9+1 plantes for liver health. The case of Comfrey detailed by Andreas moritz
- Olivier Clamaron
- 6 août
- 8 min de lecture
Sharing of August 6th 2025
In this fourth sharing on liver health, you will find "A SELECTION OF 9 PLANTS FOR THE LIVER" and a detailed description of the case of COMFREY (Symphytum officinale), which Andreas Moritz discusses in his book on cleansing gallstones from the liver and gallbladder.
He takes the opportunity to emphasize the differences between symptomatic allopathic medicine and naturopathy, as well as the difference in tolerance between the side effects and risks of chemical medications compared to natural solutions.
According to him, comfrey is a typical case that shows how Big Pharma's accomplices instrumentalize the risks of certain uses of plants, at high doses, to have them banned from sale, thereby indirectly weakening herbalists and medicinal plant producers, increasing their costs, and sowing doubt in the minds of the population.
"A number of plants can improve liver performance and keep this essential organ in top shape.
They can be taken as a decoction and are best consumed as an herbal tea during a 7 to 10-day cleanse, for example, at each change of season or during periods of acute imbalances.
Although many plants have active compounds that support liver function and help keep the blood clean, the following are among the most important."
Let us also keep in mind that these powerful plants act, in fact, as polytherapies, with multiple active compounds:
- Dandelion root (30 g) Taraxacum officinale
- Comfrey root (15 g) Symphytum officinale (*see explanations provided by Andreas Moritz below).
- Licorice root (30 g) Glycyrrhiza glabra
- Agrimony (30 g) Agrimonia eupatoria
- Wild yam root (30 g) Dioscorea villosa
- Barberry bark (30 g) Berberis vulgaris
- Bearsfoot (30 g) Polymnia uvedalia
- Oak bark (30 g) Quercus robur
- Milk thistle (30 g) Silybum marianum
For maximum effectiveness, Andreas Moritz specifies that it is preferable to use all these plants together, mixed if possible.
But do your best with the ones you can find. For instance, wild yam and bearsfoot root are typical of North America and difficult to find elsewhere. English oak is, of course, still present in Europe, but harvesting its bark requires at least "sustainable" practices, especially since it is a sacred tree.
As for lapacho, mentioned below, it is an Amazonian tree.
The best approach, particularly in Europe, is to focus on the other six relatively common and easy-to-find plants.
Andreas Moritz suggests: "Mix equal parts together (except for comfrey root, which should be half, i.e., 15 g) and add 2 tablespoons of this mixture to about 75 cl of water.
Let it sit for 6 hours or overnight; then bring the mixture to a boil, simmer for 5 to 10 minutes before straining.
If you forget to prepare this tea the day before, bring the mixture to a boil in the morning, simmer as indicated above, then strain.
Drink 2 cups of this tea per day on an empty stomach, if possible.
This tea can be taken continuously or when you feel your liver is sluggish.
Those who cannot do a liver and gallbladder cleanse for any reason will also greatly benefit from it."
Of course, the priority is to cleanse your liver and gallbladder of gallstones according to the information already explained and to use liver decoctions in parallel to maintain good liver balance.
Taken alone, the tea made from the bark of the Amazonian red lapacho tree, also known as Pau d'Arco, Ipe Roxa, or Taheebo, also has excellent effects on the liver and the immune system."
Thanks to Andreas Moritz.
I am providing her below the 3 different files for liver cleansing that I share on my blog, extracted from volumes 1 and 2 of "The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Cleanse." And the presentation of hormesis bases.
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I also continue, bit by bit, to add files on medicinal plants to my website (15 files currently, which I include at the end of the post).
Feel free to let me know if you think of other plant species to add.
THE EXAMPLE OF COMFREY explained by Andreas Moritz:
* Contrary to the opinion of some natural health practitioners, I have never seen any evidence of the supposed harmful side effects of comfrey, only benefits, particularly for the liver.
I am also aware of the strong pressure exerted by the pharmaceutical industry on the medical "establishment" and regulatory agencies to warn the public and find excuses to outright block the use of certain natural remedies.
Its name, Symphytum, comes from the Greek symphuo ("to grow together"), referring to its ability to heal bones and tissues, as highlighted by Hippocrates and Dioscorides. This plant was renowned for accelerating the healing and recovery of warriors' wounds in Greece, Rome, and among Celtic and Germanic peoples through poultices applied to cuts, wounds, fractures, and bruises. It was considered magical until the Middle Ages ("bone-knit herb" or "carpenter's herb").
The FDA in the USA already recommended in 2001 limiting the use of comfrey and banning it for internal use (tablets, supplements, teas, etc.), under the pretext of its pyrrolizidine alkaloid content, which is supposedly hepatotoxic.
It is clear that this agency prioritizes targeting the most beneficial remedies first.
It is easy for a regulatory agency to conclude that a powerful medicinal herb must be toxic to the human body because it was found to be toxic when administered to animals.
However, feeding rats excessively large amounts of comfrey powder and then determining that it is harmful to their livers has nothing to do with science.
A rat can also be killed by making it breathe twice the normal amount of oxygen in the air, yet oxygen does not become a killer molecule for that reason.
Injected garlic juice can also be deadly. It can weaken intestinal walls and cause hernias. Yet this plant has never been banned from sale. We simply learn not to misuse it and to enjoy its benefits when consumed occasionally and in moderation.
First of all, making comfrey tea is very different from grinding and eating the plant. The small amount of comfrey recommended for kidney maintenance poses no risk.
For comfrey to be harmful, one would need to consume much larger amounts, frequently, and over several years.
Plants often contain powerful molecules that are useful when consumed in moderation and at the right dosages. Like all therapeutic substances. In fact, there are hardly any substances that do not have potential toxic effects in excess.
It is also important to learn to distinguish between symptoms that indicate a health disorder and symptoms that appear during detoxification and the body's cleansing of toxins.
Alkaloids, for example, are bitter (like most green plants and herbs). Bitter foods act like medicine; they cleanse the blood and tissues (hence the term "bitter medicine").
When the body cleanses itself, normal blood values and enzyme populations appear imbalanced in tests. A doctor trained in symptomatology would call this a disease and begin treating the symptoms (suppressing them).
In reality, however, there is no disease, only an organism trying to heal itself and eliminate toxins.
Pain, for example, is not a disease but the body's way of informing the brain that there is congestion in a specific area and that it needs to send specialized cells, water, and healing hormones (steroids) to the affected area. To eliminate congestion, inflammation may be necessary.
Inflammation is not a disease either but a healing response of the body. (Allopathic doctors still treat it as a disease.) When the congestion is finally addressed, the pressure and pain disappear, and the body returns to normal blood values and organ function.
Most medical research is based on the idea that when something in the body does not function as usual, something is wrong. In truth, this is the correct and natural way for the body to return to a state of homeostasis.
Comfrey cleanses and breaks down toxins and waste, putting them into circulation for elimination, thus saving organs and systems through their removal.
This is why it has been such a popular medicinal plant for thousands of years. When researchers study subjects, they work with highly congested and unhealthy individuals.
Medications suppress the healing symptoms (efforts) that prevent the body from cleansing and healing itself.
Plants, on the other hand, allow symptoms to emerge or even intensify, thus helping the body to truly heal itself. Doctors are no longer trained in the science of plants and, therefore, have no scientific knowledge of the beneficial effects of medicinal plants on the human body and how they help the body heal.
The following benefits may more clearly explain why comfrey is considered a threat to the medical industry.
Comfrey has been widely used in folk medicine to:
- Soothe and heal gastritis, gastric, and duodenal ulcers;
- Act as a blood purifier;
- Heal cuts and wounds, burns, sprains, strains, and tendonitis;
- Inhibit wound infections and improve healing;
- Treat respiratory ailments of the lungs and bronchi;
- Act as an expectorant for dry cough, pleurisy, and bronchitis;
- Heal liver and gallbladder ulcers;
- Reduce swelling and inflammation around a broken bone;
- Help treat gout, arthritis, hemorrhoid bleeding, varicose veins, phlebitis;
- Heal skin problems such as psoriasis, eczema, acne, and boils;
- Reduce eye pain and inflammation when used as an eyewash;
- Support the digestive and urinary systems;
- Reduce irritation causing diarrhea, dysentery, and ulcerative colitis;
- Relieve urinary spasms, soothe cystitis, and cleanse urinary irritation and infection.
It should be noted that in France, health authorities have aligned with their American counterparts: the ANSM (National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) also restricts the use of this plant in medicinal products, especially for internal use.
As a result, comfrey-based products are generally limited to external use (ointments, poultices) and must include warnings on the labeling.
- Herbalists and pharmacies may sell dried comfrey roots or leaves for external use, but they must comply with safety standards and clearly indicate contraindications (e.g., do not apply to open wounds, avoid during pregnancy or breastfeeding).
3% of flowering plants contain "PAs," pyrrolizidine alkaloids: these are natural toxins that help them defend against herbivores.
Borage (Borago officinalis) contains PAs such as lycopsamine and intermedine. Likewise, heliotrope (heliotrine), hound’s tongue, coltsfoot (seneciphylline), agrimony, crotalaria (monocrotaline), Japanese butterbur, and others.
Their internal use is therefore often regulated and limited or should be done according to recommended dosages.
At low doses, certain alkaloids present in other plants can have beneficial effects, such as anti-inflammatory or stimulating properties and activating antioxidant enzymes.
The bitter taste is characteristic of metabolites that deter herbivores, even though not all bitter plants contain PAs. Gentian, for example, contains secoiridoids. Mugwort and wormwood species, for instance, contain sesquiterpene lactones, thujones, and flavonoids.
15 files >300 medicinal plants in french alphabetical order
"Western Pharmacopéia Aa-al"
Letters Am-Az
Letters B-Ca
Letters Cb-D
Letters E.G.
H.L.
M-O
P-Q
R-Z
"Equatorial/ international " pharmacopeia A-B
C
D-F
G-M
N.R.
S.Z.
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