Steinmetz:Symphytum
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Symphytum officinale
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Borraginaceae
- English Names
- Comfrey
- Blackwort
- Knitbone
- Natural Habitat
- North- and Central Europe (including Great Britain)
- temperate Asia
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Consolidae = Herba Symphyti
- Radix Consolidae majoris = Radix Symphyti
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- Constituent(s)
- leaf: symphyto-cynoglossin
- consolidin (both nerv-poison)
- mucilage
- tannin; root: phytosterin
- coniferin
- tannin
- sugar
- mucilage
- asparagin
- allantoin
- gum
- resin
- consolidin (nerv-poison)
- cholin
- Action
- leaf: stimulant for tissue growth; root: astringent
- haemostatic
- expectorant
- sedative
- demulcent
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