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Evening Primrose Oil for Eczema Questioned

  • December 12, 2003

Many natural medicine clinicians have long advocated GLA (gamma linolenic acid) from evening primrose oil for eczema. Some have also used or suggested borage oil as it is less expensive and has a higher concentration of GLA. I have not used the borage oil ever since I learned it is also loaded with nervonic acid, which has some negative side effects. Tomorrow's British Medical Journal has a study and editorial that comprehensively reviews all the studies to date and seriously questions the...