[HPforGrownups] UK adult cover -- "Borage"

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 126749

In a message dated 3/29/2005 7:50:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
kennymod at yahoo.com writes:
All that I can find is that Borage is a herb, and found this basic 

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Sherrie here:

>From http://www.shee-eire.com/Herbs,Trees&Fungi/Herbs/Borage/Factsheet1.htm

NAME :  Borage
GAELIC NAME : 
LATIN NAME : borago officinalis
COMMON / FOLK NAMES : Bugloss, Burrage, Common Bugloss, Herb of Gladness.

MEDICINAL PART : Herb, Flowers.
PLACES OF ORIGIN : Ireland, Europe and cultivated elsewhere.
HABITAT : Anywhere and everywhere.
DESCRIPTION : Borage is an annual plant. The hollow, bristly, branched and 
spreading stem grows up to 2 feet tall. The leaves are bristly, oval or 
oblong-lanceolate, the basal ones forming a rosette and the others growing alternately 
on the stem and branches. 
FLOWERING PERIOD : The blue or purplish, star-shaped flowers grow in loose 
racemes from June to August.
PROPERTIES : Aperient, Diaphoretic, Febrifuge, Galactagogue, Pectoral, Tonic
Preparation and Dosage : Prolonged use of borage is not advisable.

MAGICAL PROPERTIES
GENDER : Masculine
PLANET : Jupiter
ELEMENT : Air
ASSOCIATED DEITIES : Medb 
POWERS : Courage, Psychic Powers
RITUAL USES
Call on the Goddess Medb while asking for Courage, Inspiration and Insight 
into your Life.  Use Borage as an offering to the Goddess. 

MAGICAL USES
Carry the fresh blossoms to strengthen your courage, or place one in your 
buttonhole for protection when walking. A tea of borage will induces psychic 
powers.
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Sorry about the formatting...
Sherrie
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