BÜRRAGÜ— BORAGE.
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BORRAGO OFFICINALIS, Linn — BORAGE.
Synonimes: — Bourrache, Fr.; Borretch,
Germ.; Borraxa, Span.; Bernagie, Dut. ;
Borragine, Ital. ; Borak, Pol.Amst. ; Ant.; Bruns.; Hisp. ; Gall.;
Ferr. ; Form. Hop. Fr. ; Fuld. ; Ge-
nev. ; Lipp. ; S ax. ; Wirtem. ; Bergiuh ;
Brugnatelli ; Guibourt ; Murray
and Gmelin; Spielmann.
A plant of the Levant, cultivated in everypart of Europe. (Pentandria Monogynia,Linn. ; Borragineœ, Juss. ; Fig. Flor. Me-dic. II. 96.)
The herb and flowers are employed.
The herb (Herta Borraginis seu Buglossilatifolii seu veri seu urbani) is composed ofa succulent, hollow, cylindrical, and branch-ing stem covered with short and pointedhairs; and of alternate, wrinkled, greenleaves, bristled with rough hairs. The in-ferior leaves are petiolated, large, and oval ;the superior are narrow, sessile, and am-plexicaul.
The flowers are purple or blue ; they aresometimes white.
It is without smell ; and its taste iswatery.
CONSERVE OF BORAGE. (PalAT. ; SARD. ;
Wirtem. ; Cadet de Gassicourt)R. Fresh Flowers of Borage, one part.Sugar, two parts.
Incorporate. (Palat. ; Wirtem.)
R. Flowers of Borage, freed from
their calices, any quantity.
Beat them into a fine pulp with a littlesugar ; then add thrice the weight of simplesyrup, and boil fora moment. (Sard.)
R. Dried Flowers of Borage, in powder,
one part.
Pulverized Sugar, four parts.
Water, a sufficient quantity
to make a paste. (Cadet de Gassicourt)
Dose, from half a scruple to a dram.
juice of borage. (Gall. ; Sard.)R. Leaves of Borage, sixteen parts.
Bruise them in a marble mortar, graduallyadding
Water, one part.
Express the juice, set it aside, and filter,without heat, through paper. (Gall.)
Sard, prescribes also the juice of theflowers, adding a little alcohol to preserve it.— Dose, from ttvo to four ounces.
distilled water of borage. (gall. ;
Palat. ; Sard.)
R. Bruised Herb of Borage, one part.
Water, two parts.
Distil two parts. (Sard.)
Palat. directs one half to be distilled ofa mixture of one part of herb and threeparts of water.
R. Fresh Herb of Borage,
five thousand parts.Water, twelve hundred and fifty parts.
Distil, with a modei-ate heat, about sixthousand parts. Pour this upon a similarquantity of fresh herb, adding ten thousandparts of water ; then distil ten thousandparts. Repeat the operation a third time.— Dose, from two to four ounces.
decoction of borage. (Ratier)
R. Flowers of Borage, two drains.
Water, two pounds.
Boil slightly, and strain.
It is diaphoretic, and is employed in rheu-matic affections and in acute exanthemata ;it is also reputed to be diuretic. It is takenwarm, and in abundance, sweetened withsugar, or acidulated either with oxymel orwith tartaric syrup.
infusion of rorage. (Gall. : Sard. ;Disp. Cha. Paris)
R. Flowers of Borage, two pounds.
Boiling Water, eight pounds.
Infuse for eight hours ; then strain withslight expression. Repeat the operationtwice again, witli fresh flowers. (Sard.)
R. Flowers of Borage, one ounce.
Boiling Water, two pounds.
Infuse, and add when strained
Syrup of Honey, one ounce.
Mix. (Gall.)
R. Fresh Leaves of Borage, one ounce.Boiling Water, two pounds.
Infuse. (Disp. Cha. Paris)
SYRUP OF BORAGE. (HlSP. ; WlRTEM.)
R. Fresh Flowers of Borage, half a pound.
Boiling Spring Water, one pound.
Digest for one night ; then express, and
clarify. To every nine ounces of this, add
White Sugar, sixteen ounces.
Make a syrup. (Wirtem.j