borago officinalis

PARTS USED
Leaves, flowers and seed oil.

Actions of Leaves and Flowers

Flowers and plants edible and nutritious.
A restricted herb in Australia and New Zealand contact
with flesh may cause dermatitis in sensative persons.
Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) feeds glands.

MINERALS
Potassium and Calcium

STAR FLOWER OIL

Has a cucumber taste, cooling addition to teas.
Flowers made into tea treats fevers and colds.
Recommended for pleurisy and peritonitis
for its calmative and anti-inflammatory action.
Fresh herb made into eyewash from the tea,
used as poutice for inflammations.
Used externally for irritating rashes on skin.
Supplement for menstrual disorders and skin complaints.

CHILDREN
hyperactivity and chicken pox


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CONDITION
CRITTERS
HABITAT
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MAGICAL PROPERTIES

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