Flax Seed a Grain? It's the seed of a FRUIT

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Flaxseed, also known as Linseed (the oil used to lubricate Cricket bats to

prevent the wood from splitting) is produced from a HERB/plant known as

Linum usitatissimum. Linen is the most important product made from the fiber

of the flax plant.

 

The actual FLAXSEEDS are obtained from one of the the 5-celled capsuled

FRUITS of the plant. There are about 10 seeds per capsule in the FRUIT of

the plant.

 

It is known as Uma in Sanskrit.

 

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Considered anodyne, astringent, cyanogenctic, demulcent, diuretic,

emollient, expectorant, laxative, suppurative and vulnerary, Linum finds its

way into folk remedies for boils, bronchitis, burns, cancer, carbuncles,

cold, conjunctivitis, corns, coughs, diarrhea, gonorrhea, gout,

inflammation, intoxication, labor, rheumatism, scalds, sclerosis, sores,

spasms, swellings, tumor.

 

Linen has a long anticancer folk history, and it is interesting to see that

Linum contains the anticancer agents 3'-demethylpodophyllotoxin,

podophyllotoxin and b-sitosterol. Seeds are considered emollient, demulcent,

pectoral, diuretic, and astringent.