Difference between revisions of "Borage, Borrago"
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| − | + | '''Edible:''' With a taste comparable to that of cucumber, borage has various culinary applications. The leaves can be used as a salad green and the flowers as edible decorations. This herb can be used in soups, salads, borage-citronade, borage jelly, various sauces, cooked as a stand-alone vegetable, or used in desserts in the form of fresh or candied flowers. | |
| − | + | '''Medicinal:''' | |
*Stimulates breast milk production | *Stimulates breast milk production | ||
*Pressed seed oil can be used for menstrual and irritable bowel problems, eczema, blood pressure, arthritis, and hangover. | *Pressed seed oil can be used for menstrual and irritable bowel problems, eczema, blood pressure, arthritis, and hangover. | ||
*A leaf and flower infusion is a tonic for stress, depression, or cortisone and steroid treatment. | *A leaf and flower infusion is a tonic for stress, depression, or cortisone and steroid treatment. | ||
| − | *Infusion | + | *Infusion is [[Febrifuge]], and helps with dry coughs and dry skin rashes |
===Outside Info: === | ===Outside Info: === | ||
Revision as of 15:37, 1 April 2019
Growth form:
Flowering plant, also known as "starflower"
General habitat:
Temperate and mild climates
Uses:
Edible: With a taste comparable to that of cucumber, borage has various culinary applications. The leaves can be used as a salad green and the flowers as edible decorations. This herb can be used in soups, salads, borage-citronade, borage jelly, various sauces, cooked as a stand-alone vegetable, or used in desserts in the form of fresh or candied flowers.
Medicinal:
- Stimulates breast milk production
- Pressed seed oil can be used for menstrual and irritable bowel problems, eczema, blood pressure, arthritis, and hangover.
- A leaf and flower infusion is a tonic for stress, depression, or cortisone and steroid treatment.
- Infusion is Febrifuge, and helps with dry coughs and dry skin rashes
Outside Info:
Harpers: The flowers produce a nice pure blue for paints.
Additional Info[1]
Note
- ↑ Expanded information refers to information that was added to this wiki post Meani
