Comfrey was commonly used as a livestock feed and as a chop and drop fertilizer gardens as a chop and drop fertilizer as it is full of minerals. The leaves and root are used as medicine.
 
Formerly known as “knitbone”, Comfrey is used for broken bones, torn muscles, sprains, wounds, burns, stings, aches and joint inflammation. Comfrey has calcium, and Vitamins such as A, C, E and B complex. Comfrey also contains tannins and allantoin, which gives it the unique ability to speed up the process of healing by stimulating cell reproduction while also preventing infection.
 
 
Contraindications: Do not take comfrey leaf internally while pregnant or breastfeeding, or for more than 6 weeks. Do not apply comfrey to new wounds as comfrey can cause the wound to heal too quickly from the inside out.