Borage (borage) April

Replacing the salad cucumber until it ripened . Lovely honey . Annual cold-resistant plant of the family Boraginaceae height of 40 - 60 cm . The leaves are large, oval-shaped, in adult plantspilous pubescent . borage prized for early greens, rich in vitamins, tannic and mucous substances, organic acids and saponins . Young leaves taste like cucumber plants, they are added to salads and sauces . They are part of the recipe refreshments, and flowers added to the vinegar to flavor . In folk medicine, borageused in neurasthenia as a sedative and as a diuretic and diaphoretic. Regular consumption of borage helps to improve the overall condition of the body and recuperation .