Borage

Borage

Borage : For internal use, an infusion is made of 1 OZ of leaves to 1 pint of boiling water, taken in wine glassful doses. For external use as a  as a poultice for inflammatory swellings.

Borage contains potassium, calcium, combined with mineral acids. The fresh juice affords 30 per cent, the dried herb 3 per cent of nitrate of potash. The stems and leaves supply much saline mucilage, which when boiled and cooked likewise deposits nitre and common salt. It is to these saline qualities that the wholesome invigorating properties of Borage are supposed to be due. Owing to the presence of nitrate of potash when burnt, it will emit sparks with a slight explosive sound.

Borage

Part Used Medicinally:The leaves,   the flowers. Gather the leaves when the plant is coming into flower. Strip them off singly and reject any that are stained and insect-eaten. Pick only on a fine day, when the sun has dried off the dew.

Borage flourishes in ordinary soil. It may be propagated by division of rootstocks in spring and by putting cuttings of shoots in sandy soil in a cold frame in summer and autumn, or from seeds sown in fairly good, light soil, from the middle of March to May, in drills 18 inches apart, the seedlings being thinned out to about 15 inches apart in the rows. If left alone, Borage will seed itself freely and comes up year after year in the same place. Seeds may also be sown in the autumn.

Borage
Therapeutic Uses
Arthritis and colds
Dermatitis and diarrhea
Heartproblems and inflammation
Menopause and prememenstrual tension
and stress
Unsubstantated health claims passed down for decades for folk use although some may not work I tend to think that there must be some kind of validity for a time honerd remedy
Folk lore or folkuses
Bronchial problems and coughing
Depression and wounds
Fever and Kidney Stones
Jaundice andsore throat
Medicinal Properies
Borage seeds are a source of gamma-linolenic acid, the omega-6 fatty acid that the body uses to make an inflammation fighting ,autoimmune boosting prostaglandin.
Dosing: Three hundred milligrams of standerized extract or one teaspoon liquid extract of leaf extract daily or one teaspoon of borage tincure three times a day and or two teaspoons of dried herb in a cup of boiling water three times a day.
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