Whether you call it Linseed or Flax, it is an ancient and effective remedy.

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Flax Farm's Linseed has a long history as a reliable remedy. In the 1653 Complete Herbal, herbalist, physician and botanist, Nicholas Culpeper refers to the plant as both “Flax” (the plant which was grown in the field for the production of Linen) and “Linseed” the seed of that plant. The herbal recommends the “cold-drawn” oil for treatment of many conditions of the chest area. Read more.

The use of linseed goes back even even further; to Hippocrates, in Ancient Greece and to Babylonian times and beyond. Click here for more information about tradition of using Flax/Linseed as a natural remedy.