INGREDIENT: 

Borage Seed Oil

FANCY LATIN NAME: 

Borago officinalis

WHY DO WE LOVE BORAGE SEED OIL?

Briefly, as a result of borage seed oil makes your pores and skin stronger and more healthy! That’s why it’s in all of our physique oils, together with our Craft Sequence oils. (In case you’re new to Osmia, we select all of our substances for particular causes. We don’t simply throw stuff in a bottle and hope it really works!)

WHERE DOES BORAGE SEED OIL COME FROM?

Borage is an annual, flowering herb that’s native to Syria and another Mediterranean nations. Additionally it is known as starflower, and has mushy, fuzzy stems and delightful, periwinkle flowers. It’s a hardy plant, and thrives in gardens all around the world.

WHAT ARE THE SKIN BENEFITS OF BORAGE SEED OIL?

Borage seed oil may be very excessive in gamma linoleic acid, an important, omega-6 fatty acid that has an anti-inflammatory impact on the pores and skin when used topically. A small research of kids with eczema confirmed that day by day software of borage seed oil to the pores and skin decreased itching and redness and decreased TEWL (transepidermal water loss). Translation? Certainly one of your pores and skin’s important capabilities is to maintain water inside your physique, relatively than letting water escape. When your pores and skin is infected or irritated, it loses extra water, and that makes your pores and skin extra indignant—dangerous cycle, proper? However day by day software of borage seed oil helps your pores and skin’s barrier operate, so you possibly can preserve all of your water to your self! 

WHAT ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF BORAGE SEED OIL? 

Some of us take borage seed dietary supplements to assist with eczema, however medical research of oral borage seed oil for situations like eczema didn’t present proof that oral dietary supplements enhance signs. Oral dietary supplements are additionally used for hormonal assist for PMS and menopause, and anecdotal proof helps its efficacy, however no research present conclusive proof that it really works to alleviate signs. Some proof exists for borage seed oil complement utilization within the administration of rheumatoid arthritis. Borage seed oil dietary supplements might assist assist wholesome gums.

FUN FACTS ABOUT BORAGE SEED OIL

• The flowers and leaves are edible, and the blue flowers look particularly lovely in a summer time salad!
• Borage attracts honey bees and offers a little bit of safety towards bugs to neighboring crops, so it’s good close to your tomato and strawberry crops.
• Borage was utilized in Historic Greece to deal with melancholy and melancholy.
• Don’t take borage oil orally if you’re pregnant or nursing, or when you’ve got a liver or bleeding dysfunction.