- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Borraginaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Balkan
- Asia Minor
- North Africa
- India (mainly Aleppo)
- Part(s) Used
- Flores Borraginis
- Herba Borraginis
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- Constituent(s)
- calcium
- mineral salts
- nitrate of potash
- essential oil
- tannin
- mucilage
- resin
- allantoin
- saponin
- Action
- flower: diuretic
- depurative
- emollient
- sudorific
- colouring agent; herb: laxative
- diuretic
- cordial
- emollient
- demulcent
- febrifuge
- nervine
- antispasmodic
- sudorific
- depurative
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