Linum usitatissimum
Linu-u. Common Flax. Flax. Source of Linseed or Flax-seed. N. O. Linacee. trituration and tincture of seed or meal. Trituration and tincture of the oil. Tincture of freshly made poultice. of freshly-made poultice.
Name: usitatissmum means "the most useful". Uses: already 300 before Christ by the Egyptians. Lineseed for constipation, the fibres for linen.
Contents: mucus, Cyanogenic glycosids: linustatin, neolinustatin, linamarine; Oils: inolenic acid, alfa-linolenic acid. Vitamins: beta-caroteen, B1, B2, C, D, E. Aminoacids, minerals. Lignans. Cyclical monomers (detoxifying, immunosupressing)
Planets: Venus, Mercury.