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Comfrey Face Cream

Recently some good friends of ours moved and left us a bunch of their herbs. (Thanks guys, you know who you are!) Among them we found powdered comfrey root powder and comfrey leaf powder. So, knowing that our friends must have had it for some reason we looked it up online and found out we had hit the jackpot, woo hoo!!! Comfrey is a wonderful healing herb. It helps heal everything from broken bones, to scabs and blemishes. With our little boys, one of which has been to the ER 4 times in the last year, we have been using it a LOT!

Being the teenage girl I am I immediately thought to put it in a face cream to help get rid of blemishes on your face. So I looked it up online and couldn't find any recipes that didn't take olive oil, or somethings else to cause it to clog your pores. So mom and I made up our own recipe with a coconut oil base so it doesn't make you brake out. The best part is, insert drumroll, it actually works!

I would be careful however not to ingest comfrey. There have been some studies that show that comfrey taken internally can cause Cancer. I have heard that it's deadly, and I have also heard that it is just a big hoax by the pharmaceutical companies because comfrey is SO healing it was making them loose business. So, personally I just try to keep it away from my mouth. If you are apprehensive about it I would encourage you to do your own research.
So, anywho, here is our FANTASTIC comfrey face cream recipe.

Ingredients:
-1 Cup Coconut Oil
-2 Spoons comfrey root powder
-2 Spoons comfrey leaf powder

This is what I'm talking about when I say a spoon!
Stick 1 cup of coconut oil, 2 spoons of comfrey root powder and 2 spoons of comfrey leaf powder in the crock pot for 3-4 hours. (Now when I say spoons I mean regular spoons, pretty full, but not so bad that they look like something out of a Dr. Suess book. It's not really an exact measurement thing.) Once it's cooked strain it through a thin cloth. While you are straining you may need to move your spoon around in the bottom of your cloth to keep the grains from clogging it up.

I use it as a moisturizer after I wash my face and it works wonderfully! It heals blemishes much faster than they would heal on their own. I hope you enjoy your own comfrey face cream!
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