Borage
borago officinalis

Parts Usually Used
Herb, flowers and leaves.

WARNING
Contact with the fresh leaves
may cause dermatitis in sensitive persons.
Prolonged use of borage is not advisable.

Nutrient Content
Potassium

It's good for depression,
a condition you don't want to fool around with.
You have to be aware of what kind of depression
you have - is it the sort that lasts for a day or two,
or that hangs on for months and makes you think of suicide?
If you have a mild, short-term depression,
then you can take borage for it.
But if you have the dangerous long-term kind,
you'd best take what a psychiatrist recommends.
Once you're on medication for one of the illnesses
that may beset us at any time in our lives,
then your off on a great dialogue with others
who take medications and with your doctor.
Reaction to medications is different for each individual.
Use the leaves to make a tea, and the flowers
may be used for this purpose.
Pray that the depression lifts, because it's among the deadliest
of all mental illnesses.

USES
Said to reduce fever, cough, sore throat, colds,
decongestant for the lungs,
expel poisons of all kinds due to snake bites,
insect stings, itch, ringworms, tetters, scabs, sores, ulcers,
a gargle for sores in the mouth and throat,
loosens phlegm, and for restoring
vitality after a convalescence.
It is credited with antidotal effect against poisons.
Useful in nervous conditions.
Recommended for pleurisy and peritonitis,
heart, adrenal glands, and entire digestive system, jaundice.
Leaves and seeds stimulate the flow of milk
(excessive milk flow is checked by taking periwinkle);
fresh herb used as an eye wash,
and as a poultice for inflammations.
The juice from a crushed plant applied direct
to the skin will destroy ringworm.
Contact with the fresh leaves may cause
dermatitis in sensitive persons.
Said to have been prescribed 400 years ago for melancholy.
Seeds helpful for PMS.


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