care and wellness needs.
Create you own comfrey oil, balm, cream, poultice etc with comfrey leaf by JC Botanicals
Botanical Name: Symphytum officinale
Origin: South African grown
Uses: Create balms, creams, infusions, oils and poultices to speed healing by up to 5x.
Processing: Cut, Naturally Dried & Sifted
Appearance & Aroma: Leafy with a mild, grass-like scent.
Active compounds: Allantoin, phenolic acids, asparagine, tannins, triterpenoids
Storage tips: Store in a container with a tight-fitting seal, away from light and heat.
The comfrey plant has a long history in traditional gardening and wellness. Known by its botanical name, Symphytum officinale, this hardy perennial comfrey herb is used around the world for centuries for its herbal properties to heal people and animals as well as enriching local soil as a fertiliser.
The leaves of comfrey contain allantoin and tannin that promotes new cell generation. It also contains rosamarinic acid which helps in the reduction of phytochemicals.
Traditionally well known and widely used by early Greeks and Romans, comfrey's botanical name symphytum is derived from the Greek word symphyo, meaning to "make grow together".
Comfrey has been prized since ancient times for its ability to help heal broken and fracturedbones and damaged tissues.
Comfrey relieves pain and inflammation caused by injuries and degeneration, especially the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
We carefully dry and cut the comfrey leaves to ensure you get a high-quality product for your external applications.
Cut, dried and sifted comfrey leaves.
How to Use our Dried, Sifted and Cut Comfrey
Make a Comfrey Oil Extract
Using a glass bottle, create a comfrey oil extract or infusion.
Soak leaves in good quality oil for a minimum of six weeks and keep in a cool, dark place.
Use this oil to make skin salves, balms, creams, etc.
Shake the bottle regularly to ensure that all leaves are extracted optimally. Once the six weeks are complete, strain the leaves from the oil, discarding the leaves, as all the beneficial properties have been extracted into the oil.
Various Uses
Use the oil on its own for its healing properties.
Apply to skin with clean fingers or cloth.
Use only on healthy, unbroken skin.
Leaves can be used on their own to make a poultice.
Helps to alleviate wounds, gout and rheumatism. Natural relief for muscles, joints, bones & bruises.
Use to relieve soreness, swelling, sunburn and bruises.
Supports muscle recovery, joint comfort, and healthy-looking skin after workouts or daily strain.
Use in a poultice, compress, balm or cream to heal with wounds, inflammation, bruises, & eczema.
Comfrey stimulates cell growth, accelerates healing processes in tissues. Anti-inflammatory effect.
Use as a poultice or compress to treat bruises, sprains, wounds or other trauma.
Alleviates pain, decreasing back pain when resting or moving. Decrease the pain of osteoarthritis.
Burns: speeds healing of burns, prevents scarring if applied quickly.
Sprains: Improves mobility, decreases pain, and reduces tenderness and swelling of sprains.
Bruises: Decreases the pain and tenderness of bruises, while speeding up healing.
Broken bones: Helps to heal broken bones.
Helps for pulled muscles, rheumatoid arthritis, varicose veins, gout, inflammation, pain and swelling.
Common Names: Knitbone, Blackwort, Bruisewort, Gum Plant, & Slippory Root, Comfrey, True Comfrey, Common Comfrey, Ass Ear, Blackwort, Blackroot, Boneset, Consound, Bruisewort, Gum Plant, Knitback, Healing Herb, Knitbone, Slippery Root, Salsify, Wallwort, Boneset, Consolida, Russian comfrey, Quaker comfrey, Cultivated comfrey.
Not recommended for internal consumption.
This product contains only comfrey leaves, with no added ingredients or fillers.
Packaged in a resealable, standup bag to help maintain freshness for lasting quality, offering convenient storage and ease of use.
DISCLAIMER: This is a complementary medicine and has not been evaluated and verified by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority for its quality, safety or intended use. Use of this product must not substitute the obtaining medical advice from a registered health professional for any health conditions you may have. To avoid an adverse reaction, please obtain advice from your medical practitioner if you are pregnant/breastfeeding, have a medical condition, or are taking any medication.
PLEASE NOTE: This product is not intended to compensate for diagnosis, treatment, cure, or mitigation of medical conditions. If you or a family member is experiencing any health-related problems, you should obtain medical advice from a certified health professional, as this may be harmful to your health. You are therefore advised to use this product with caution.
External Infusion
Develop a potent oil blend by slowly heating leaves in your carrier oil for two days. Filter the liquid to use as a base for crafted salves or creams.
Healing Comfrey Power
Commonly called 'knitbone', Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) has been valued for ages for its incredible capacity to assist skin and joint care via topical use.
Comfrey Balm
Use the infused oil, together with beeswax to make a potent pain-relieving and healing balm
Soothing Compress
Brew dried foliage in hot water for fifteen minutes. Once tempered, dip a soft cloth in the bath and press it onto tired muscles for calming sensations.
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