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Borage

Latin: Borago Officinalis
Family: Booraginaceae

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Tropical, Warm, Temperate, Cool
Full sun
2'
1'
Culinary, Medicinal, attracts bees and butterflies.
Annual
pH6 - pH7
Seed, Self seeds.
Spring
1'
Summer
Blue or White

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This Annual has oval leaves on hairy stems, which are both cucumber scented when crushed, and blue flowers with black stamens. I plant borage near our greenhouses, windows and doors to attract bees. It blooms almost continuously all summer till frost. Click here for a list of more plants to attract bees and butterflies.

Uses: Use leaves when young and tender. The cooling mineral rich leaves flavor drinks, dips, and salt-free diets. The young leaves are used in salads to which they add a cool, cucumber flavor. The flowers are used as a garnish and were once preserved and candied, and can be used in potpourri. Borage contains potassium and calcium, combined with mineral acids. The fresh juice affords 30%, the dried herb 3% nitrate of potash. A leaf and flower infusion is a blood pressure, adrenalin tonic taken for stress, depression, or cortisone and steroid treatment. There is a growing need for remedies that will aid this gland with the stress it is exposed to, both externally and internally. Borage may be used as a tonic for the adrenals over a period of time. It may be used during fevers and especially during convalescence. If you are nursing someone or are recuperating from an illness you may wish to read about Congee. It has a reputation as an anti-inflammatory herb used in conditions such as pleurisy. The leaves and seeds stimulate the flow or milk in nursing mothers. Reduces fevers, dry coughs, and skin rashes. Pressed seed oil can be used like Evening Primrose for menstrual and irritable bowel problems, exzema, blood pressure, arthritis, and hangovers. Leaves should be eaten in moderation. Borage will rapidly break down your compost pile when added to it. Click here for more information on composting.

Dosage: 1 cup boiling water to 2 teaspoonfuls dried herb and leave to infuse for l0-l5 minutes. This should be drunk three times a day.

For the recipe to make your own Borage vinegar please view this page.

Commercial Products available from other Merchants
Borage - $ 1.39
The Borage, 'Borage officinalis', is like a handful of little stars plucked from a deep blue sky and sprinkled on a summer salad that may drive away all melancholy and it is nutricious, tastefully useful herb! Borage is a large plant. The flowers are usually blue, but may be pink or lavender. The Borage is an excellent bee plant and the leaves contain copious amounts of vitamins and minerals, especially calcium, potassium, and vitamin C. Borage prefers well drained rich soil.

Borage Herb C/S (Borago officinalis) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Used as an infusion, extract, tincture and poultice. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'Diuretic, demulcent, emollient. Borage is much used in France for fevers and pulmonary complaints. By virtue of its saline constituents, it promotes the activity of the kidneys and for this reason is employed to carry off feverish catarrhs. Its demulcent qualities are due to the mucilage contained in the whole plant.' 'For internal use, an infusion is made of 1 oz of leaves to 1 pint of boiling water, taken in wineglassful doses.' 'Externally, it is employed as a poultice for inflammatory swellings.' Preparation: Fluid extract. Dose, ½ to 1 drachm.' Borage oil is refined from the seeds, not the leaves.

Bird, Bee and Butterfly Garden

Delight your eyes and attract birds, bees and butterflies to your yard by growing the beautiful flowers they love. This special collection includes seeds of Bee Balm, Borage, Mexican Sunflower, Butterfly Weed, Hollyhock, Millet, Red Clover, Red Penstemon, Purple Coneflower, Black-Eyed Susan, plant stakes, a pencil, and a detailed reference guide complete with a garden design.

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Make tea time truly special with this delicious seed collection, including Agrimony, Cinnamon Basil, Anise, Lemon Balm, Lavender, Mint, Red Clover, Borage, Wild Bergamot and German Chamomile, so you can grow, harvest and blend the finest herbal tea around. Kit includes plant stakes, a pencil, and a handy reference guide for planting, harvesting, drying and blending herbs.

Borage Oil 100% Vegetarian EFA 500 mg 90 capsules: K

Derived from the seeds of the borage plant, Borage Oil is nature's richest source of the nutritionally important omega-6 fatty acid Gamma-Linolenic Acid (GLA). Clinical research shows that Borage Oil helps maintain healthy moisturized skin and joint flexibility. Since GLA is rarely found in foods and many factors block the body's ability to make it on its own, Borage Oil, with its unusually high GLA content, has been the subject of numerous clinical research studies worldwide.

Omega-3 Complex (Omega-3, Flax, Borage Oils) 60 softgels: K

Omega-3 " Flax " Borage Scientifically Optimized Blend of Omega-3 Supports Heart Health* Better than Fish Oil This unique combination of essential fatty acids (EFAs) helps support numerous functions in the body. The fatty acids in this product are derived from both plant and marine sources. Hexane free.* Flax Borage Omega 3 supplies essential fatty acids that play a vital role for skin, joints, blood pressure, heart rate, blood clotting, immune response, nervous system, cholesterol levels, circulation, allergies, inflammation, moods, eyesight, and brain function. Kalyx Fulfillment Center ships only to the USA and Canada.

Borage Seed Oil 1,300 mg 60 capsules: K

Derived from the seeds of the borage plant, Borage Oil is nature's richest source of the nutritionally important omega-6 fatty acid Gamma-Linolenic Acid (GLA). Clinical research shows that Borage Oil helps maintain healthy moisturized skin and joint flexibility. Since GLA is rarely found in foods and many factors block the body's ability to make it on its own, Borage Oil, with its unusually high GLA content, has been the subject of numerous clinical research studies worldwide. Kalyx Fulfillment Center ships only to the USA and Canada

Borage Herb Powder (Borago officinalis) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Used as an infusion, extract, tincture and poultice. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'Diuretic, demulcent, emollient. Borage is much used in France for fevers and pulmonary complaints. By virtue of its saline constituents, it promotes the activity of the kidneys and for this reason is employed to carry off feverish catarrhs. Its demulcent qualities are due to the mucilage contained in the whole plant.' 'For internal use, an infusion is made of 1 oz of leaves to 1 pint of boiling water, taken in wineglassful doses.' 'Externally, it is employed as a poultice for inflammatory swellings.' Preparation: Fluid extract. Dose, ½ to 1 drachm.' Borage oil is refined from the seeds, not the leaves.

Pashanbheda (Coleus aromaticus; Indian borage, Oregano) 1 lb: B

Used as a tea or strong decoction. In the Seychelles an infusion of the leaves (often with honey) is used medicinally for treating coughs & colds, but leaves can also rubbed vigorously between the hands and the vapours from the leaves inhaled vigorously to clear obstructed nasal passages. According to Plarm, the indicated uses for this herb are as an expectorant, for the treatment of brochitis, eczema, fever and rheumatism. (ref: Medicinal Plants of the Seychelles) Used in Indo-China, Indonesia and the Philippines to treat bronchitis, asthma, chronic coughs, sores, burns and insect stings. The leaves are used as seasoning for fish and meat, and as a vegetable.

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