Davis's Drug Guide
comfrey
General
Complementary/Alternative Medicine: This monograph describes a natural or herbal product that is not subject to FDA guidelines for medicines. Patients and clinicians are advised to read package labels carefully to ensure safe and efficacious use.
Pronunciation:
kuhm-free
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- Ass ear
- black root
- blackwort
- bruisewort, Consolidae radix
- consound
- gum plant
- healing herb, knitback
- knitbone
- salsify
- slippery root
- Symphitum officinale
- Symphitum radix
- wallwort
Ther. Class.
wound/ulcer/decubiti healing agent
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Citation
Vallerand, April Hazard., et al. "Comfrey." Davis's Drug Guide, 19th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/51174/all/comfrey.
Vallerand AHA, Sanoski CAC, . Comfrey. Davis's Drug Guide. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/51174/all/comfrey. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Vallerand, A. H., Sanoski, C. A., & , (2025). Comfrey. In Davis's Drug Guide (19th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/51174/all/comfrey
Vallerand AHA, Sanoski CAC, . Comfrey [Internet]. In: Davis's Drug Guide. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/51174/all/comfrey.
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