Comfrey the comforting - Symphytum uplandica x

Comfrey leaves are not only rich in proteins, they are a great source of folic acid, many vitamins, and every mineral and trace mineral we need for a strong immune system, a calm nervous system, and a happy hormone system. See why I'm so fond of comfrey? What a marvelous ally she is! Not dangerous at all.

When I identify with comfrey, I feel powerful and proud, beautiful and exuberant. When I identify with comfrey, I feel the flexibly that comes from being knit together. When I identify with comfrey, I feel very green.

Comfrey, Symphytum uplandica x - There are two species of comfrey: wild comfrey, Symphytum officinale, and cultivated comfrey, Symphytum uplandica x. (The "x" means it is a hybrid, a cross.) Wild comfrey (S. off.) is a small plant--up to a meter tall--with yellow flowers. Cultivated comfrey (S. uplandica x.) is a large plant--often surpassing two meters--with blue or purple flowers.

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[wisewomantradition]

@Zeuszgrl mowing in itself is not especially damaging...and many "weeds" grow best in mowed lawns, such as dandelion and plantain, both of which can not compete in meadows with the longer grasses and taller plants common in a field. The problem with mowing, is that most who mow also want to keep the lawn very green and may do so by adding chemicals to the ground...thus polluting and poisoning mother earth and her inhabitants..

[wisewomantradition]

@Zeuszgrl mowing in itself is not especially damaging...and many "weeds" grow best in mowed lawns, such as dandelion and plantain, both of which can not compete in meadows with the longer grasses and taller plants common in a field. The problem with mowing, is that most who mow also want to keep the lawn very green and may do so by adding chemicals to the ground...thus polluting and poisoning mother earth and her inhabitants..

[Zeuszgrl]

at the end of the video was that the noise of a neighbor's riding mower in the background ?

While you are educating about the importance of wild plants that most people in their ignorance consider to be useless weeds,

someone dutifully "maintaining" their lawn was no doubt destroying a plethora of them !

Oh the sad irony......

[wisewomantradition]

@Zeuszgrl mowing in itself is not especially damaging...and many "weeds" grow best in mowed lawns, such as dandelion and plantain, both of which can not compete in meadows with the longer grasses and taller plants common in a field. The problem with mowing, is that most who mow also want to keep the lawn very green and may do so by adding chemicals to the ground...thus polluting and poisoning mother earth and her inhabitants..

[wisewomantradition]

mowing in itself is not especially damaging...and many "weeds" grow best in mowed lawns, such as dandelion and plantain, both of which can not compete in meadows with the longer grasses and taller plants common in a field. The problem with mowing, is that most who mow also want to keep the lawn very green and may do so by adding chemicals to the ground...thus polluting and poisoning mother earth and her inhabitants..

[wisewomantradition]

@Zeuszgrl mowing in itself is not especially damaging...and many "weeds" grow best in mowed lawns, such as dandelion and plantain, both of which can not compete in meadows with the longer grasses and taller plants common in a field. The problem with mowing, is that most who mow also want to keep the lawn very green and may do so by adding chemicals to the ground...thus polluting and poisoning mother earth and her inhabitants..

[modernhippielife]

Susan- can you share where you purchase your symphytum uplandica x?

[bestofyoutoday]

Visit the Best of You Today's website to view Susuan Weed's interview with us!

[cronewinter]

I made comfrey oil last summer and have been using it to heal my old dogs skin issues. She used to have to take steroids from the vet but now I wash her irritated skin with comfrey tea and rub the oil into the areas and they heal very well without a trip to the vet and the very dangerous steroids she used to take.

[danielngar]

Thank you for sharing this information about Comfrey. I grow comfrey and love to use it for breakfast. I place two or three leaves of Comfrey in my blender, add Almond milk, rice milk, or soy milk, blend and pour on my cereal/ Works well with either a dry cold or wet whole grain cereal. I feel great all morning when I do this. I also like to make an evening broth with Comfrey, Collard greens, and other herbs that grow around my place like Plantain, lambs quarter, dandelion, and pig weed. YUM!

[wisewomantradition]

@Zeuszgrl mowing in itself is not especially damaging...and many "weeds" grow best in mowed lawns, such as dandelion and plantain, both of which can not compete in meadows with the longer grasses and taller plants common in a field. The problem with mowing, is that most who mow also want to keep the lawn very green and may do so by adding chemicals to the ground...thus polluting and poisoning mother earth and her inhabitants..