FLAXSEED sorted IPHYM Herb Linum usitatissimum
Latin name: Linum usitatissimum L.
Family: Linaceae, Linaceae
Common Names: common Lin, linseed, domestic linen, flax flowers, linen Riga usual linen manousse
Parts used: seeds, grains
Origin: Linum just lawn, "thread", because of its use in textiles; usitatissimum, "widely used"
FLAXSEED properties
Emollient, soothing digestive and urinary tracts, flaxseed is mainly used efficiently and smoothly as a laxative for all organizations, even and especially for fragile intestines colic.
- Laxative (mucilage and fatty oil)
- Emollient
- Softening
Indications and uses FLAX SEED
Flax seeds are recommended for internal use in cases of enteritis, constipation, colic, inflammation of the respiratory and urinary mucous membranes.
For external use linseed poultices are useful when neuralgic pain, pulmonary congestion, abscesses, pruritic dermatosis.
In addition, it is an excellent laxative for constipation.
- Bronchial
- Digestion
- Constipation
- Joint Pain
Cons-indications
Flax has a significant indication against, people with thyroid dysfunction should refrain from processing flax. Similarly seeds are totally incompatible with alcohol, ether, chloride and ferric salts shot!
Dosage FLAXSEED SORTED
Confirmed by the use of pharmacology and supported by:
- Laxative
Infused or macerated
- Anti-inflammatory lightweight (dermal)
Put 1 tablespoon of flaxseed in a bowl, pour 1/4 liter of boiling water. Marinate overnight. In the morning, go and drink the juice. Do not swallow the seeds, you may bowel obstruction.
Precautions FLAXSEED SORTED
Like many oilseeds, seed cake and contain anti-nutritional factors - cyanogenic glycosides - that must be deactivated by heat, that use either animal or human nutrition. The seeds can also be heat-extruded. In human consumption, we can consider that the roasted seeds are not digested. It is advisable to grind the roasted seeds before consumption.
Recommended associations with FLAXSEED SORTED
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Botanical description FLAXSEED SORTED
- Annual herb, from 0.50 to 0.80 m
- Branched stems in the upper part
- Leaf alternate, lanceolate
- Seed shiny, smooth, brown, oval, flattened, pointed at one end
Pharmacology FLAXSEED SORTED
The seed has some sources other properties related to its specific content lignan diglucoside of the sécoisolaricirésino (SDG).
The positive effects of consumption of linseed would be significant in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, thanks to Omega-3, as well as cancer, in relation to omega-3, SDG and fiber.
