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Symphytum Officinale

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Comfrey · Knitbone · "The Bone Fracture Knitbone Remedy"
symph.PlantCommonPsoric
🎯 It acts primarily on the periosteum and bones to stimulate healing and repair of fractures and .
📖 Boericke writes:
Comfrey-Knitbone
(SYMPHYTUM)
The root contains a crystalline solid, that stimulates the growth of on surfaces. It may be administered internally in the treatment of gastric and duodenal juries to sinews, tendons and the periosteum. Acts on joints generally. of knee.
Of great use in penetrating to and bones, and in non-union of fractures; irritable stump after amputation, irritable bone at point of . Psoas . Pricking pain and soreness of periosteum.
👤 Constitution
•Generally indicated for individuals suffering from physical trauma, specifically involving bones, tendons, or the eyes.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Of great use in penetrating to and bones, and in non-union of fractures; irritable stump after amputation, irritable bone at point of .
introduction
Pain in eye after a blow of an obtuse body.
eye
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤Head
Indicated for shifting head pains and of the jaw bone.
Pain in , top and forehead; changing places.
Pain comes down bone of nose.
of inferior maxillary bone, hard, red, swelling.
💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

Tincture
Mother Tincture
📝Externally as a dressing for sores, ulcers, and itching of the anus.
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Arnica Montana →Calcarea Phosphorica →Calcarea Carbonica →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Symphytum Officinale is listed in 29 rubrics across 7 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 8 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Generalities18Eyes5Locomotor System2Abdomen1Face1Nervous System1Stomach1

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