🏇Kazakh & Central Asian Medicine
Flax (Zig)
Linum usitatissimum
About Flax (Zig)
Flax (Zig) (Linum usitatissimum) is a herb used in the Kazakh & Central Asian Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Cholesterol, Constipation, and Inflammation, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Linum bienne, the pale flax, is a flowering plant in the genus Linum, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe, north to England and Ireland.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both