Comfrey: a clinical overview.

Christiane Staiger

Journal: Phytotherapy research : PTR 2013;26(10):1441-8

PMID: 22359388

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Abstract

Comfrey has a centuries-old tradition as a medicinal plant. Today, multiple randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the efficacy and safety of comfrey preparations for the topical treatment of pain, inflammation and swelling of muscles and joints in degenerative arthritis, acute myalgia in the back, sprains, contusions and strains after sports injuries and accidents, also in children aged 3 or 4 and over. This paper provides information on clinical trials and non-interventional studies published on comfrey to date and further literature, substantiating the fact that topical comfrey preparations are a valuable therapy option for the treatment of painful muscle and joint complaints.

Address: Merck Selbstmedikation GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4612

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MeSH Terms: Allantoin, Analgesics, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Cinnamates, Comfrey, Depsides, Humans, Inflammation, Pain, Phytotherapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Wound Healing, Rosmarinic Acid