Flax-seed
Flax-seed plants. Its original habitat is from the Mediterranean basin to the Indian sub-continent. Most of the ancient civilizations were known about 7,000 years ago, especially the civilizations of Mesopotamia and ancient Egyptian civilization. The Pharaohs used it in the manufacture of clothes and coffins of the dead, and the seeds are either yellow or brown color.
The nutritional value of flax-seed
Flax-seed is rich in many minerals, such as iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, and some vitamins, such as: vitamin B2, vitamin C, Vitamin B6, vitamin B5, fatty acids and some acids such as folic acid, linoleic acid, alpha, antioxidants, lignin, omega-3, and omega-6.
therapeutic and preventive benefits of flax-seed
- Maintains the safety of the heart and its health from seizures, diseases and strokes.
- Protects the arteries from stiffness and inflammation.
- Protects your body against breast cancer and other cancers.
- Treats frequent and severe coughs.
- It protects against constipation, especially in children.
- Treat sunburns from the sun.
- Treats some infections such as gastritis and enteritis.
- Helps to lose weight with less time and effort as it brings fullness and loss of appetite.
- It facilitates digestion and strengthens the digestive system.
- Helps lower cholesterol.
- Treatment of eczema.
- Helps strengthen sexual abilities in men.
- Relieves severe headaches.
- Treatment of hemorrhoids.
- Helps to treat chest inflammation.
- Treat stomach ulcers.
- Treats endocrine inflammation.
- Protects against bladder infections.
- Relieves the pain of the mucous skin.
- Treat urinary tract infection and keep it safe.
- Maintains normal blood pressure.
- Treatment of severe colic.
- It treats colds, colds and infection diseases.
- Protects the respiratory system from the problems it can cause.
- It works to relieve pain and skin infections.
- It is used as a diuretic, softening the urinary system, and treating urinary infections.
- It works to cleanse the kidneys and sterilize them and strengthen them to carry out their functions.
- Works on moisturizing hair.
- Treat hair loss problems and help intensify it.
- Treat urinary bladder inflammation.
- Treatment of parotid gland infections.
Benefits of flax-seed for colon
- Treats the sensitivity of the colon.
- Treatment of ulcer colon (large intestine).
- Helps in the treatment of infections that occur in the large intestine colon and face.
- Treatment of irritable bowel tension.
- Natural laxative of the intestine and the large intestine (colon).
- Limits the sinuses that appear in the colon with age.
- The presence of antioxidants prevents the emergence of tumors, whether they are benign or otherwise.
How to use flax-seed?
- The amount of water is boiled by a full cup, then put the crushed linseed on it and let it boil with water for five minutes, then let it cools, then drink it to achieve the health of the colon and the same food reduces the tension of the colon irritable.
- Add a quarter cup of ground flax-seed to the food with hot water and cumin and mix well, then drink them after eating. The mixture becomes naturally colored and cleans the colon, stomach, and small intestine of all impurities and make the stool soft.