by Diane Morris | Dec 18, 2019 | Flaxseed
Are you wondering how to brew flaxseed tea? Then you’ve come to the right place. The impetus for this blog was a query posted by a reader who brewed some flaxseed tea and found it too goopy to stir. Her request for an explanation of why her flaxseed tea was so...
by Diane Morris | Sep 14, 2017 | Flaxseed
The statistics for my WordPress website show that several people have landed on my blog while browsing for information about making flaxseed tea. They are asking this question: Do I have to grind flax seeds when making flax tea? The answer is: you can if you want to,...
by Diane Morris | Jan 26, 2017 | Flaxseed, Medicine
I’ve been running with the topic of flaxseed (also called linseed) for three weeks now. First I examined Dr. Duncan’s comments about flaxseed in The New Edinburgh Dispensatory of 1803. Next, I reviewed the health benefits of flaxseed oil. Last week I...
by Diane Morris | Jan 12, 2017 | Flaxseed, Jane Austen
Regarding a stricture of the rectum: “In its advanced stage I know of none equal to the injection of cold drawn linseed oil …”1 — Thomas Copeland, surgeon (1781-1855) In a previous post I reviewed Dr. Andrew Duncan’s 1803 description of the chemical...
by Diane Morris | Dec 22, 2016 | Flaxseed, Medicine
My previous blog post described flaxseed’s chemical and therapeutic properties as shown in Dr. Andrew Duncan’s book The Edinburgh New Dispensatory, published in 1803.1 He described flaxseed’s historical uses, its mucilage content, its oil (expressed...
