| Black Currant |
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OVERVIEW & BENEFITS |
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| The Black Currant is often found wild in damp woods as far north as the middle of Scotland, but is considered to be a true native only in Yorkshire and the Lake District - when found apparently wild in other parts of the country, it usually a result of birds eating its berry and depositing its seed where the plant is now growing. This shrub shows the only instance of a process by which double flowers may become single, by changing petals into stamina. It has a solitary, one-flowered peduncle at the base of the raceme, and its leaves are dotted underneath. The valuabe oil of the Black Currant plant comes from the its seeds. Black currant seed oil contains gamma linolenic acid a fatty acid that the body converts to a hormone-like substance called prostaglandin. Prostaglandin offers anti-inflammatory properties and is believed to also have blood thinning and blood vessel dilation properties. It has also been reported that black currant oil supplementation provides significant benefit to people with rheumatoid arthritis. [PayPal Button Here] | ||