Alsi beej(Organic Pure) - अलसी बीज - Flax Seed - Linum Usitatissimum

Introduction:

          Mostly, linseed plant is cultivated in Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Its plant is about 2 to 4 feet high and leaves are 1 to 3 inches long with lines. Its flowers are light blue in sprouts. Its fruits are in shape of pitcher, which have ten seeds. The seeds are shiny, in egg shape and flat. Its oil is prepared from its seeds. Linseed root is white, 4 to 10 inches long and thick like pencil.

Name in different languages:

English Name    : Linseed, Flaxseed, Lint Bells

Hindi Name        : Alsi, Tisi

Latin name        : Linum usitatissimum Linn.

Urdu Name        : Katan, Alsi

Arabic Name      : Bazr al-kattaan

Bengali Name     : Mashina, Tisi

French Name      : Lin cultivé

German Name    : Lein, Flachs

Gujarati Name    : Alshi

Kannada Name   : Agasebeeja, Semeagare, Agasi

Kashmiri Name   : Alsi, Alish, Kenu

Marathi Name     : Javas, Alshi

Persian Name     : Tukhme Katan, Tukhme Zaghir

Punjabi Name     : Ali, Alish, Alsi, Tisi

Sanskrit Name    : Uma, Atasi

Property:

          It is cool in nature.

Structure:

          Linseed is a crop, which cultivated in fields. Its flowers are blue and fruits are green in color.

Qualities:

          Linseed is sweet, bitter and pungent in taste, heavy in digestible, smooth and hot in nature, and eliminates gas. It increases phlegm (Kapha) and bile (Pitta), and cures eyes diseases and and wounds swelling. It is useful to end sperm disorders. Linseed oil is sweet and bitter in taste, hot and smooth in nature and eliminates gas. It is useful to cure cough and brings out phlegm. It is spicy in paak.

Useful in various diseases :

1. Body weakness:

3. Sexual power:

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courtesy :  Ayurved Shala