Comfrey Ointment – Top Ten Uses

jars of comfrey ointment

three sizes of comfrey ointment jars

Welcome back to Top Ten Uses! This week we’ll be straying from the usual topic of essential oils and instead focusing on our comfrey ointmentsSo here’s some helpful uses for our Comfrey Ointment.

1.  Hacks in hands and feet.
2.  Helpful for over used or tense muscles
3.  After a sprain or strain
4.  Ligament or tendon issues.
5.  To ease pain in joints, eg fingers, shoulders, knees
6.  Bed sores
7.  Minor wounds
8.  Scar tissue
9.  Eczema-prone skin
10. After fractures & breaks (supports the muscle and tissue structure around the break or fracture)

If you feel this ointment would be useful for you, you can buy it here from Organica J.

Tune in next week for another Top Ten Uses and comment below what you would like to see next!

Top Ten Uses – Mandarin Essential Oil

mandarin-essential-oil-orginicaj-0909Welcome to another week of Organica J’s Top Ten Uses! This week will be focusing on 10 helpful uses for Mandarin essential oil. For using essential oils for specific medical problems always contact a qualified aromatherapist.

1.  gentle for all ages
2.  tummy upsets in children
3.  soothing for the over stimulated
4.  stretch mark prevention
5.  oily skin & acne
6.  calming for the digestive system
7.  tonic for the liver
8.  connection with your inner child

9.  Excellent for aiding relaxation

10. Relieves flatulence

If you feel this would be a useful oil for you, you can buy it here from Organica J.

Tune in next week for another oil in another Top Ten Uses and comment below what you would like to see next!

Comfrey Harvest 2015 Now Complete

Bank of comfrey plants May 15

Comfrey plants on bank in sunshine

close up comfrey flower

Flower of comfrey plant

After a good season with fairly long spells of dry  weather (although not too warm here), we have now finished the comfrey harvest 2015.  The comfrey plants are fine this year and because of the cooler weather, it makes harvesting easier as the plants in the sun are ready first.. We then progress to the plants that are in more sheltered areas, as they are ready later.   The pictures are taken after the harvest, and as you can see we make no visual or environmental damage to this area of private ground in a wonderfully rural setting in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 

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Comfrey Harvest 2014 – an Introduction by Organica J

At the start of the comfrey harvest 2014, we shot a little video to show you how untouched and rural the area in Aberdeenshire, Scotland is where we harvest the comfrey leaves each year to make our comfrey oil macerate.  We then use the comfrey oil as a main ingredient in our comfrey ointment, gardener’s hand balm, herbal foot balm and the reflexology balm along with organic carrier, essential oils and beeswax.

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