Flaxseed is a plant, an herbal plant. It is in the form of seed. It is commonly called as Linseed, common flax and winterlien. For its medicinal properties,this includes demulcent, pectoral, maturating, mucilaginous, emollient.
Flaxseed is the common flaxseed which almost everyone is familiar like me. The ground seed, when mixed with boiling water, makes a thick mush which is excellent for use in poultices. Any herb may be added for this purpose such as smartweed, alum bark, granulated hops, mullien, or any of the other herbs recommended for use in poultices. These herbs mixed and use as a poultice with flaxseed make one of the best poultices for all kinds of old sores, boils, carbuncles, inflammations, and tumors.
The oil from flaxseed is good for coughs, asthma and pleurisy.
