What a fantastic spring we're having! but rain is finally threatening from the west at last. My garden is so dry! Before the deluge I took the opportunity to make some fresh comfrey ointment from my organic comfrey patch. It is in full bloom looking very gorgeous and swarming with bees who love it - quite justifiably. The new batch of salve for 2011 is a vibrant green colour showing how chock full of healing goodies it is. Comfrey leaves are rich in allantoin which is traditionally used to heal bruises and even fractures, though should not be used on broken skin. Problems have arisen in the past with using comfrey root, which is rich in pyrrolizidine alkaloids, toxic to the liver so I only use the leaf, which happilly for us is richer in the healing allantoin anyway. Nature knows what she's doing.
The price of £3.50 is unchanged from last year despite the new snazzy 50gm PET plastic jars with trendy aluminium lids. Get some for your first aid cabinet now! Keeps very well for years.
Ingredients: organic comfrey leaves, extra virgin olive oil, sunflower oil, organic beeswax, essential oils of lavender, tea tree and camomile.
