Symphytum – The Homeopathic Remedy for Fractures & Bone Injuries

• Symphytum officinale
• Common Name: Comfrey / Knit-bone
• Family: Boraginaceae
• Type: Organ remedy
• Acts on: Bones, Periosteum, Joints, Injuries

Sphere of Action

• Specific action on bones, cartilage, periosteum, and connective tissues
• Excellent for injuries, fractures, and bone pain

Key Clinical Indications

• Fracture repair: Stimulates callus formation and speeds up union of bones
• Pain in fractured bones even after healing
• Injuries to bones, cartilage, periosteum, or joints
• Non-union of fractures, delayed healing, or malunion
• Phantom limb pain after amputation
• Pain or trauma to the orbit of the eye from blunt injury

Pains

• Sore, bruised, aching pains in the bones
• “As if broken” pain, especially after injury
• Pain in the site of old fractures, esp. in cold weather
• Pricking pain in knees, hands, wrists, aggravated at night

Mind

• Not a primary mental remedy, but may have:

  • Restlessness due to bone pain

  • Oversensitive due to chronic injury pains

Eyes

• Injuries to the eyeball from blunt trauma
• Pain, swelling, black eye after blow

Nose

• Nasal bones sensitive, after injury

Extremities & Bones

• Bone injuries, soreness, and trauma
• Weakness of bones (in children or elderly)
• Periosteal pain after injury
• Pain from old injuries, fractures, especially in non-union cases

Miasmatic Background

• Mostly sycotic and traumatic miasm

Modalities

Worse From	Better From
Touch, motion, cold	Rest, warm applications

Keynotes

• “Bone knit” remedy
• Injuries to bones, especially when pain persists after healing
• Promotes quick healing of broken bones
• Useful in phantom limb pain, orbital injuries, periosteal inflammation
• Compare: Ruta, Calcarea phos, Arnica

Relationship With Other Remedies

Compare With	Complementary / Follows Well
Arnica – for soft tissue trauma	Calcarea phos – for bone growth
Ruta graveolens – injuries to periosteum and cartilage	Hypericum – for nerve-rich areas
Calendula – external healing, wounds	Bellis perennis – deep trauma

Potency & Dosage

• Mother tincture (Q): Local use or internal in fractures
• 6C, 30C: For pain or delayed healing
• 200C: Occasionally used for chronic old fracture pain

Clinical Conditions

• Fractures (acute, chronic, non-union)
• Bone pain after healing
• Blunt trauma to eye
• Periostitis
• Phantom limb pain
• Osteomyelitis (supportive)
• Osteoporosis (supportive with Calc phos)

One-Line Summary

"Symphytum is the go-to homeopathic remedy for bone injuries and fracture healing, especially where pain lingers after union."