About this episode

This episode explores the traditional uses and safety of Comfrey, highlighting its benefits beyond topical applications.

Current herbal advice says you should never take Comfrey internally, but how did people traditionally use this plant? In this post, we're talking about Comfrey (Achillea millefolium), which is usually taught only from a topical perspective — for cuts, scrapes, minor wounds, and injuries. However, there is a whole set of traditional uses for this herb that go beyond external use. Here's what you'll learn: How Comfrey's tastes, energetics, and organ affinities reveal its traditional uses The traditional topical and historical internal uses of Comfrey for the skin, bones, connective tissue, and digestive lining How to safely prepare and apply Comfrey, including infused oils, poultices, and important wound-healing considerations The science behind Comfrey's safety concerns, including pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), who should avoid internal use, and why How Comfrey's energetic architecture reflects Saturn, Capricorn, Scorpio, the Water element, and the Salt principle in medical astrology and alchemical herbalism ———————————— CONNECT WITH SAJAH AND WHITNEY ———————————— To get free in depth mini-courses and videos, visit our blog at: http://www.evolutionaryherbalism.com Get daily…

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Hosts: Sajah Popham, Whitney Popham

Topics covered

• Comfrey benefits
• traditional herbal uses
• safety concerns
• medical astrology
• alchemical herbalism
• topical applications
• internal uses

Keywords

• Comfrey
• herbalism
• pyrrolizidine alkaloids
• wound healing
• energetics
• medical astrology
• alchemical herbalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The School of Evolutionary Herbalism, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

Books & works: Comfrey

Places: Capricorn, Scorpio, Water, Salt

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