{"id":622,"date":"2012-11-04T05:14:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T05:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=622"},"modified":"2012-11-04T05:14:57","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T05:14:57","slug":"flax-seed-linum-usitatissimum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"Flax seed ~ Linum usitatissimum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Flax seed<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Linum usitatissimum<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Linaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: seed<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to Europe; cultivated in N. America, Europe, andCanada<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: omega-3 fatty acids<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: moistening<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: mucilaginous agent, bulking agent, lubricating agent, emollient, laxative, demulcent<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: anti-inflammatory<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: chronic constipation, arthritis, psoriasis<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: arteriosclerosis prevention<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: 1 Tbsp crushed seeds\/cup water: drink, followed by a glass of pure water; infusion\/decoction: 1 tsp seed\/cup water: take 1-2 mouthfuls bid-tid; external: poutice<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: bowel obstruction, severe constipation; take with adequate liquid; may delay absorption of oral drugs or herbs<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: immature seed pods can cause poisoning; large quantities of purging flax can cause fatal poisoning; overdoses can cause respiratory distress and paralysis<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; http:\/\/www.egregore.com\/herbs\/FlaxSeed.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flax seed Latin name: Linum usitatissimum Family: Linaceae Part used: seed Habitat: native to Europe; cultivated in N. America, Europe, andCanada Main constituents: omega-3 fatty acids Energetics: moistening Main herbal actions: mucilaginous agent, bulking agent, lubricating agent, emollient, laxative, demulcent Minor herbal actions: anti-inflammatory Main medicinal uses: chronic constipation, arthritis, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,33,48,36,49,180,177,178,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulking-agent","category-demulcent","category-emollient","category-energetics-taste","category-laxative","category-lubricating-agent","category-moistening","category-mucilaginous-agent","category-properties","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":623,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions\/623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}