Symphytum officinale

Common name: comfrey.

Comminuted fractures (B.).

Is an excellent remedy for broken bones where the bones refuse to knit (Calc-P.) (N.).

It facilitates union of fractured bones, lessens peculiar pricking pain, and favours production of callus (Calc., Calc-P.) (A.).

Irritability at the point of fracture (Hyper.) (A.).

In injuries of the eye if there is great pain in the eye-ball itself from the blow, it may have to be used (Arn., Led.) (N.).

Irritable stumps after operations (Hyper.) (Bl.).

Periosteal pains after wounds have healed (Calc-P., Sil.) (A.).

Psoas abscess (Arn., Asaf., Chin., Cupr., Phos-Ac., Sil., Staph., Sulph., Syph.) (Br.).

Inflammation of inferior maxillary bone with hard, red swelling (Br.).

Neuralgia of knee (Bell.) (Br.).

Pain in the occiput (Cocc., Petr., Sil.) (Br.).

Injuries to sinews and tendons (Br.).

AGGRAVATION: From touch; from motion; and from pressure; after mechanical injury.

AMELIORATION: From warmth.

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Arn., Calend., Calc-P., Fluor-Ac., Hep., Merc., Nit-Ac., and Sil.

Follows well after Arn. for soreness of the periosteum after an injury.