Borage (Echium amoenum)

Borage (Echium amoenum), a 20–50 cm hairy herb, has dried blue-violet flowers used to treat colds and promote relaxation. Its extract stimulates lymphocyte activity at 100–400 μg/ml but inhibits it at 200–800 μg/ml.

Compounds Table

Compound	Approximate Percentage	Brief Description
Alkaloids (Pyrrolizidines)	0.02-0.1%	Sedative, but toxic in high doses
Flavonoids	0.5-2%	Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, boosts immune system
Tannins	1-3%	Astringent, promotes wound healing and digestive health.
Anthocyanins	1-2%	Strengthens the immune system, protects cells
Mucilage	2-5%	Soothes the throat, improves respiratory health

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Borage (Echium amoenum) refers to the dried flowers of a plant from the Boraginaceae family. This plant is a biennial or perennial herb, growing to a height of 20–50 cm. It is covered with relatively soft hairs, which lie flat on the leaves but stand erect and mix with short, dense hairs on other parts of the plant.

Medicinal Parts:

The medicinally valuable parts of this plant are the purple-violet flowers, which have a tubular base that gradually expands into a trumpet shape. After drying, these flowers turn a blue-violet color.

Uses:

This plant is used to treat symptoms of the common cold and as a natural relaxant.

Pharmacological Effects:

According to a scientific report, the dry extract of borage at concentrations of 100–400 μg/ml stimulates the mitogenic activity of a specific substance on isolated human blood lymphocytes. However, at concentrations of 200–800 μg/ml, it exhibits an inhibitory effect on this mitogenic activity.