Back pain? A turnip-like herb could bring you comfort


	Back pain? A turnip-like herb could bring you comfort
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ae4837db-79d2-459c-8eb2-305b99f23dfa/4B026DE5-51F9-43F2-9F69-E6D9F99870A5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailymail.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html"><H1>Back pain? A turnip-like herb could bring you comfort<BR /></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html"><P>
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<A rel="nofollow" class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Fiona+Macrae" linkindex="30">Fiona Macrae</A>
Last updated at 1:33 AM on 21st May 2009</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/F89EFCB6-5015-47CC-B387-7CCA00B2D2AF" alt="Ointment made from the comfrey made back pain disappear within five days" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html"><P>Comfrey could provide relief for millions of people with back pain, scientists claim. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html"><P>An ointment containing an extract of the turnip-like herb made pain all but disappear within five days, their study found. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html"><P>Researchers studied 120 people with upper or lower back pain. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html"><P>Half were given a comfrey ointment to rub on three times a day
for five days, while the others received a dummy ointment. Neither
group was told which they were using. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html"><P>After five days, the amount of pain suffered by those using
the dummy ointment had fallen by an average of 39 per cent, which
researchers put down to them wanting to believe they were getting
better. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html"><P>But those treated with the comfrey ointment reported a fall of
95 per cent. Comfrey was also fast acting, getting to work after just
an hour. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/7D806245-37D9-4F95-ABE8-72C25B8E4324" alt="Potent: Comfrey which has a turnip-like root and hairy leaves has long been used in herbal medicines" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1185195/Back-pain-A-turnip-like-herb-bring-comfort.html"><P>Previous trials have shown that comfrey can also help ease other types of pain. 
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