Borage is also known as starflower. It is an annual herb in the flowering plant Boraginacaea. It is native to the Mediterranean region though it has been naturalized in other regions. It brings courage and joy. With its beautiful bluish star-shaped flowers, borage has been used to provide courage, dispel melancholy and eradicate bad moods since ancient Greece.

Borage is mainly in used in magic to inspire courage and bravery. It can enhance psychic powers and strengthen protection spells. Per the IChing, borage is useful for patience, slow growth, gradual change for the better, establishing a healthy pace, and fulfilling long-term goals.

Borage is one of the strongest flowers for charms to bring courage, fortitude and protection to all that carry them. Harvesting and drying the flowers in a small bag is an easy way to create a charm for personal inner strength and bravery. It is also reputed to have enhance psychic abilities when enjoyed as a tea.

Borage is associated with the Throat Chakra. We can communicate our beliefs and emotions from this chakra. When it is in balance we can bring personal truth out into the world and the flow of energy is easy within the body and spirit. The energy lifts upwards from sacral chakra through the solar plexus and can continue its path enabling free expression of needs within that energy.

When the Throat Chakra is out of balance the physical symptoms may include sore throat, tight jaw, stiff neck, and headaches. Spiritually, you will feel more impelled to habitually lie and feel fear about the intention so others.

Traditionally widely used as a vegetable. Boiled and served with oil and salt, as you would with spinach. The resulting broth is diuretic and purifying.

Borage cares for the health of our skin, delaying its aging. It can be used for the tiredness emotional and melancholy and it relieves symptoms of hay fever.

Precautions:

Do not use orally during pregnancy.

Do not administer for prolonged periods of time or very concentrated infusions.

Contraindicated in neoplasms and liver diseases.

1 package of borage

**consult with a physician before ingesting any herbs, as they can have adverse effects. Our herbs are sold for spell work purposes.