We hardly convinced him to be very careful over the next few weeks. Nevertheless, we managed to convince him to continue conservative treatment with immobilization and the use of Syphytum officinale in the above mentioned protocol.įigure 1a. The Injury Figure 1b. Two weeks post injuryįigure 1c. Three weeks after treatment with Symphytum officinale.Īfter three weeks the radiological picture was impressive (Figure 1c): there was definite and solid callus bridging the bone fragments, but most important, the clinical picture of the patient was excellent: he could abduct his shoulder joint painless for up to 120° and also admitted that he had already started using his arm since the week before for light manual work. Another factor against conservative treatment of this comminuted fracture was that the patient – although being an athlete – was a heavy smoker, smoking more than two packets of cigarette for the last 15 years. In the x-ray there was not obvious callus formation, the patient was in severe pain and he was already offered surgery for open reduction and internal fixation of the comminuted fracture (Figure 1b). Case 1Ī 34 years old semiprofessional football player presented to the clinic with a two weeks old comminuted fracture of his right clavicle, sustained during a football game (Figure 1a). From our knowledge this is only the second report in the English literature describing the use of Homeopathy in the fracture treatment. In all of the cases, initially, the potency used was 30CH, once daily for 10 days, and then 200CH, once a week for the next three weeks. We present four cases of fractured bones in which, after the alignment of the fractured fragments was established and secured, we used Symphytum officinale in order to speed up the healing process. The story is that the bone would be set and then comfrey leaves would be bound to the area around the fracture with bandages. Comfrey’s ancient English name is “knitbone”, and it is said that country bone-setters used it to repair broken bones. Symphytum officinale is the homeopathic remedy prepared from the common hedgerow plant – comfrey. Homeopathy, the “energy medicine”, is a branch of medical science based on the principle that disease can be cured by strengthening the body’s defense mechanism with substances selected for their energy-giving properties. Key wordsīone, fracture, healing, homeopathy, Symphytum officinale Introduction Although in the first case the fracture was severely comminuted, and in the third and fourth, the patient’s compliance to the immobilization was very poor, the result of the treatment was excellent, both clinical and radiological. The Remedy was given to the patients after the proper alignment of the bone fragments was secured. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.We present four cases of patients with bone fractures, which were treated with the aid of the Homeopathic Remedy Symphytum officinale. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Plant Diversity and Resources 33: 132-142. Nomenclatural notes on alien invasive vascular plants in China. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database. USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated).Ot Sistematik Botanik Dergisi 20(1): 23-74. Türkiye'de yetisen Symphytum (Boraginaceae) taksonlarinin revizyonu. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale. Flora dos Estados de Goiás e Tocantins 43: 1-62. Mirando de Melo, J.I., Taroda Ranga, N.Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303. Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614. Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name: Symphytum rakosiense (Soó) Pénzes in Bot.in Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1820: 4 (1820) Symphytum molle Janka in Természetrajzi Füz.Symphytum microcalyx Opiz in Seznam: 94 (1852).Symphytum elatum Tausch in Flora 19: 393 (1836).Symphytum commune Faegri in Bergens Mus.
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