Linum pubescens

Linum pubescens Banks & Sol.

Linaceae

  • Hairy Pink Flax
  • hubbeiba حبيبة
  • kittan ahmar كتان أحمر
  • kittan az'ab كتان أزعب
  • kittan zahri كتان زهري
  • zeir زير
  • פִּשְׁתָּה שְׂעִירָה
  • pishta se'ira

Annual

  • Batha
  • Phrygana

Click to view:

Click Flora of Israel Online to view
distribution and other botanical details.

Medicinal Complaints / Uses

Linum pubescens Banks & Sol.

Medicinal Complaints / Uses
System/State Traditional
Complaint/Use
Activity / Interpretation Traditional
Preparation/ Administration
Parts Used Source
Opthalmic

Cataract

Visual health

Cook plant in the milk of a mother nursing a female infant; apply drops to eye.

Aerial parts Z
Women`s Health

Facilitate delivery & labour

Parturient

1. Extract oil from seeds, heat & eat x2 teaspoons of hot oil when contractions begin.
2. Add 1 teaspoon of seeds to yoghurt & eat x1 cup daily until delivery.
3. Decoct 1 teaspoon of dried flowers & drink daily until delivery.

Flower, Seed B

The authors of FLORAPALE, (Flora Palaestina Ethnobotanical) web site do not take responsibility for any adverse effects from the use of the plants described here. Always seek advice from a health professional before using a plant medicinally or for other purposes. See DISCLAIMER.

Seeds & other parts of some species of the Linum genus contain cyanogenic glycosides which can be toxic if water is drunk at the same time. Contraindicated in oesophageal stricture, slow bowel movement conditions & acute gut inflammatory conditions. Can also cause bowel obstruction if fluid intake is inadequte.