Symphytum tuberosum8/6/2023 The nutrients, once taken up from the roots, are relocated throughout the plant as and where needed with some of them ending up in the comfrey leaf mass. Mineral dam – Comfrey has deep roots of up to 2m that utilize nutrients deep in the subsoil that would otherwise wash away with the underground soil water or remain inaccessible to other plants. We’ve supplied 1,000 ‘Bocking 14’ cuttings to Oxygenisis, a business in Germany who are experimenting with using this plant for carbon capture. We also grow in patches as part of our fertility strategy in the market garden and have patches in the wildflower meadows (details below). In our gardens we have Comfrey ‘Bocking 14’ located next to each fruit tree in order to have a renewable source of mulch just where we need it. The plant grows rapidly after each harvest. The plant is excellent for producing mulch and can be cut from 2-5 times per year depending on how well the plants are watered and fed. It’s incredibly effective at stopping the bleeding, reducing the pain and healing the wound.īiomas – Comfrey produces large amounts of foliage from late May (late spring) until hard frosts in October or November (late autumn). Simply take a few leaves brush them together to remove the hairs and wrap them around the wound and apply light pressure. This plant is my first port of call if ever I need to dress a wound. Comfrey has been reported to promote healthy skin with its mucilage content that moisturizes and soothes and promotes cell proliferation. Poultices were made for external wounds and tea was consumed for internal ailments. The Greeks and Romans commonly used comfrey to stop heavy bleeding, treat bronchial problems and heal wounds and broken bones. Medicinal – Comfrey has been cultivated as a healing herb since at least 400BC. ( Learn more its history on the Balkan Ecology Project blog.) Uses of comfrey Lawrence Hills lived at 20 Convent Lane just around the corner of the trial site. At this site, Hills trialed at least 21 comfrey ‘strains’, each one named after the village Bocking. Strain 14 was identified as being the most nutrient rich, non-seeding strain and ‘Bocking 14’ began its journey into gardens far and wide across the world. The original trial site is on the plot of land now occupied by the Doubleday Gardens housing development. In the 1950s, Hills developed a comfrey research program in the village of Bocking, near Braintree in the UK. Years later, and after two world wars, Lawrence D Hills (1911-1991) would continue Henry Doubleday’s Comfrey crusade. The plant most commonly referred to and used in gardens is Russian comfrey – Symphytum x uplandicum, a naturally occurring hybrid of two wild species: common comfrey – Symphytum officinale and prickly comfrey – Symphytum asperum.Ī few centuries back, the hybrid Symphytum x uplandicum came to the attention of Henry Doubleday (1810-1902) and he widely promoted the plant as a food and forage crop. is native to Europe and Asia and there are 40 recorded species throughout that region. Introduction to comfreyĪ member of the borage family, comfrey – Symphytum spp. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.There’s a plethora of info out there about comfrey but not much detail regarding establishing and managing a comfrey patch so I thought I would write an article to share my experience on this and how we grow comfrey as part of our fertility strategy in the market garden. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Type of Resource Text Still image Languages Arabic Identifiers Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b6586de0-c6b8-012f-34dd-58d385a7bc34 Rights Statement The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. 39 Topics Medicine, Arab Medicinal plants Botany, Medical Medicine, Greek and Roman Genres Manuscripts Illustrations Botanical illustrations Physical Description Extent: Two images on one page. 19th c.) (Artist) Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos (Author) Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896 (Patron) Collectionįī Hayūlā al-tibb Dates / Origin Date Created: 1889 - 1890 Place: Tehran or Mashhad? Library locations Spencer Collection Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. 12th cent.) (Translator) Mîrzâ Bâqir (fl. Names Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʻIbādī, 809?-873 (Translator) Mihrân ibn Mansûr ibn Mihrân (fl. TitleTuberous Comfrey (Symphytum tuberosum), sûmfûtûn Jagged Chickweed (Holosteum sp.), ûlihstiyûn, fol.
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