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Latest revision as of 11:54, 9 November 2020

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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

Borage (Borago officinalis) is an annual herb which is cultivated for medicinal and culinary uses, although it is commercially cultivated for borage seed oil.[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
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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]

Season to grow

April-May

Required Ecosystem/Climate

Plants are tolerant of poor dry soils, though much bigger specimens are produced when the plants are growing in better conditions.[4]

Kind of soil needed

A very easily grown plant, succeeding in ordinary garden soil.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Waste ground.

Photo Gallery

References

External Links