skip navigation, jump to main contentDorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden, College of Pharmacy, UIC

Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.)

Family: Boraginaceae

Medicinal uses: General healing agent

Part used medicinally: Leaf; root

Native origin: Eurasia

Symphytum officinale L.

Photo: D. Doel Soejarto, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago