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Borage

“The leaves and flowers of Borage put into wine make men and women glad and merry and drive away all sadness, dullness and melancholy, as Dioscorides and Pliny affirm.

Syrup made of the flowers of Borage comfort the heart, purge melancholy and quiet the frantic and lunatic person.

The leaves eaten raw engender good blood, especially in those that have been lately sick.”

John Gerard’s Herball, 1597

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