Contraindications: The plant (but not the oil) contains small amounts
of pyrrolizidine alkaloids that may cause toxicity in the liver, and Borage should never be taken in large doses (many times the recommended amount) or for a long period of time.
Recently, reports of the toxic effects
of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in comfrey have led some herbalists to be wary of using it internally.
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of pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
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It is shown repeatedly that the general public is largely unaware
of important consumer health protection topics, such as
pyrrolizidine alkaloids in teas and honey, or wrongly classifies them as being
of no concern, such as food hygiene in private households.
«With regards to the warnings that comfrey can cause cancer and liver disease, most herbal practitioners point out that those results were from studies that isolated the
pyrrolizidine alkaloids and fed or injected them into animal subjects in doses far higher than any typical usage
of comfrey leaf, and that comfrey leaf has been regularly ingested by thousands
of people around the world without reported ill effects.»