The borage flowers are out in Sicily, I noticed yesterday. Here the leaves and stalks are often used to make an infusion which is believed to aid digestion and lower cholesterol. The Sicilians are usually right when it comes to natural remedies. Me, I wish I had a bottle of Pimm's!
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I like natural remedies, too...red wine is my favourite!
Ooooh! I haven't had Pimms in years/ In fact, I didn't know you could still get it.
You're the second person to have posted about borage. I used to grow it and the bees love it, too. So no doubt it's in honey as well.
I'm sure a friendly Blogpowerer can arrange to post you one at cost...
A flower does look nice at the moment.
Both are efficacious but the natural remedies mustn't be sneezed at.
My father was famous for his rosemary herb brews....
Till this day my brother can't stand site nor smell of the stuff!
He always brewed a huge huge pot of it and made us drink glasses of it.
M
Here is a link to some interesting information on Borage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borage
I had heard of it, but didn;t know its uses.
The snowdrops are out in england.....saw many while walking at the week-end.
Picture can be seen at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sally_in_norfolk/372308971/
I too love Pimms, reminds me of summer.
Hi...I have an interesting link all about Borage on my blog...tried to attach it to my comment here, but didn;t work.
Hi, Lee. That's a great natural remedy! P-in-B., I think you can only get 2 varieties of Pimms now, but I may be wrong. Is the other person who has posted about borage Anne? If not, I'd be glad to have the link. I used to grow it in Britain but some years it would be abundant and in others produce nothing at all. I didn't know that about the bees. IG., if I get desperate I will ask the Bpwrs! Steve, of course, it's so cold over there! But be comforted by the fact that sometimes I miss the change of seasons that I am used to - I guess I'm never satisfied!
James, agree both red wine and natural remedies are useful! M, I love rosemary but cannot imagine an infusion of it! Anne, I've looked at the link and it is, indeed, interesting: I didn't know the herb originated in Syria or that it was also called starflower, for instance. Thank you. Sally - snowdrops - oh, don't! I can visualise them now...
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