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 components 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 international locations. It’s also known as starflower, and has smooth, fuzzy stems and delightful, periwinkle flowers. It’s a hardy plant, and thrives in gardens everywhere in the world.

WHAT ARE THE SKIN BENEFITS OF BORAGE SEED OIL?

Borage seed oil could be very excessive in gamma linoleic acid, a vital, omega-6 fatty acid that has an anti-inflammatory impact on the pores and skin when used topically. A small examine of youngsters with eczema confirmed that every day software of borage seed oil to the pores and skin lowered itching and redness and lowered TEWL (transepidermal water loss). Translation? Certainly one of your pores and skin’s major 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 offended—unhealthy cycle, proper? However every day software of borage seed oil helps your pores and skin’s barrier operate, so you’ll be able to preserve all of your water to your self! 

WHAT ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF BORAGE SEED OIL? 

Some people take borage seed dietary supplements to assist with eczema, however scientific 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 could 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 in opposition to bugs to neighboring crops, so it’s good close to your tomato and strawberry crops.
• Borage was utilized in Historical Greece to deal with melancholy and melancholy.
• Don’t take borage oil orally if you’re pregnant or nursing, or in case you have a liver or bleeding dysfunction.