comfrey
General
Complementary/Alternative Medicine: This monograph describes a natural or herbal product that is not subject to FDA guidelines for medicines. Patients and clinicians are advised to read package labels carefully to ensure safe and efficacious use.
Pronunciation:
kuhm-free

Trade Name(s)
- Ass ear
- black root
- blackwort
- bruisewort, Consolidae radix
- consound
- gum plant
- healing herb, knitback
- knitbone
- salsify
- slippery root
- Symphitum officinale
- Symphitum radix
- wallwort
Ther. Class.
wound/ulcer/decubiti healing agent
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