One of the first crops, which began to cultivate people in the Ancient Egypt and India - was flax. For many centuries, linen clothed and fed the people. All known medicinal properties of flaxseed and oils. In folk medicine, they are used by helminthes, heartburn, various ulcers. According to the content of unsaturated fatty acids in flax oil twice as much fish oil.
Nutritionists generally recommend flax oil as the most digestible and the most useful, especially for people with disorders of fat metabolism. Flaxseed oil helps to normalize the metabolism of fat and seemingly unattainable weight loss in the total rejection of the use of fats, the consumption of flaxseed oil is becoming a reality. The oil of flax contains two essential fatty acids, alpha-linolenic acid, called "omega-3", and linoleic acids called "omega-6". They are called "essential" or essential because the body forms are all the other necessary fats.
Unsaturated fatty acids in flaxseed oil must be present in the diet of pregnant women for the proper formation of the brain of a child. It was found that flaxseed oil is facilitates the during pregnancy and childbirth. On the content of unsaturated fatty acids, flax oil is superior to fish oil.
The use of flax oil, manufactured from high quality flax seed is effective for inflammation of the esophagus, gastritis, duodenitis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcers, as a laxative for constipation. In addition, you should take with cirrhosis of the liver, hepatitis, fatty liver, as a choleretic agent in cholecystitis and cholelithiasis prevention. Use of flaxseed oil improves the the pancreas, reduces blood sugar level, being an indispensable product in the treatment of diabetes.
Isolated from flax seed oil is a record for the content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are the perfect natural remedy for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and many other diseases, associated with improper blood flow, thrombosis and cancer of various localization, reduced blood cholesterol levels. Linseed oil plays an important role in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. It also has a rate of coronary heart disease and many other diseases associated with improper blood flow, thrombosis and cancer of various localization, reduced blood cholesterol levels. Linseed oil plays an important role in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. It also has a normalizing effect on the function of the liver, thyroid, colon, stomach, increases the potency, and has anti-aging and wound-healing effect. Flaxseed oil helps with hemorrhoids and rectal diseases, dysentery residual effects when used as an enema. Gynecological diseases it is useful to use as a tamponade, as anti-inflammatory, reparative and enveloping effect of the extract of flaxseed cannot be overestimated.
As an external means of flax oil can bring relief and promote healing in the cracks of the skin, while the residual foci of psoriasis, dry skin rashes and above all in the painful shingles. Even if the warts and calluses flaxseed oil applied to the affected skin twice a day can have a beneficial effect.
Flaxseed oil is best to take 1 teaspoonful of 2 - 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals 3 - 4 weeks every 3 months. Linseed oil is mixed with lime water (1: 1) indicated for the treatment of superficial burns. In addition, linseed oil is prescribed internally as laxative (1 - 2 tablespoons per night) for chronic constipation.
Adding in food 1 - 1.5 tablespoons of flaxseed oil food for children with chronic diseases bronchopulmonary apparatus is an excellent preventive measure, prevents the exacerbation of the inflammatory process by generating factors in the body that protect the bronchial mucosa. In addition, it enhances immunity Flaxseed oil is especially useful for post-operative patients and weakened children, as it contains linolenic acid has the unique ability to improve the general immunity of the body and prevent the outbreak of inflammatory processes. For therapeutic purposes, flax oil is recommended to take 2 - 3 times a day at a daily rate of 15 - 20 g (1 - 2 tablespoons). The course duration 2-3 months. When this product is constipation take 2 tsp on an empty stomach. When cholecystitis and liver disease - 1 teaspoon of 2 - 3 times a day with meals 2 - 3 weeks.
On the surface of wounds and burns, trophic ulcers, varicose veins, eczema, psoriasis is recommended to apply a bandage combined with aromatic oils - "Lavender", "rosemary", "juniper" in the ratio of 1: 1. When polyarthritis, arthritis, radiculitis, myositis effective compression of the linseed oil with aromatic oils - "Juniper", "rosemary", "cypress", "Mint" - a ratio of 1: 1.
In diseases of the rectum linseed oil is used as an enema: 1 - 2 teaspoon of extract injected a syringe into the anus 1 - 2 times a day. Gynecological diseases: Apply 0.5 - 1 teaspoon on a cotton swab and spend the tamponade of the vagina for 1 - 1.5 hours - 2 times a day.