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The old knitbone of European meadows, traditionally used in homoeopathy for injuries to bones, tendons and the eye.

Comfrey is a tall, hairy perennial of the borage family, found in damp meadows and on riverbanks across Europe. It has large, rough leaves, drooping clusters of cream, pink or purple bell flowers and a thick, deep root that is black outside and white within. Its old name, knitbone, recalls its use as a poultice packed around broken limbs.

In homoeopathy it is the classic remedy for injuries to bone. Homoeopaths traditionally turn to it when a fracture is slow to knit, for a sore, pricking pain in bone or around a joint after injury, and for pain in the eyeball after a blow. It is also used outwardly on sores.

• Bone injuries
• Slow-mending fractures
• Eye injury from a blow
• Tendon and joint strain