As for comfrey as animal feed, that was one of those great ideas that didn’t work out. It is fuzzy and cows didn’t like the mouth feel. They would eat around it everything to the ground and leave it standing.

It was okay if it was dried, but was difficult to dry due to it thick stem and would mold easily if it wasn’t spread out really well.

This meant it couldn’t be handled in bulk, which made it unrealistic to use as fodder.

There is still lots of comfrey around and if we ever don’t have access to any other scours medicine, it is a safety net back up.

Chakradhari used to make a salve out of the root that was very healing. I remember once I got an infection that my stock tincture, golden seal, myrrh, and cayenne, wouldn’t heal. I used his comfrey salve and the infection healed right up.

The salve had a lot of similar qualities to aloe vera, and would be the northern counterpart.

Large quantitie of comfrey, more than common sense would dictate, taken internally over an extended period of time, has been known to cause liver damage.

As a liver patient, I avoid it, though a cup of tea now and then would be beneficial for most people with healthy livers.