Hi- I haven't gotten on this newsgroup for years (literally..); I can't
remember if I posted back when I had a cow who sustained a ghastly teat
injury which I wasn't able to get sutured in time- I did twice daily wound
care for 6 weeks. I used the standard antibiotic preps for cattle- BUT- also
made a comfrey preparation- comfrey chopped ultimately fine in the food
processor, I think it was- kept it refrigerated- and used it as a wound
dressing for about 2 weeks- I believe that I did see some encouraging
results in the nature of quicker development of healthy tissue. But as I
kept having to work to avoid any infection and the comfrey prep was not
sterile, I finally stopped using it. I had heard that one of the risks using
comfrey because it *does* accelerate wound healing is that healthy tissue
will grow quickly and seal in an area of infection- as the wound edges were
coming together I saw a risk of this happening, so I stopped.

Nice to see you all are still around.. lw

"Cyli" wrote in message
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On 27 Jun 2005 05:49:27 -0700, wrote:

(snipped)

Never tried making tea from it, forget what other uses it has.

Supposedly good for general healing, especially as a poultice on
wounds.

However it has some nasty things in it that aren't good for your
liver, so while some swear by it, others won't have anything to do
with it.


Cyli
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