White Flax (Linum usitatissimum)
白亚麻bái yà máBaiyama
Linum usitatissimum · Plant
2
Indications
6
With studies in people
Cautions
May increase bleeding risk; avoid with blood-thinning medications; may interact with other medications; may lower blood glucose.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists White Flax for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Cholesterol SyndromeConstipation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says White Flax does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit HeartBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Linum usitatissimum and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Antioxidant153 records, 29 in people
- Benefit Digestive29 records, 9 in people
- Benefit Heart43 records, 16 in people
- Benefit Skin40 records, 15 in people
- Cholesterol Syndrome26 records, 10 in people
- Constipation Syndrome2 records, 2 in people