THE BENEFITS OF THE USE OF COMFREY
IN HERBAL PREPARATIONS
COMFREY - BIBLIOGRAPHY
COMFREY
by Sabrina G. Seitz, RN
"Natural Healing with Herbs for a Healthier You"
Books:
Christopher, John R., School of Natural Healing, Thirteen printing, (Springville, Utah: Christopher Publications, Inc. 2001.)
Duke, James A., Ph.D., The Green Pharmacy, St. Martin’s Press, New York, NY, 1998.)
Elpel, Thomas J., Botany in a Day, The Patterns Method of Plant Identification, 5th Edition (Pony, Montana: HOPS Press, LLC, 2004)
Griggs, Barbara., Green Pharmacy, (Rochester, Vermont: Healing Arts Press, 1997.)
St. Claire, Debra, M.H., Herbal Preparations and Natural Therapies, Creating and Using a Home Herbal Medicine Chest, (Boulder, Colorado: Morningstar Publications, 1997-2004.)
Tillotson, Alan Keith, Ph.D., Nai-shing Hu Tillotson, O.M.D.., L.Ac., and Robert Abel, M.D., The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know about Chinese, Western, and Ayurvedic Herbal Treatments. (New York: Kensington Publishers, 2001)
Magazines:
Cooper, B.T., “Veno-occlusive disease of the liver secondary to ingestion of comfrey.” British Medical Journal, 18 July 1987: 183.
Yeong, Mae Ling, and Boyd Swinburn, Mark Kennedy, Gordon Micholson. (1990). “Hepatic veno-occlusive disease associated with Comfrey ingestion.” Journal of Gastoentology and Hepatology 5(2), 211-214.
Websites:
“Comfrey.” Date unknown. Complete Comfrey information from Drugs.com. <www.drugs.com>
“Comfrey.” Date unknown. Free Herb information - Comfrey. <www.herbsarespecial.com>
“Comfrey.” Date unknown. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. <www.mskcc.org>
“Illnesses and Injuries Associated with the Use of Selected Dietary Supplements.” 1993, <www.cfsan.fda.gov>
Rode, Doreena. “General Information about Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids.” 2004. Comfrey Central - A Clearinghouse for Symphytum Information. < www.comfreycentral.com>
Rode, Doreena. “Review of Animal Studies Using Comfrey or Related Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids.” 2004. Comfrey Central - A Clearinghouse of Symphytum Information. <www.comfreycentral.com>
Richter, Conrad. “Comfrey toxicity.” 21 January 1995. Henriette’s Herbal Homepage. <www.henriettesherbalcom/archives>