Description Flax-Linum usitatissimum: The
flax (Linum usitatissimum) is an annual plant of the family Linaceae mainly grown for its fiber, but also for its oilseeds. The flax fibers used to make rope, tissue, or more recently loads insulated building materials. The seeds are used to produce linseed oil industry of the ink and paint, as well as feed for their high omega-3.
Flax is one of the few textile plant in Europe. She has the distinction of being a long fiber (several tens of centimeters) compared to short fibers (cotton, hemp) or medium (wool)
Parts used
-seeds (ripe and dry)
Properties / Effects / Hint:
- Seeds - Slightly reduce some risk factors for heart disease, including cholesterol.
- Seeds - Treating chronic constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulitis, inflammation of the intestine caused by the abuse of laxatives; lagastrite and relieve intestinal inflammation.
- seeds ground into a poultice-Treating skin inflammation.
Contraindication: children under 6 years, intestinal obstruction, stricture of the esophagus ... the purchase of a drug based on flax, please read the package insert and ask your specialist.
Interaction: none known (in our opinion) ... the purchase of a drug based on flax, please read the package insert and ask your specialist.
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