Skin Healing Comfrey Oil

Do you have comfrey taking over your garden? If not it’s probably not too difficult to find someone that does. Comfrey is a common plant that has been used for many generations in natural medicine due to it’s amazing skin-healing properties. The following recipe for Skin Healing Comfrey Oil from Wendyl’s latest book Natural Care is so easy to make and is a fantastic natural remedy to have on hand in your home.

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It’s not hard to find comfrey growing somewhere, as it thrives like a weed. I have some in my garden that I have to keep in check, but it makes a great addition to my compost tea for the garden. I also make a terrific oil out of it; it’s well known for it’s skin-healing abilities.

When I’m gardening I get a lot of scratches and insect bites and this oil has proved to be a winner for making sure they heal quickly and don’t get infected. In the old days, comfrey was used in many healing concoctions because it contains allantoin which is thought to increase the speed at which wounds heal. This is such an easy oil to make.

Skin Healing Comfrey Oil

1 large glass jar (Agee if you have it)

Comfrey leaves

Olive oil

On a dry day collect the comfrey leaves and chop into pieces. Fill the jar with them, pushing them down so they are quite tightly packed into the jar. Pour over the olive oil until you have reached the top, then use a fork to push the comfrey down again to release any air and make more room for the oil.

Put on the lid and sit the jar on a sunny windowsill. In the summer with hot sun this will be ready in 3 weeks, in winter it will take about 6 weeks.

Strain the leaves from the oil and put the oil in a dark glass bottle. Use on any skin complaints or simply rub all over your skin as a lovely conditioner.