Plant |
Family | Borage Family (Boraginaceae) |
English |
Borage, Beebread, Beeplant, Boratsino, Burrage, Common borage, Starflower, Talewort |
Latin |
Borago officinalis Linne, Borrago officinalis, Borago officinalis |
Plantparts | Aerial part, Aerial parts of flowering plant, Blossom, foliage, Oil from kernel, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Abscess, Abscesses, alleviating, Anti-abscess, Antiarthritic, Antidepressant, Antidepressive, Anti-eczemic, Antifebrile, Anti-gout, Anti-hangover, Anti-hypertensive, Anti-inflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, Antipyretic, Anti-Rheumatic, Arterial hypertension, Arthritis, Arthrosis, Bladder ailments, Bladder complaints, Bladder disease, Bladder diseases, bladder disorders, Bladder problems, blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood-purifier, Boil, Boils, Calmative, Calming of nerves, cardiac, cardiac atony, cardiac conditions, cardiac debility, Cardiac diseases, cardiac lassitude, cardiac problems, Cardiac tonic, Cardiac trophorestorative, Cardiac troubles, Cardiotonic, Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular disease, Cardiovascular diseases, care of the skin, Cataplasm, cerebral affection, chronic skin rashes, Cleanses the blood, complaints of urinary system, compress, Constipation, Costive, Costiveness, cough, Coughing, Coughs, Cutaneous Eruptions, Demulcent, depression, depurant, Depurative, Detox, Detoxicant, detoxicate, detoxicating, Detoxication, Detoxification, detoxify, Diaphoretic, disease of the bladder, disease of the brain, diseases of the respiratory tract, disorder of the heart, disorders in the respiratory passages, disorders of the urinary passage, Diuretic, Dry and unproductive coughs, dry cough, Dry coughs, Dyschezia, Dysphonia, Dyssynergic defaecation, eczema, emollient, Emollients, eruption, excema, expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, Febrifugal, febrifuge, fomentation, furuncle, Furuncles, General inflammation, General inflammations, Good for skin, good for the heart, Gout, hacking cough, Hangover, hangovers, have weak nerves, Health anxiety, Health phobia, heart complaints, heart conditions, heart disease, Heart diseases, heart disorder, heart disorders, heart problems, Heart restorative, heart tonic, heart trouble, heart weakening, hidrotic, High bloodpressure, hoarse, hoarseness, Hoarse voice, Hypertension, Hyper tensive, hypochondria, Hypochondriasis, Indolent ulcers, Induce sweating, inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammation of kidneys, inflammation of the kidney, inflammations, Inflammations in general, Inflammed joints, Insomnia, Irritable bowel, Irritable bowel syndrome, Joint inflammation, Joint inflammations, katzenjammer, Kidney infection, kidney infections, Kidney inflammation, Kidney inflammations, Lenitive, Lowers bloodpressure, Measles, Melancholia, melancholy, mitigating, Moisturizers, Morbilli, Mucolytic agent, Muscular sclerosis, Nephritis, Nervine, Nervous atony, Nervous complaints of heart, Nervous debility, Nervous disorders of the heart, nervous heart, Nervous heart conditions, Nervous heart problems, Nervous lassitude, Nervous trophorestorative, Neurasthenia, palliative, Pectoral, Perfect skin, Persistant sores, pleurisy, pleuritis, poorly healing sores, poultice, problems in the urinary system, promoting metabolism, purify blood, purify the blood, Pyretic, Rash, Rashes, Red measles, reduce blood pressure, reduce fevers, reduce high bloodpressure, reduce risk of thrombosis, relaxes the nervous system, relieves fevers, renal pyelitis, Respiratory affections, Respiratory ailments, respiratory complaints, Respiratory disease, Respiratory diseases, respiratory disorders, respiratory illness, Rheumatic arthralgia, rheumatic complaint, Rheumatic disorder, rheumatic problems, Rheumatism, Rubeola, Scarlatina, Scarlet fever, sclerosis, sedative, Skin-care, skin eruption, Skin Eruptions, skin rashes, skin tonic, Sleeplessness, slow-healing sores, slow-healing wounds, Slow-to-heal wounds, soothe, soothes nerves, Soothing, sudorific, suffering from a nervous disorder, sweat-inducing, to cleanse the blood, tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, tranquillizer, Urinary bladder disease, Urinary diseases, urinary disorders, urinary problems, Urinary tract ailments, Urinary-tract diseases, Used in the treatment of cough, weak nerves, Wrinkle, Wrinkles |
Women's diseases |
All women's diseases, Difficult menstruation, feminine disorders, Gynaecological, Gyneacological, Gyneacologycal, Gyneacoloical, Menstrual problems, menstruation problems |
Homoeopathically uses |
depression, nervous heart weakness |
Foods |
Condiment, culinary, Culinary herb, salad, spice, tea substitute |
Other uses |
colouring, Cosmetics, cosmetic use, Dye, Dyeing, Used in cosmetics, Used to dye different types of fibres |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Religion, Magic & Witchcraft |
Magic, magic power, magic use, Witchcraft, Witchery |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used in La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia, Phytomedical used in southeastern Morocco (Errachidia province), Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Cyprus |
Ingredients |
  | acetic acid, Alanine, alkaloid, allantoin, Alpha-Linolenic acid, Anthocyanin, Arabinose, ascorbic acid, Aspartic acid, Calcium, Carbohydrates, choline, cobalt, cyanidin, Delphinidin, Dietary mineral, Erucic acid, essential oil, fat, fatty acid, Fibres, flavonoid, fructose, Galactose, Gamma-linolenic acid, glucose, Glycine, Hydrogen cyanide, iron, Kaempferol, lactic acid, Leucine, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, magnesium, malic acid, mineral salt, Monounsaturated fatty acids, mucilage, Niacin, Oleic acid, Palmitic acid, phosphorus, Polyunsaturated fat, potassium, potassium nitrate, protein, Quercetin, resin, Rosmarinic acid, saponin, Saturated fatty acids, Serine, Silicic acid, sodium, starch, Stearic acid, sugar, Tannic acid, tannin, Tanning agents, Valine, Vegetable oil, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin C, water, zinc, Β-Carotene |
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