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lark

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5. Comfrey also removes infections quite well!

Reply to MiHale (Reply #3)

Tue May 13, 2025, 09:29 AM

May 13

I cut my finger badly one am before work and just washed it off and bandaged it. By the time I got home that evening, it looked infected. Hubs had read about comfreys antiobiotic properties, so we put some in a pot with some water and got it cooked down and sludgy, then bandaged my finger with it with some gauze around it. I could immediately feel it pulling out the infection and cooling my hot finger down. I used compresses of this 2-3 times a day and within 2 (maybe 3?) days the swelling and inffection were all gone and m finger looked normal. This stuff is the bomb!!!

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Yes! We have no potatoes...yet... [View all] MiHale May 13 OP

. BoRaGard May 13 #1

Very nice, MiHale! Diamond_Dog May 13 #2

Comfrey used for 2 purposes... MiHale May 13 #3

Wow, that is fascinating. Thank you! Diamond_Dog May 13 #4

There are two kinds ...well kinda MiHale May 13 #6

Comfrey also removes infections quite well! lark May 13 #5

Yes it is... MiHale May 13 #7

Wow, your garden is awesome, MiHale wendyb-NC May 13 #8