BORAGE SEED OIL 

Borago officinalis

Borage is a summer flowering herb with bright blue flowers and branched stems of edible, crumpled grey-green leaves.  The seeds are cold pressed to make an oil that is mild and saturating with a slight oily sheen on the skin. Borage Oil is excellent for seborrheic dermatitis in children and adults. The strong gamma linoleic fatty acids are a natural remedy for rheumatoid arthritis. 

With the abundance of gamma linoleic acid, vitamins, minerals, and rich essential fatty acids, Borage Oil is a veritable balm of living phytochemicals for beautiful skin. The aroma is sweet, light and saturating. The anti-inflammatory actions calm skin ailments such as psoriasis and eczema, besides its many therapeutic actions for women because of gamma linoleic acid.

The merits of this oil 

Borage Oil is anti-rheumatic and excellent for calming joint pain and the inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis. It calms the inflammation of joint pain and increases joint mobility.

Massage sore joints with essential oils that are detoxing, analgesic and anti-inflammatory such as Chamomile, Ginger, Juniper, Lemon, Lavender, Niaouli, Rosemary Verbenone, and Mandarin. These oils are excellent for blending with Borage Oil to calm the inflammation of sore joints, arthritis, rheumatism, and gout. 

Borage Oil is a strong anti-inflammatory because of gamma linoleic acid, calming rosacea, psoriasis, acne, dry, itching, ageing skin, and eczema.

A nourishing antioxidant oil for massage on dry skin, Borage softens skin, calms dry skin, ageing skin, and improves skin tone.

This oil is excellent for seborrheic dermatitis. It has the ability to dissolve oil and balance the skin’s natural oils. 

Borage Oil calms Lichen Simplex Chronicus, known as chronic neurodermatitis that causes extreme itching skin and inflammation. Massage your skin with Borage Oil to calm the itch and soothe your skin. 

Raynaud’s disease causes numbness and cold in the hands and feet. Massaging with Borage Seed Oil strengthens circulation in the extremities and improves the symptoms.

Borage Oil has hypotensive actions to calm blood pressure.

It is an immune stimulant that strengthens immunity.   

Borage Oil is anti-dermatitis and could be effective for eczema in some people.

Because of the anti-thrombotic nature of Borage Oil, it could prevent bruises and blood clots.

The strong anti-inflammatory actions calm the inflammation of acne. Apply Borage Oil straight on your acne undiluted. Many acne products have Borage Oil for an ingredient.

Borage Oil could calm eczema. Either apply it topically on the eczema or ingest the oil as a supplement.  Don’t exceed the dosage of 1 gm (1000 mg) per day.

Borage Oil inhibits DHT, Dihydrotestosterone, known to be the cause of hair thinning in men.  Ingesting Borage Oil as a supplement of 1 gram per day could encourage hair growth and improve thinning hair. The oil should be massaged undiluted onto bald areas.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER 

The information on this website is for informational and educational purposes only.  Information or products discussed are not meant to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent any disease or illness.  Approach a health practitioner before making changes to your diet, taking supplements, or using essential oils that might interfere with medications.