Symphytum officinale
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
Comfrey
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General
The root contains a crystalline solid, that stimulates the growth of epithelium on ulcerated surfaces. It may be administered internally in the treatment of gastric and duodenal juries to sinews, tendons and the periosteum. Acts on joints generally. Neuralgia of knee. Of great use in wounds penetrating to perineum and bones, and in non-union of fractures; irritable stump after amputation, irritable bone at point of fracture. Psoas abscess. Pricking pain and soreness of periosteum.
Head
Pain in occiput, top and forehead; changing places. Pain comes down bone of nose. Inflammation of inferior maxillary bone, hard, red, swelling.
Eye
Pain in eye after a blow of an obtuse body. For traumatic injuries of the eyes no remedy equals this.
Relationships
Compare: Arn; Calc phos.
Dose
Tincture. Externally as a dressing for sores and ulcers and pruritus ani.
What the other books say about Symphytum officinale
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Symphytum officinale in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Symphytum officinale in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Symphytum officinale — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/symphytum-officinale. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.