How I Healed My Leg After Surgery

A couple summers ago I found myself at a local leg doctor scheduling a surgery.

You see, giving birth to my 4 wonderful children resulted in me suffering from pain for years from varicosities on a section of one of my legs.

Pregnancy changes our bodies for good, but oh those precious babies are worth it! 🙂

The surgery went different than I expected, but in the end, it produced pretty good results.

…Except for the fact that my leg became very stiff and I could not bend it. This was not from the varicosities {the surgery took care of those}, this was from the surgery itself – the medicine and wires injected into my leg.  

I assumed my leg would heal, or at least start feeling better within a week of the surgery, but it did not. After 2 1/2 weeks, I realized my leg just may not ever get better at all; or at least that’s how it seemed. I could not bend it at all, and I really walked pretty funny.

A follow up appointment resulted in a confused doctor as to why my leg was not healing, and the only recommendation was physical therapy.

Enter comfrey salve. Comfrey is an amazing herb! It is a healer on contact. Its uses range from burns to broken bones.

I made my own homemade comfrey salve and began to apply it 3 times a day.

The results?

It was easy for me to wonder how this salve that I made could possibly help this suffering leg of mine, but help me it DID! The very day after I started using this salve, my leg felt somewhat better; I could bend it a little more. The next day I noticed I could bend it even better. By the end of a week, I could basically use my leg as normal. I was yet again so impressed by the effectiveness of this healing herb!

How I Healed My Leg After Surgery With Comfrey

You can make poultices or infusions with comfrey and use it that way, but a very convenient way to use it is by making a salve.

Supplies:

1 cup dried Comfrey Leaves and/or Comfrey Root or 2 cups fresh comfrey
Olive Oil
1/8 cup Beeswax
1/2 tablespoon Vitamin E oil
8 drops of Lavender Essential Oil

Instructions:

Making the herbal oil:

• First you need to make an herbal oil with the comfrey. There are a few different methods of doing this, but in this post I’ll explain the quick double boiler method. When making the oil on the stovetop, it’s a good idea to use a double-boiler {or a smaller pan inside a larger pan} to make sure the oil doesn’t overheat and destroy the good stuff in the herbs.
• Place 1 cup of dried comfrey leaves and/or comfrey root {a lot of time). I use half leaves and half root, or sometimes all leaves} into the double-boiler {or use about 2 cups of fresh comfrey}.
• Cover with about 1 or 1 1/2 cups of olive oil, making sure the oil is 1 or 2 inches above the herbs. Bring to a slow boil and simmer very low {my double-boiler normally doesn’t even bring bubbles to the surface.  It normally just gets the contents very hot.}
• Simmer gently for 60 minutes.
• Strain the herbs using a fine strainer, or white cotton material.

Now you have comfrey oil! You can use this oil as is, but I like the convenience of salve.

Making the salve is very easy!

• Place 1 cup of the comfrey oil into a pan.
• Add the beeswax.
• Slowly heat until beeswax is melted.
• Turn off heat and add the vitamin E and lavender oil.  Both of these act as a preservative and are healers in themselves.
• Pour salve into tins or jars

Now you have a healthy salve to use for healing! I recommend it for cold sores, eczema, pulled muscles, bruises, bone breaks and sprains.

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