Difference between revisions of "Borago officinalis"

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Borago officinalis is an erect to spreading, annual to biennial plant. It can grow up to 60cm tall. Borage has a wide range of uses as a culinary and medicinal herb. It can be harvested from the wild it is more commonly cultivated in the herb garden. Various named forms have been developed.

Uses

Fevers, Chest problems, Kidney problems, Liver problems, Inflammatory swellings, Lowers blood pressure, Skin complaints.

Parts Used

Leaves, Dried stem, Flower.

Chemical Composition

^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Biennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

^[2]

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
				{{{5}}}

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

A very easily grown plant, succeeding in ordinary garden soil preferring a dry soil.^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Waste ground.

Photo Gallery

with bumblebee

References

↑ ["chemistry"]
↑ ["morphology"]
↑ [ "Cultivation"]

External Links

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[chemical_composition-1] ["chemistry"]

[Leaf-2] ["morphology"]

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] [ "Cultivation"]

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-'''Borago officinalis''' is an erect to spreading, annual to biennial plant. it can grow up to 60cm tall. Borage has a wide range of uses as a culinary and medicinal herb. It can be harvested from the wild it is more commonly cultivated in the herb garden. Various named forms have been developed.
+'''Borago officinalis''' is an erect to spreading, annual to biennial plant. It can grow up to 60cm tall. Borage has a wide range of uses as a culinary and medicinal herb. It can be harvested from the wild it is more commonly cultivated in the herb garden. Various named forms have been developed.
 ==Uses==
 {{Uses|Fevers}}, {{Uses|Chest problems}}, {{Uses|Kidney problems}}, {{Uses|Liver problems}}, {{Uses|Inflammatory swellings}}, {{Uses|Lowers blood pressure}}, {{Uses|Skin complaints}}.