When you consider that our skin is the largest organ of our bodies, it’s understandable that there are so many remedies for dealing with topical troubles. Scrapes, cuts, bites, burns, rashes and sores ...

Our gardening expert explains its benefits for both plants and people My back is a little broken. I blame it on a bag of compost, although my chiropractor blames it on all the tapping I do at the ...

When I first met her, we were on no uncertain terms — comfrey was not my friend. I was a first-year student at The Evergreen State College in Washington state, and I was determined to have a garden. I ...

Comfrey, until fairly recently, was used for centuries as a medicinal herb. Some of the common folk names for it, such as “healing herb” and “bruisewort,” reflect the healing properties that people ...

Lawrence Hills is one of my heroes. Best known as the founder of the organic gardening charity Garden Organic (formerly the HDRA), he was also a prolific author. I'm always surprised at how little ...

Since comfrey contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), which can be toxic to humans and animals, is growing comfrey in the garden safe if it’s near fruits and vegetables, or will the PAs transfer from ...

The fuzzy leaves of the blue-flowered comfrey plant contain allantoin, a protein that stimulates cell growth and has long been thought to help broken bones heal. The plant also contains pyrrolizidine ...