Flax seed (common)

Flax seed (common)

Flax seed (common): Description. An annual herb with a cylindrical stem. Leaves are alternate, narrowly lanceolate. Lavender-blue flowers with five petals are collected in umbellate inflorescences. Fruit - spherical capsule. Seeds flattened, ovoid, brown with a shiny surface. Plant height 30-60 cm
Flowering time. June - July.
Habitat. Cultivated in the fields.
The applied part. Seeds.
Collection time. July - August.
Flax seed (common): Chemical composition. Fatty oil, protein, vitamin A, carbohydrates, mucilage, glycosides.
Flax seed (common): Action. Enveloping, emollient, anti-inflammatory, expectorant wound healing, bactericidal, laxative, vysokobiologicheskoe. Protects the gastrointestinal 1 Rakta of stimuli, from absorption in the mucosa of toxins, regulates the secretory and motor functions of the intestine, reducing the amount of cholesterol in the blood, removes from the body of radionuclides, and improves overall health.
Flax seed (common): Application In chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (gastric ulcer, gastritis, gastroenterocolitis, constipation, dysentery). When dry cough, bronchitis, laryngitis, pneumonia, asthma, rheumatism, sciatica, urinary retention, nephritis, cystitis, kidney stones and gallstones, atherosclerosis. When inflammation of the skin, wounds, ulcers of the skin, burns, radiation skin lesions - externally. "
Dosing ..
1. 1 tablespoon flax seed to 1.5 cups of boiling water, leave overnight in a thermos. Drink 1 / 2 cup 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before eating.
2. 1 cup linseed oil and 4 raw eggs. Mix. Apply for burns.
3. 2 tablespoons of seeds in 2 cups of milk or water, boil, stir 10 minutes. Drink 1 / 2 cup 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before eating.
Contraindications. A tendency to diarrhea, the amplification Soleil cholecystitis.