Plant Details

Accepted name:: Symphytum officinale L. [Boraginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Symphytum officinale subsp. bohemicum (F.W.Schmidt) Čelak.

Symphytum officinale f. rakosiense Soó

Symphytum officinale subsp. uliginosum (A.Kern.) Nyman

Symphytum officinale subsp. officinale

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beinwellblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
beinwellkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
beinwellwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
boneset	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cleavers	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
comfrey	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
comfrey herb and	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common comfrey	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
conde vache	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
confrei	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
consolda maggiore	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
consolda maior	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
consolda-maior	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
consolida maggiore	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
consolidae radix	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
consoude grande	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
consoude officinale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
consound	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
consuelda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
consuelda mayor	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
echter beinwell	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gemeiner beinwell	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gewöhnlicher beinwell	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grande conde vache	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
grande consolda	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
grande consoude	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
healing-herb	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
healingherb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
knitbone	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
knitbone comfrey	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
komfri	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kāng fù lì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nettles	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
nettles and cleavers	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
nipbone	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
nit bane	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
okopnik lekars	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
orelhas de asno	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
sankuutan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
slippery-	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
slippery-root	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
symphyti folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
symphyti herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
symphyti radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
symphytum officinale	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
symphytum officinale root for ethanol decoction for homoeopathic preparations	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
symphytum officinale root for homoeopathic preparations	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
symphytum radix	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
äkta vallört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
живокіст	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
康复力	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
康富利	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaf, rhizome, root		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
inflorescence, leaves, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
root, rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Symphytum officinale	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Symphytum officinale L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Symphytum officinale Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Symphytum officinale Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Symphytym officinale L.	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)

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