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I'm not an expert, but this is what I know:

It is a dynamic accumulator so is great for compost.

It also can be used in a salve to heal wounds. I got a 3rd degree burn when cleaning out ash from my wood/coal stove and had a burning coal fall inside my glove (estimated temp is 1600 F). About a week after the burn when I still had a huge hole in my hand (see picture below), I put comfrey salve (Dr. Christophers) and it mostly healed up in a little more than a week. Now (3.5 months later) there is only a slight discoloration that lets you know there had been a wound of some kind. It seemed miraculous how fast my hand healed when I started putting the comfrey salve on my hand. FYI, I also put some manuka honey (from day 1), and a mix of manuka honey, collagen, and sovereign silver on it (starting 2 days after starting the comfrey salve.

Some people use it in animal feed, but you can't feed too much because it has a compound (I'm forgetting the name at the moment) that can be toxic in large quantities, so I think most people keep it to less than 5% of feed.

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Random Gadfly 2y ago

Wow! I bet that hurt! Thank you for your reply. I have been seeing post after post with comfrey in it. Got me curious. I’m not sure it grows around here. I will have to check and maybe grow some. The wife and I have been trying more natural cures and this might be one. Cheers!

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LibertyGal 2y ago

It hurt for a second, but then not really. When you get a 3rd degree burn, it is so deep it kills all of the nerves, so you don't really feel anything except maybe at the edges. It was so bad, I thought I'd be scarred for life, but there is only a faint discoloration at this point. I'm betting by the end of the year, even that will be gone. It is amazing that I could have such a deep hole in my hand, but that it can heal completely.