Got me a bit confused. Should I take borage or not. It grows where I live in Malta Winter. So I can take it in its growing season so I won't be taking too much borage?
I think you picked up on my conundrum. While I would like to recommend it, I'm not sure I feel confident telling people to use it, given it does have pyrrolizidine alkaloids in all parts of the plant. Think it of like radiation. We get radiation every day from the sun. Probably fine most of the time. Even visiting a nuclear reactor is fine, most of the time. But, you have to be aware of how much you're getting. I think it's totally fine to have borage on occasion as a drink or in a salad. I think it's great to use on occasion as a cooling her too. However, I'm not sure I'd use it daily as an anti-inflammatory. Those GLA pills by the way, can be purchased PA-free. That's nice. But I'm not recommending them for daily use either (partly because I'm not a doctor). I just hope this made you aware of an option out there.
@@UntamedScience well thanks for the video. Up till seeing your video I taught borage was all good. Now thanks to you I know it has a bad side to it and i will be more careful and don't take too much of it.
Borage is related to comfrey, another wonderful healing herb, which can be toxic to the liver if taken internally too much. We need to be careful, more of a good thing is not necessarily better.
So many plants and medicine have toxic properties. Have you ever taken paracetamol? It can kill people destroy the liver even in small amounts. Ever taken an antibiotic? They can make people go deaf ..some even make the heart collapse six months later. Drink water out of the tap? It has flouride. Borage seeds or nigella seeds are used in India...sometimes confusingly called black cumin. They use only 7 seeds ... I used borage seed to cure h pillory. Worked very well. I didnt take it every day as many Indians do. Just untill I was better. If you worry ..that is also very toxic for your body. Watching stressful videos online bad for you. Looking at a screen for more than half an hour? Bad for your eyes. Potatoes? Got toxins. So don't worry so much and if borage is something you want to try try it. You could eat a totally safe slice of bread and it could have a toxic mold or bacteria in it. You can die from a paper cut. So don't overly be cautious about a flower when you are not overly cautious about everything else and if you are overly cautious about everything stop that will kill you faster than anything.
The problem with the claims of chemicals in plants being toxic is very deceptive. What they don't tell you is the chemical has been isolated from the plant and then studied in it's isolated form. Just as many plants contain cyanide, it is only toxic and deadly when isolated from the plant. If you are consuming enough of a plant with certain chemicals in it to the point it kills you, it is likely due to the large amount of the plant you consume that will kill you and not the chemical.
❤ I love your comment and exactly what I was going to comment on. I find it sad the fear people get from our beautiful herbs when they isolate and discuss one property in it. Herbs grow with lots of different chemicals together in one package to work synergistically together. Many of our herbs have been banned because of this and not taking the whole package into consideration. For example I have always grown awesome comfrey and add it to my teas and stir fries even though it’s not allowed to be taken internally (in Australia). I could go on and on 😂 however it was a joy to read your comment 🙏🏽🌿
This is very true. There’s a lot of “alcohol replacements” in the market. You’ll see things like Damiana (although borage is a great mood stimulant~ I’ve used for my major depression and bipolar and to treat coughs/asthma/pneumonia) that can be toxic to the blood stream if used excessively (ie: not to replace alcohol in the way it is primarily consumed).
not true. Cyanide goes active when the seed is crushed/chewed. Eat enough and you die. Almonds have deadly amounts in less than a pound ( children). A lot of plants contains large amounts of oxalate, this can cause severe health issues over time. Then there is Ricin.. super deadly,, 5 raw kidneybeans is enough to kill a child. Plants are medicine, not food.
I agree, my belief is God made what we need in the perfect combination. Sometimes things that on their own can be toxic but with the right combination create a positive reaction rather than toxic.
After finding out that many (too many) supplement companies are owned by big pharma and other questionable people I stick with home grown. No questionable ingredients (including hidden ingredients). My great great grandmother was an herbalist and luckily her information has been passed through the family. I also have friends who have helped me with companion blends from their travels. I have MS and take no medications just eat healthy, exercise and use my garden as my suppliments.
Go you. I have ms also. Got sacked off the neurologist books cause I wouldn’t take her drugs. I did take low dose naltrexone for 10 years. I did a year of frequency treatment, rife , and am so good. Also marijuana cream for neuralgia, and eat the leaves when in growing season. All the best
That after a pollinator (example: a bee) comes to eat all the nectar of one flower, it re fills the nectar storage in 20min what is verry fast. So its a great food supply er for pollinators. @@JD-2-k3g
I run a small online nursery business. Borage is one of my most popular flowers. Lots of people buy it. I really can't grow enough to keep up so I buy it in bulk for resale. Time to re order as a matter of fact. I sold out again.
Hello. I live in Spain and it grows in the wild around my house during spring. And when i have guests over i use the flowers for decoration on the salad.
@@thecook8964at 69 a really good cook, 40plus yrs rest/hosp ind., I’ve had it but never made it😳🙄I LOVE LOVE LOVE cucumbers❤️! Do you have one or two recipes to share? Thanks🙏🏻❤️😎
I also live in Spain, in Andalucía. The Andalusians are eating everything that grows wild on the fields but not borage. But I know it from other European countries more to the east, e.g. potato soup with borage or spaghetti with borage cream sauce.
I loved to eat the flowers as a child. I remember them tasting sweet. They grew a lot at our home in south Sweden around our wells. I actually bought seeds now as an adult for the oils for my female hormones.
My Spanish friend told me that they take the stalks, whilst young and tender, and cook them a bit like chard etc. I have been meaning to try this as it's prolific in my garden. Love the flowers in salads and I think they are often used in alternative menopausal medicines.
I've eaten the stems like cucumber First cut to 4 inch pieces. Then place on a freezer bag and deep freeze for 30 minutes Take out and scrape off the tiny hairs which aren't great to eat. Otherwise you're fine and it's crunchy
Well that was interesting information for our first visit to your channel...we like the vibe. We have been growing a lot of borage for well over a decade and love it as a pesto (borage leaves, garlic, olive oil, Brazil nuts, salt) especially on buckwheat...and have been eating this meal once a week for over a decade as well. We're seniors, still alive and thriving, no cancer or major health issues. Blessings of love and gratitude.☺☺
Thank you for this comment! TMH guided me to get borage and to plant it for the bees and my health and it has helped me completely personally and the bees indeed! I use it in my salads and pick the flowers for a little pick me up as it does uplift mood and tastes sweet and delightful but now I’m going to try the pesto recipe you mentioned as I LOVE PESTO and I bet it will taste incredible! Thank you again for sharing your experience and curbing the fear of man with this lovely plant! Fear is an illusion and I fear nothing except TMH when I’m guided by him to plant and eat it I OBEY and have no regrets in doing so I fully trust it’s helping me and I can feel it improving my electrical body absolutely 💯 LOVE AND LIGHT TO YOU AND YOURS TMH AND I AND THEE ALL LOVE YOU 😘💛🕊️✨
I am a biodynamically trained farmer, I grow here in the desert with many things like borage. I harvest plants. After my patients get their osteopathic treatments, I make them a cocktail of medicines. I use borage many times after a session with other lovelies like white willow to reduce the inflammation from structural and tissue correction. My patients float out of my office....
When it comes up thickly in the spring, you can cut the seedlings when they are 4-6" tall, and sautee them. The bristles haven't developed yet, so it's not like eating velcro, like it would be later. They are quite tasty.
I have read that it's good for skin issues. I've been growing it this year as a companion plant for my tomatoes and I've been planning to try an infused oil for my eczema. All I know at this point is that its a good sacrificial companion for tomatoes and the flowers are tasty. I have heard it self seeds like crazy so I'll find out next year if I regret planting it lol
Interesting. You should do one about yarrow. I found the amazing thing about it by accident. I heard yarrow is a wound healer, so I drank tea made from some dried yarrow leaves to help my sour muscle, tendon and joints. To my surprise, my melancholy went away too. It works as tea or as spices to food, such as to a bowl of oatmeal. So, yarrow heals both body and mind. I don't think many people know. Yarrow too, is associated with courage.
I have always used borage in summer drinks to cool you down or in salads, the GLA is the starflower or borage. I love it and have always loved it. My elderly neighbour out in the country, taught me all I know about herbal remedies and I have been using it in the summer, pretty much since the 1960s.
A toxicants aren't really bad it just depends on the potency. And how it is prescribed. As a drug wouldn't be called a drug if it were not toxic ... Even water can become toxic if U have to much of it. Having said that, toxic people are a real pain the butt of which unfortunately there is no cure...😊😅😂....
@@deweyory1635 That could be a good one. After diving into the literature on this one I was surprised just how much I had not even considered in this field of PAs. You're right though, there is more to the story!
All truth comes from within. When we learn to trust our intuition and our internal voice, we gain access to the power of our inconscious and also the shared unconcscuous. Our minds and our ability to oerceive things about the world around us are so much more powerful than people realize.
In Chinese lore, there are cooling and heaty drinks and food. For example, my mother in law warned me not to drink too much tea as it was too cooling for women and affects the legs.
Interesting! So that's what Edgar Allan Poe was referring to when he wrote, "'Respite-respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore; Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!' Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore.'" LOL
Well, that's not exactly how I stated it, but that's one way to interpret it. 😂 I'm very aware that modern science has a belief system about the world and how it works. I like to see the scientific method as a good way to evaluate claims. I've very open to the idea that we know very little about the natural world and should be open to evaluating more of what we don't understand. Most scientists I know are not nearly as open to the possibilities.
@@UntamedScience Exactly. There is energy all around us, unseen by the 5 senses. Electricity, gamma rays, rainbow spectrum of light, frequency... and I can assure you, before these things were discovered, the theories were scoffed at --> even water retaining memory, though the results are in! Dogmatic science is application to material at the expense of the imagination. I do appreciate you talking about the other properties for us "delusional," though :D
@@PsychologicalApparition On "water retaining memory" the results are very much NOT in ! The problems with the work of the Japanese guy are numerous, for example.
@@englishsteve1465 No. Italian and Nobel Prize-winning Virologist Luc Montagnier has shown us that water holds signals. Think about it: You and I are 70+ percent water --> we hold information. It goes further than what you can see and further than the narrative you've been fed.
Borage is great, once you have it, it self seeds really well. Good to plant near tomatoes, the bees love it and it is supposed to make the tomatoes sweeter. The leaves are a bit to hairy for me but I might dry the leaves out and add to my Mullien tea which I strain anyway. Thanks very much for your video. I enjoyed it very much 👍
I know borage - in eastern Europe it is used as a vegetable - not for medicinal purposes. E.g. potato soup with borage or noodles with borage cream soup. Strange that in the south of Spain, where I live, people don't really know it, although it grows everywhere. It is strange, because in Andalucía people use to eat everything that grows wild on the fields, e.g. young thistles or wild asparagus.
I have so many of these i was growing them between my peppers for pollenators the stalks at the base were easily as thick as a man's wrist. I knew you could eat the cucumber flavored flowers but not all this other stuff
Super excellent! Brilliant presentation! Brilliant editing! Entertaining and ultra informative at the same time, equals a really quality post! Thank you!
En Kabylie (Algérie), la bourrache est consommée comme un légume mais avec modération bien sûr. Toute la plante a un goût qui rappelle celui du concombre.
Haha, we call this "cucumber herb" and it grows wild on my parents field. We just use the flowers in salads, as decorations on cakes and eaten as is. I've eaten it since being a small child and according to doctors I'm over all very healthy, so likely no effects from this summer time treat. It's nice and mild flavour wise and I like the slightly slimy tecture when you chew. Bees also love it, so there's plenty of pollinators in my parents garden. Our soil is naturally tough and mostly clay/mud as the area used to be a large swamp, so it's nice to have a plant that can help other plants grow better.
I just learned Unlike AA and EPA, DGLA cannot yield leukotrienes. However, it can inhibit the formation of pro-inflammatory leukotrienes from AA.[9] Although GLA is an n−6 fatty acid, a type of acid that is, in general, pro-inflammatory[citation needed], it has anti-inflammatory properties.
Such a beautiful plant. The leafs taste a bit fishy if eaten raw in salat, but blanched they are so tasty. A very nice alternative to spinach, or in soups, bowls etc. . Not taken in too often and too much at once Borage enriches your menu immense and your garden lightens up by blue stars calling in bees.
I like it because the leaves produce a very nice compost ingredient bringing some of these good elements into the SOIL, which does reduce the level of the alkaloids in what ever you eat from the garden. *It is invasive, do not just stick it in your garden!* It is hard to prune with tons of tiny little leaf spines that work their way into your skin. Use ELBOW LENGTH GLOVES.
Both borage and comfrey are excellent for composting as they have similar nitrogen fixing properties. My neighbour always said you should dig them back into the soil at the end of the year.
Thankfully most reputable gmp certified borage oil supplements have the Pyrrolizidine alkaloids removed. More research is needed to see if there is any possible benefits when taking the plant parts in small amounts(undefined whether dried or fresh) 2 months cumulatively over the span of a year. Decent amount of studies done on this toxic stuff🙂
“PAs like senecionine, integerrimine, retrorsine, usaramine and seneciphylline have been shown to cause an increase in both the levels of gastrin and the expression of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF).[40] These two compounds aid in the repair of the stomach after gastric ulcers. A high concentration of said compounds can reduce lesions in the stomach. This may aid in treatment after operation to the stomach.” -Wiki. Some PAs(Pyrrolizidine alkaloids) also appear to have potential applications in preventing/treating Alzheimer’s 🤓🤓🤓
Furthermore an alkaline diet has been shown to heal and cure many diseases …….but I’m sure if you just extract the alkaloids and test it it would cause issues ….because it’s part of a bigger whole …..this has been the biggest downfall of our healthcare system…… because each system is codependent on the other…..yes they have a main function …..but there’s lots of things they do for other systems and things we will likely never know……perfectly designed……..the more we try to study and understand the more problems we create ……… is it really good to know or should we jus enjoy and marvel at the natural creation ……
Spirit is synonymous to "way". The way you live. The way anything relates to anything else. Your spirit lives on forever because people will remember you or at the very least the archetype that you are will always be represented in some form. That reoccurring archetype being reincarnation. People used to be consciously aware of the way things made them feel. People used to recognize that your feelings are the instigator to any technical behavior. They also used to see desire and feelings itself as something outside the body which passed through it influencing it. The simple novelty of finding something attractive is all the importance you need to give some sense of value to it. All the mystical language around it is is technically unnecessary. I am a big fan of scientific minded people who still think plants and crystals are magical just because they're cool. 💜
Borage flowers remind me of a cross between a locally growing, viney nightshade species that produces shiny red berries and garden variety tomato flowers also a nightshade. Are they in the same diverse family…(?) 🤔
I've planted it as a green mulch under our citrus, and to add to the compost, but mostly for the bees. The chickens LOVE the leaves too, so I'm going to add some extras to the garden for them! They pick the borage over everything else, they go wild when they see I'm picking some 😂
From a seed seller in Sweden: "Cucumber herb Borago officinalis With its sky blue petals, Borage is a beautiful feature in the herb garden. The fresh leaves are edible and very good in salads or why not in a fresh summer bonfire with some ice. The taste is similar to cucumber and they offer a fresh and lovely scent. Very good attractant for bees". I think the Swedish name is nice :)
In Rome, we make fritters with the leaves. Wash the large leaves, fold in half, place an anchovy and a slice of mozzarella inside, dip in batter, deep fry in olive oil.
@@francesruggeri2564 Actually, I did have it last night bc reading your post about anchovies sounded so delicious. I'm Italian, Napoletano, and I have not had anchovies in so long. I picked a few tender lg leaves and flowers, Roma tomatoes and basilico from the yard. Added anchovies and smoked Gouda. Per me è stato delizioso! 👍
Took over most areas in my garden until weeded selectively for spaces between other bushy plants like Currants and under small trees..they certainly attract pollinators and my partner likes eating the flowers
Borage is eaten in salads, tastes cucumbery. And the flowers are sparkly for some reason, just gorgeous! Best of all, Borage flower essence (not the herb, not a tincture) really does help with "heart courage" when you're feeling sad and pessimistic, perhaps if trying to recover from loneliness or ostracism or a breakup. (After any kind of abuse or trauma, however, I would start with 120 days of 5 Flower Blend flower essence combo (Rescue Remedy), to clear trauma. 9 drops in water, sip through the day. If you miss a day, tack that day on the end - just so you get 120 days total.) Borage flower essence really is wonderful! It gives your heart the courage needed to try again in life. Add it to Gentian flower essence for positivity, and you've got a powerhouse blend!
I planted borage in my garden and it took over in a year, I had to take it all out to stop it taking over, I did make tea and put some flower in ice cubes because they looked cute but overall the only feeling I got from borage was light nausea
Hey thanks for the lovely camera work esp the slow-mo of the bee 🐝 on the borage flower. What's the short song that was offered at the end of the video, please?
I think this has a good intention behind it, teaching plant knowledge and plant medicine and thank you for that. On the other hand selling the idea that we need bottles of pills, oils, tinctures is unhelpful. it is a part of the imbalance that basically; kills life. If we really want to help and help each other be healthy we need to abandon supporting the commerce, the oil industry et al. The plastic bottles, the ink, the labels, the marketing, transport, storage, all these unnecessary add-ons are, well, destructive. There will be a plant (perhaps not the one you expect) near to your region that has what you need. Grow it, swap for it, even (honourable) harvest it if you know what you're doing. In Plants We Trust
Thankyou for bringing all info you are to yt. Youve earned another subscriber after reviewing yr videos. We as human race need to reconnect with nature, understand that natural is best! Everything we need to live healthy long life is provided for us. We have been generations with amnesia. Things we needed as partvof our lifelong education are things in life we have had to educate ourselves about! We all need to start learning from real education of ancient knowledge, passed down. Start truly appreciating mother earth & all gifts she provides us with to live healthy lives! ❤❤❤
I love borage ! I grew it very easily in Las Vegas but didn't know at the end of season when I composted the rest of the plant it poked me and hurt super bad lol
I do think some people get swayed by homeopathic remedies and take all kinds of "natural" supplements. And that's not necessarily a good thing. I was doing turmeric a lot for a while and I started getting weird pains in my sides. I stopped. There's a lot of unknowns, a lot of chemistry going on. Just because it's natural - doesn't mean it's good for you.
Eat only for 2 weeks in a year - so that's about once a month ....but how much? I have many Borage plants, it grows very easily, easier than Marigolds.
Great episode great information thank you. Would you please do an episode on Kratom? It’s an analgesic. I’ve been using it for six years as a mood enhancer as a sleep aid and certainly a pain reducer ache reducer it’s an alkaloid and it can be abused. It’s a cousin of the coffee family. I know you know about it already and it’s got a bad reputation because people use it to get off hard drugs, so it’s in some peoples blood that die from hard drugs, but it is not a hard drug and I would love to know more about it, and I bet you would too. Would love to know the long-term effects on the body. Thanks.
I definitely have it on my list. Tell me more about how you use it if you could. You can send me a DM through my Instagram if you wish @untamedscience.
Isn't there a plant that has all the benefits of borage and none of the bad? There are so many plants that overlap in benefits, shortly there is a better alternative.
I’m confused. You said you can take borage for 2 weeks out of a year. And then suggest tea , using leaves in salad etc . As if it’s a regular use thing?
Well, I wouldn't use it daily in salad either, but then again people are not reporting to hospitals anywhere after having consumed too much borage, meaning that the warning could be overstated. It's just hard to know. It's a bit unfortunate (for me) that more scientific studies aren't done on some of these common herbs. I have to rely on a few studies and folk wisdom. That's changing, but not as fast as I'd like.
I heard there was a tiny amount of a particular chemical in the flower that, when consumed in large enough quantities, could combat fear and apprehension, and that Boudicca's warriors indulged before their bloody slaughter of the Romans...
@UntamedScience Whilst trying to find my source, I have read that ancient Greeks and Romans consumed the flowers for courage in battle, and that 'borrach' is a Celtic word for courage (reminds me of borracho, meaning 'intoxicated' in Spanish). Will keep looking... Edit: I have found references to Celtic warriors drinking borage steeped in wine, for courage, but not the actual Boudicca reference that I remember...
What if I want to cook the leaves a little to kill those little hairs? Will it take away the nutritional value of the leaves? I know you said making a tea out of it is fine but didn't know if too much heat would be a bad idea.
Boiling it for too long could change the compounds. I can't find any reliable info on that though. A tea is a good way to prepare it though. Also, the flowers aren't as hairy and they're lovely.
@@UntamedScience i only used it for a couple of months occasionally, not long enough for any sort of definitive, though it is pretty i will grow it again and use it in salads
Got me a bit confused. Should I take borage or not. It grows where I live in Malta Winter. So I can take it in its growing season so I won't be taking too much borage?
I think you picked up on my conundrum. While I would like to recommend it, I'm not sure I feel confident telling people to use it, given it does have pyrrolizidine alkaloids in all parts of the plant. Think it of like radiation. We get radiation every day from the sun. Probably fine most of the time. Even visiting a nuclear reactor is fine, most of the time. But, you have to be aware of how much you're getting. I think it's totally fine to have borage on occasion as a drink or in a salad. I think it's great to use on occasion as a cooling her too. However, I'm not sure I'd use it daily as an anti-inflammatory. Those GLA pills by the way, can be purchased PA-free. That's nice. But I'm not recommending them for daily use either (partly because I'm not a doctor). I just hope this made you aware of an option out there.
@@UntamedScience well thanks for the video. Up till seeing your video I taught borage was all good. Now thanks to you I know it has a bad side to it and i will be more careful and don't take too much of it.
Borage is related to comfrey, another wonderful healing herb, which can be toxic to the liver if taken internally too much. We need to be careful, more of a good thing is not necessarily better.
@@UntamedScienceAs a gardener, I think I’ll just grow it for the benefits in my garden, and perhaps occasionally I’ll pick a leave or too 😊
So many plants and medicine have toxic properties. Have you ever taken paracetamol? It can kill people destroy the liver even in small amounts. Ever taken an antibiotic? They can make people go deaf ..some even make the heart collapse six months later. Drink water out of the tap? It has flouride. Borage seeds or nigella seeds are used in India...sometimes confusingly called black cumin. They use only 7 seeds ... I used borage seed to cure h pillory. Worked very well. I didnt take it every day as many Indians do. Just untill I was better. If you worry ..that is also very toxic for your body. Watching stressful videos online bad for you. Looking at a screen for more than half an hour? Bad for your eyes. Potatoes? Got toxins. So don't worry so much and if borage is something you want to try try it. You could eat a totally safe slice of bread and it could have a toxic mold or bacteria in it. You can die from a paper cut. So don't overly be cautious about a flower when you are not overly cautious about everything else and if you are overly cautious about everything stop that will kill you faster than anything.
The problem with the claims of chemicals in plants being toxic is very deceptive.
What they don't tell you is the chemical has been isolated from the plant and then studied in it's isolated form.
Just as many plants contain cyanide, it is only toxic and deadly when isolated from the plant.
If you are consuming enough of a plant with certain chemicals in it to the point it kills you, it is likely due to the large amount of the plant you consume that will kill you and not the chemical.
❤ I love your comment and exactly what I was going to comment on. I find it sad the fear people get from our beautiful herbs when they isolate and discuss one property in it. Herbs grow with lots of different chemicals together in one package to work synergistically together. Many of our herbs have been banned because of this and not taking the whole package into consideration. For example I have always grown awesome comfrey and add it to my teas and stir fries even though it’s not allowed to be taken internally (in Australia). I could go on and on 😂 however it was a joy to read your comment 🙏🏽🌿
This is very true. There’s a lot of “alcohol replacements” in the market. You’ll see things like Damiana (although borage is a great mood stimulant~ I’ve used for my major depression and bipolar and to treat coughs/asthma/pneumonia) that can be toxic to the blood stream if used excessively (ie: not to replace alcohol in the way it is primarily consumed).
not true. Cyanide goes active when the seed is crushed/chewed. Eat enough and you die. Almonds have deadly amounts in less than a pound ( children).
A lot of plants contains large amounts of oxalate, this can cause severe health issues over time.
Then there is Ricin.. super deadly,, 5 raw kidneybeans is enough to kill a child.
Plants are medicine, not food.
Very true. Thank you for your comment. Take it out of the matrix and see the harm. Look at Opium to heroin, Coca to cocaine for some graphic examples.
I agree, my belief is God made what we need in the perfect combination. Sometimes things that on their own can be toxic but with the right combination create a positive reaction rather than toxic.
After finding out that many (too many) supplement companies are owned by big pharma and other questionable people I stick with home grown. No questionable ingredients (including hidden ingredients). My great great grandmother was an herbalist and luckily her information has been passed through the family. I also have friends who have helped me with companion blends from their travels. I have MS and take no medications just eat healthy, exercise and use my garden as my suppliments.
That's fantastic. Hopefully you're able to spread that knowledge to others around you. That is a valuable skill.
Which supplement companies, exactly, are owned by big pharma?? Thank you. 🙏🏼
Go you. I have ms also. Got sacked off the neurologist books cause I wouldn’t take her drugs. I did take low dose naltrexone for 10 years. I did a year of frequency treatment, rife , and am so good. Also marijuana cream for neuralgia, and eat the leaves when in growing season. All the best
They used borage to make gunpowder because it's a nitrate concentrator plant. It would also act as a vasodilator like beetroot.
Borage is great for pollinators because it recharges its nectar in 20 minutes after pollinators feed.
What does that mean?
That after a pollinator (example: a bee) comes to eat all the nectar of one flower, it re fills the nectar storage in 20min what is verry fast. So its a great food supply er for pollinators. @@JD-2-k3g
@@JD-2-k3gmore food more quickly for more pollinators.
We grow borage for its beauty, and it hummms in the morning- tons of bees!
I run a small online nursery business. Borage is one of my most popular flowers. Lots of people buy it. I really can't grow enough to keep up so I buy it in bulk for resale. Time to re order as a matter of fact. I sold out again.
That's fantastic to hear. What is your online nursery?
Hello. I live in Spain and it grows in the wild around my house during spring. And when i have guests over i use the flowers for decoration on the salad.
Good on chilled cucumber soup
@@thecook8964at 69 a really good cook, 40plus yrs rest/hosp ind., I’ve had it but never made it😳🙄I LOVE LOVE LOVE cucumbers❤️! Do you have one or two recipes to share? Thanks🙏🏻❤️😎
I also live in Spain, in Andalucía. The Andalusians are eating everything that grows wild on the fields but not borage. But I know it from other European countries more to the east, e.g. potato soup with borage or spaghetti with borage cream sauce.
Wow, my mom loves flowers and used to have them in her garden. I was eating them as a kid because they taste really sweet!
I made Borage Ale years ago, based on a recipe in John Buhner's book Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers. Tasted good.
I have looked up the name and got Stephen Harrod Buhner, same chap or his dad!
Ooh that sounds like an interesting read, thanks for sharing 😊
Need bees in your yard? Grow borage! 🐝🐝💜💛
I'll vouch for that!
Did anyone else notice seed packets of borage were conspicuously absent this year? Only available online at least around the Midwest.
I got some in Ohio at Lowe's
Once you have it in your garden it seeds everywhere.
I was told that the GLA helps with eczema. My daughter had eczema, so she tried it. It does help. We used it topically.
I loved to eat the flowers as a child. I remember them tasting sweet. They grew a lot at our home in south Sweden around our wells. I actually bought seeds now as an adult for the oils for my female hormones.
My Spanish friend told me that they take the stalks, whilst young and tender, and cook them a bit like chard etc. I have been meaning to try this as it's prolific in my garden. Love the flowers in salads and I think they are often used in alternative menopausal medicines.
That's what I've heard as well. I can not confirm that one though.
I've eaten the stems like cucumber
First cut to 4 inch pieces. Then place on a freezer bag and deep freeze for 30 minutes
Take out and scrape off the tiny hairs which aren't great to eat. Otherwise you're fine and it's crunchy
Well that was interesting information for our first visit to your channel...we like the vibe. We have been growing a lot of borage for well over a decade and love it as a pesto (borage leaves, garlic, olive oil, Brazil nuts, salt) especially on buckwheat...and have been eating this meal once a week for over a decade as well. We're seniors, still alive and thriving, no cancer or major health issues. Blessings of love and gratitude.☺☺
Thank you for this comment! TMH guided me to get borage and to plant it for the bees and my health and it has helped me completely personally and the bees indeed! I use it in my salads and pick the flowers for a little pick me up as it does uplift mood and tastes sweet and delightful but now I’m going to try the pesto recipe you mentioned as I LOVE PESTO and I bet it will taste incredible! Thank you again for sharing your experience and curbing the fear of man with this lovely plant! Fear is an illusion and I fear nothing except TMH when I’m guided by him to plant and eat it I OBEY and have no regrets in doing so I fully trust it’s helping me and I can feel it improving my electrical body absolutely 💯 LOVE AND LIGHT TO YOU AND YOURS TMH AND I AND THEE ALL LOVE YOU 😘💛🕊️✨
The effect of Borage is more bees in he garden. They love it ❤ 🐝
I am a biodynamically trained farmer, I grow here in the desert with many things like borage. I harvest plants. After my patients get their osteopathic treatments, I make them a cocktail of medicines. I use borage many times after a session with other lovelies like white willow to reduce the inflammation from structural and tissue correction. My patients float out of my office....
Been growing Borage for years, never knew you could make a tea out of the leafs. TY.
When it comes up thickly in the spring, you can cut the seedlings when they are 4-6" tall, and sautee them. The bristles haven't developed yet, so it's not like eating velcro, like it would be later. They are quite tasty.
I have read that it's good for skin issues. I've been growing it this year as a companion plant for my tomatoes and I've been planning to try an infused oil for my eczema. All I know at this point is that its a good sacrificial companion for tomatoes and the flowers are tasty. I have heard it self seeds like crazy so I'll find out next year if I regret planting it lol
Yes. Mine self seed every year. It’s probably great for eczema (gla is).
Interesting. You should do one about yarrow. I found the amazing thing about it by accident. I heard yarrow is a wound healer, so I drank tea made from some dried yarrow leaves to help my sour muscle, tendon and joints. To my surprise, my melancholy went away too. It works as tea or as spices to food, such as to a bowl of oatmeal. So, yarrow heals both body and mind. I don't think many people know. Yarrow too, is associated with courage.
I have always used borage in summer drinks to cool you down or in salads, the GLA is the starflower or borage. I love it and have always loved it. My elderly neighbour out in the country, taught me all I know about herbal remedies and I have been using it in the summer, pretty much since the 1960s.
A toxicants aren't really bad it just depends on the potency. And how it is prescribed. As a drug wouldn't be called a drug if it were not toxic ... Even water can become toxic if U have to much of it. Having said that, toxic people are a real pain the butt of which unfortunately there is no cure...😊😅😂....
I have borage growing in my garden. I just eat the flower petals occasionally, has a mild cucumber taste to me.
I adore this plant and I really appreciate the way you present the information.
I'm excited to grow this in my garden next year
ummm... what? 'Borretsch' is very "alive" in Germany, primary culinary (sesonally), but inflammation reduction is well known
That’s great to hear. I think most people in the US are behind you all!
@@UntamedSciencemight wanna check to see exactly which PA’s are proven & warned about causing damage:)
Could Be a good video for you to produce :)
@@deweyory1635 That could be a good one. After diving into the literature on this one I was surprised just how much I had not even considered in this field of PAs. You're right though, there is more to the story!
Borage oil highest nutrition value along with flax and primrose nice!
they talked to the universe and were told what plant to use and for what problem.
They were tripping and talking to the sky but they still found the right answers, maybe that’s why the fun stuff is illegal.
That's ridiculous. People simply figured things out just like other humans there's nothing magical about it
All truth comes from within.
When we learn to trust our intuition and our internal voice, we gain access to the power of our inconscious and also the shared unconcscuous.
Our minds and our ability to oerceive things about the world around us are so much more powerful than people realize.
I've got this growing everywhere in my garden
In Chinese lore, there are cooling and heaty drinks and food. For example, my mother in law warned me not to drink too much tea as it was too cooling for women and affects the legs.
Had no idea! Thanks
Specifically what kind of tea were you warn about?
Interesting! So that's what Edgar Allan Poe was referring to when he wrote, "'Respite-respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore; Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!' Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore.'" LOL
"but as a modern scientist, I must stay in the box which has been provided for me."
Well, that's not exactly how I stated it, but that's one way to interpret it. 😂 I'm very aware that modern science has a belief system about the world and how it works. I like to see the scientific method as a good way to evaluate claims. I've very open to the idea that we know very little about the natural world and should be open to evaluating more of what we don't understand. Most scientists I know are not nearly as open to the possibilities.
@@UntamedScience Exactly. There is energy all around us, unseen by the 5 senses. Electricity, gamma rays, rainbow spectrum of light, frequency... and I can assure you, before these things were discovered, the theories were scoffed at --> even water retaining memory, though the results are in!
Dogmatic science is application to material at the expense of the imagination.
I do appreciate you talking about the other properties for us "delusional," though :D
@@PsychologicalApparition On "water retaining memory" the results are very much NOT in !
The problems with the work of the Japanese guy are numerous, for example.
@@englishsteve1465 No. Italian and Nobel Prize-winning Virologist Luc Montagnier has shown us that water holds signals.
Think about it: You and I are 70+ percent water --> we hold information.
It goes further than what you can see and further than the narrative you've been fed.
@@englishsteve1465Results were in ages ago. Emoto was right.
People grow this all over the place in Washington State. Very beautiful and tastes alright in a salad.
Borage is great, once you have it, it self seeds really well. Good to plant near tomatoes, the bees love it and it is supposed to make the tomatoes sweeter. The leaves are a bit to hairy for me but I might dry the leaves out and add to my Mullien tea which I strain anyway. Thanks very much for your video. I enjoyed it very much 👍
I know borage - in eastern Europe it is used as a vegetable - not for medicinal purposes. E.g. potato soup with borage or noodles with borage cream soup.
Strange that in the south of Spain, where I live, people don't really know it, although it grows everywhere. It is strange, because in Andalucía people use to eat everything that grows wild on the fields, e.g. young thistles or wild asparagus.
I have so many of these i was growing them between my peppers for pollenators the stalks at the base were easily as thick as a man's wrist. I knew you could eat the cucumber flavored flowers but not all this other stuff
Thank you for sharing this video😊
And bee's love it so win win
Super excellent! Brilliant presentation! Brilliant editing! Entertaining and ultra informative at the same time, equals a really quality post! Thank you!
En Kabylie (Algérie), la bourrache est consommée comme un légume mais avec modération bien sûr. Toute la plante a un goût qui rappelle celui du concombre.
I grow the white one my neighbor has the blue one the bees love both equally.
Haha, we call this "cucumber herb" and it grows wild on my parents field. We just use the flowers in salads, as decorations on cakes and eaten as is. I've eaten it since being a small child and according to doctors I'm over all very healthy, so likely no effects from this summer time treat. It's nice and mild flavour wise and I like the slightly slimy tecture when you chew. Bees also love it, so there's plenty of pollinators in my parents garden.
Our soil is naturally tough and mostly clay/mud as the area used to be a large swamp, so it's nice to have a plant that can help other plants grow better.
I just learned Unlike AA and EPA, DGLA cannot yield leukotrienes. However, it can inhibit the formation of pro-inflammatory leukotrienes from AA.[9]
Although GLA is an n−6 fatty acid, a type of acid that is, in general, pro-inflammatory[citation needed], it has anti-inflammatory properties.
Such a beautiful plant. The leafs taste a bit fishy if eaten raw in salat, but blanched they are so tasty. A very nice alternative to spinach, or in soups, bowls etc. . Not taken in too often and too much at once Borage enriches your menu immense and your garden lightens up by blue stars calling in bees.
Nature heals💚
I like it because the leaves produce a very nice compost ingredient bringing some of these good elements into the SOIL, which does reduce the level of the alkaloids in what ever you eat from the garden.
*It is invasive, do not just stick it in your garden!* It is hard to prune with tons of tiny little leaf spines that work their way into your skin. Use ELBOW LENGTH GLOVES.
Both borage and comfrey are excellent for composting as they have similar nitrogen fixing properties. My neighbour always said you should dig them back into the soil at the end of the year.
5:10 for the compound found in borage for anyone short on time.
You forgot to mention arguably the most important compound at 6:06
Thankfully most reputable gmp certified borage oil supplements have the Pyrrolizidine alkaloids removed.
More research is needed to see if there is any possible benefits when taking the plant parts in small amounts(undefined whether dried or fresh) 2 months cumulatively over the span of a year. Decent amount of studies done on this toxic stuff🙂
“PAs like senecionine, integerrimine, retrorsine, usaramine and seneciphylline have been shown to cause an increase in both the levels of gastrin and the expression of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF).[40] These two compounds aid in the repair of the stomach after gastric ulcers. A high concentration of said compounds can reduce lesions in the stomach. This may aid in treatment after operation to the stomach.” -Wiki. Some PAs(Pyrrolizidine alkaloids) also appear to have potential applications in preventing/treating Alzheimer’s 🤓🤓🤓
Furthermore an alkaline diet has been shown to heal and cure many diseases …….but I’m sure if you just extract the alkaloids and test it it would cause issues ….because it’s part of a bigger whole …..this has been the biggest downfall of our healthcare system…… because each system is codependent on the other…..yes they have a main function …..but there’s lots of things they do for other systems and things we will likely never know……perfectly designed……..the more we try to study and understand the more problems we create ……… is it really good to know or should we jus enjoy and marvel at the natural creation ……
GLA in hemp seed oil too
I have lots of borage in my yard. It is called "agurkurt" here in Norway because it tastes like cucumber or agurk and urt is herb thus agurkurt.
I use the oil for my teenage kids acne and see good results so far
Spirit is synonymous to "way". The way you live. The way anything relates to anything else. Your spirit lives on forever because people will remember you or at the very least the archetype that you are will always be represented in some form. That reoccurring archetype being reincarnation. People used to be consciously aware of the way things made them feel. People used to recognize that your feelings are the instigator to any technical behavior. They also used to see desire and feelings itself as something outside the body which passed through it influencing it. The simple novelty of finding something attractive is all the importance you need to give some sense of value to it. All the mystical language around it is is technically unnecessary. I am a big fan of scientific minded people who still think plants and crystals are magical just because they're cool. 💜
Borage flowers remind me of a cross between a locally growing, viney nightshade species that produces shiny red berries and garden variety tomato flowers also a nightshade. Are they in the same diverse family…(?) 🤔
Borage anchors it's own family, the Boraginacea.
Beautiful in the garden - yes! Until it takes over the whole garden. It’s easy to pull out though.
I've planted it as a green mulch under our citrus, and to add to the compost, but mostly for the bees. The chickens LOVE the leaves too, so I'm going to add some extras to the garden for them! They pick the borage over everything else, they go wild when they see I'm picking some 😂
I use it to make a fertiliser . Soak the whole plant in water and let it stand for a few weeks , then add to water and feed your plants
From a seed seller in Sweden: "Cucumber herb
Borago officinalis
With its sky blue petals, Borage is a beautiful feature in the herb garden. The fresh leaves are edible and very good in salads or why not in a fresh summer bonfire with some ice. The taste is similar to cucumber and they offer a fresh and lovely scent. Very good attractant for bees". I think the Swedish name is nice :)
In Rome, we make fritters with the leaves. Wash the large leaves, fold in half, place an anchovy and a slice of mozzarella inside, dip in batter, deep fry in olive oil.
Oh that sounds deliciouso! Except for batter and frying. I'm going to try it tonight!! I just picked fresh tomatoes and will make a little app!👍🏻🥰
@@liberta2570 I don't think it will work without the batter
@@francesruggeri2564
Actually, I did have it last night bc reading your post about anchovies sounded so delicious. I'm Italian, Napoletano, and I have not had anchovies in so long.
I picked a few tender lg leaves and flowers, Roma tomatoes and basilico from the yard. Added anchovies and smoked Gouda. Per me è stato delizioso! 👍
@@liberta2570 buon appetito!
Took over most areas in my garden until weeded selectively for spaces between other bushy plants like Currants and under small trees..they certainly attract pollinators and my partner likes eating the flowers
Borage is eaten in salads, tastes cucumbery. And the flowers are sparkly for some reason, just gorgeous! Best of all, Borage flower essence (not the herb, not a tincture) really does help with "heart courage" when you're feeling sad and pessimistic, perhaps if trying to recover from loneliness or ostracism or a breakup. (After any kind of abuse or trauma, however, I would start with 120 days of 5 Flower Blend flower essence combo (Rescue Remedy), to clear trauma. 9 drops in water, sip through the day. If you miss a day, tack that day on the end - just so you get 120 days total.) Borage flower essence really is wonderful! It gives your heart the courage needed to try again in life. Add it to Gentian flower essence for positivity, and you've got a powerhouse blend!
I planted borage in my garden and it took over in a year, I had to take it all out to stop it taking over, I did make tea and put some flower in ice cubes because they looked cute but overall the only feeling I got from borage was light nausea
I put the flowers in ice cubes look so pretty 😊
Hey thanks for the lovely camera work esp the slow-mo of the bee 🐝 on the borage flower. What's the short song that was offered at the end of the video, please?
Use the flowers in salads. Yum!
Haven't tried it myself,but ive read that the younger, less hairy leaves are good dipped in batter and fried.
I would believe that. Everything tastes good fried. :)
I grow it every year for the bees.
I think this has a good intention behind it, teaching plant knowledge and plant medicine and thank you for that. On the other hand selling the idea that we need bottles of pills, oils, tinctures is unhelpful. it is a part of the imbalance that basically; kills life. If we really want to help and help each other be healthy we need to abandon supporting the commerce, the oil industry et al. The plastic bottles, the ink, the labels, the marketing, transport, storage, all these unnecessary add-ons are, well, destructive. There will be a plant (perhaps not the one you expect) near to your region that has what you need. Grow it, swap for it, even (honourable) harvest it if you know what you're doing. In Plants We Trust
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We as human race need to reconnect with nature, understand that natural is best! Everything we need to live healthy long life is provided for us. We have been generations with amnesia. Things we needed as partvof our lifelong education are things in life we have had to educate ourselves about! We all need to start learning from real education of ancient knowledge, passed down. Start truly appreciating mother earth & all gifts she provides us with to live healthy lives! ❤❤❤
It popped up in my backyard 😊
I’m in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia ❤
I eat the leaves as a green veg around three or so nights a week in spring, then come summer the flowers most days with whatever meal im having 😊
I love borage ! I grew it very easily in Las Vegas but didn't know at the end of season when I composted the rest of the plant it poked me and hurt super bad lol
Lovely plant ..grows in my garden , but it’s VERY VERY invasive
A lot of talking in this vid but not a lot is being said, seems like it's just an ad to sell useless esoteric products.
I do think some people get swayed by homeopathic remedies and take all kinds of "natural" supplements. And that's not necessarily a good thing. I was doing turmeric a lot for a while and I started getting weird pains in my sides. I stopped. There's a lot of unknowns, a lot of chemistry going on. Just because it's natural - doesn't mean it's good for you.
I grow borage in my garden because it is the most beautiful plant ever!
Eat only for 2 weeks in a year - so that's about once a month ....but how much? I have many Borage plants, it grows very easily, easier than Marigolds.
My garden is full of it, and I can't get rid of it.
Where glitch?
It gets mildew near the sea.
loved the - by the way... only twice a year or u can get cancer... but its chill we dable like that
Haha. Well, so is the sun. ☀️🥸💪
Great episode great information thank you. Would you please do an episode on Kratom? It’s an analgesic.
I’ve been using it for six years as a mood enhancer as a sleep aid and certainly a pain reducer ache reducer
it’s an alkaloid and it can be abused. It’s a cousin of the coffee family. I know you know about it already and it’s got a bad reputation because people use it to get off hard drugs, so it’s in some peoples blood that die from hard drugs, but it is not a hard drug and I would love to know more about it, and I bet you would too. Would love to know the long-term effects on the body. Thanks.
I definitely have it on my list. Tell me more about how you use it if you could. You can send me a DM through my Instagram if you wish @untamedscience.
Isn't there a plant that has all the benefits of borage and none of the bad? There are so many plants that overlap in benefits, shortly there is a better alternative.
Thanks for the info in this video.
I know I was subscribed to your channel but today I am again, weird.
...is this the flower they used in a scanner darkly? That would be interesting
Borage self-seeds extremely easily.
I’m confused. You said you can take borage for 2 weeks out of a year. And then suggest tea , using leaves in salad etc . As if it’s a regular use thing?
Check with the Europeans & when/how they use it. Its used as a food.
Well, I wouldn't use it daily in salad either, but then again people are not reporting to hospitals anywhere after having consumed too much borage, meaning that the warning could be overstated. It's just hard to know. It's a bit unfortunate (for me) that more scientific studies aren't done on some of these common herbs. I have to rely on a few studies and folk wisdom. That's changing, but not as fast as I'd like.
I heard there was a tiny amount of a particular chemical in the flower that, when consumed in large enough quantities, could combat fear and apprehension, and that Boudicca's warriors indulged before their bloody slaughter of the Romans...
@@sillybollox2244 Fascinating. Any idea where that reference is from? I'd love to know.
@UntamedScience Whilst trying to find my source, I have read that ancient Greeks and Romans consumed the flowers for courage in battle, and that 'borrach' is a Celtic word for courage (reminds me of borracho, meaning 'intoxicated' in Spanish). Will keep looking... Edit: I have found references to Celtic warriors drinking borage steeped in wine, for courage, but not the actual Boudicca reference that I remember...
" very hairy going in!"
Plant it among your tomatoe plants so the horn worm won't kill your tomatoes.
If it's legal, it means they want you to take it, and that's not good.
I got some in an Druide seed mix ^^
Plants and stuff educational
Which concentrations and for how long? Is there a link to the paper?
It's not the wine... put borage seeds in wine to keep the wine from causing that morose drunk.
What if I want to cook the leaves a little to kill those little hairs? Will it take away the nutritional value of the leaves? I know you said making a tea out of it is fine but didn't know if too much heat would be a bad idea.
Boiling it for too long could change the compounds. I can't find any reliable info on that though. A tea is a good way to prepare it though. Also, the flowers aren't as hairy and they're lovely.
@@UntamedScience Okay thank you so much!! 💙
If you don't mind, what is the name of this song played at the end? Thank you
More questions than answers.
i have used it to help with depression, it seemed to work, but i planted it in too shady a spot
Many people seem to use it that way. How do you find it helps?
@@UntamedScience i only used it for a couple of months occasionally, not long enough for any sort of definitive, though it is pretty i will grow it again and use it in salads
Our governor has been garbage here In colorado. he turned Colorado in to California
Borage for Courage
*gaudia* means joy not courage.
I Borage joy always bring.