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Comfrey
Symphytum officinale
Bed: "Lungs/Mouth"
Toxicity:
Longevity: unknown
History
As far back as antiquity mentioned in medical books as an herb that could heal even the worst wounds. In the Middle Ages it was also used for lung diseases and spitting up of blood. After 1700 the plant was only used in folk medicine.
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