Recently both the Drylands Department and the Sustainable Living department worked together to make comfrey ointment. Comfrey is a well known plant remedy for easing muscle, bone and skin problems, for example, sprains, bites, rashes, muscle pains, even broken bones. Considering all the outdoor and physical activities that we do here at Sunseed, this ointment is an essential part of our natural medicine cabinet!
Comfrey is a native plant of Europe and is incredibly versatile and useful. Not only, is it a great natural medicine but it also is very good natural fertilizer as it is full of potassium. Therefore, it is an important compliment to the work of both the Drylands and Organic Gardens departments at Sunseed. You can find comfrey plants everywhere here.
So if you want to make some comfrey ointment, this is what you do:
You will need:
Cumfrey roots
Olive or almond oil
Chili
Cocao butter
Lavender Essential oil
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First you extract the comfrey plant
2. Then take off the leaves and keep the root
3. Clean the roots well, chop off any bad bits until the roots are dirt free
4.Put the roots in boiling water for a while to soften them
5. Wrap the pieces of root in an old rag and squeeze them to get rid of their juice
6.Keep the remains of the root and blend until a soft consistency
7.In a separate bowl, mix together some olive or almond oil and chili
8.In a separate pot put more olive or almond oil and add the cocoa butter, then heat them up until the butter has melted
9) To the hot pot, add the blended cumfrey roots, the marigold oil/ginger mix and stir everything together
10) Remove the pot from the heat and add some lavender oil
11) Pour the mixture into a container and leave to cool
