Gaozaban-

Description

Borage/Gao Zaban also known as Starflower, Boragio and Borago Officinalis has multiple health benefits. One of the most important nutrients found in borage is essential fatty acids called gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). GLA is a type of omega-6 essential fatty acid which is required for overall good health. Borage is a good herbal supplement for women’s because it contains high levels of Calcium, Iron, Potassium, Zinc, Vitamin B & C.

Gaozaban is a small shrub that grows in mountainous regions of the Middle East and Asia, in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. It has simple, hairy stem that arises from a cluster of lanceolate leaves. It has blue/purple, trumpet-shaped flowers that grow in in silky, glomerate clusters. Its dried leaves and flowers are use widely used in unani system of medicine and Sedge in Middle East.

Health benefits

• Gaozaban can help to to ease muscle tension and strengthen the nervous system. It can be used against pulmonary infections and kidney disease.
• It can be helpful for treating hypertension, fever, and nervous conditions.
• It can help to promote cardiovascular function. -It possess anti-diabetic, antitussive, anticancer, antioxidant, antimicrobial and spasmolytic activities and can be beneficial in treating kidney irritation, rheumatism, bladder pain or palpitation of heart.

Borage plant (Borago officinalis L.) is an herbaceous annual plant. It is used as a medicinal plant since ancient times.  It is also known as “starflower” originating in Syria, but naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and South America. Traditionally borage was cultivated for culinary and medicinal uses, although today commercial cultivation is mainly as an oilseed which contains gamma-linolenic acid and other fatty acids. Naturopathic practitioners uses of borage for regulation of metabolism and the hormonal system, and consider it to be a good remedy for PMS and menopause symptoms such as the hot flash. Borage is sometimes indicated to alleviate and heal colds, bronchitis, and respiratory infections in general for its anti-inflammatory and balsamic properties. The flowers can be prepared in infusion to take advantage of its medicinal properties. The oleic and palmitic acid of borage may also confer a hypocholesterolaemia effect. In Unani system of medicine, the plant is very popular as Gaozaban and used in various khameeras for cardioprotection.