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flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum)
common name
Reported Uses
- NOTE: see Herb & Supplement Effectiveness Rating Definitions table
- acne [Insufficient Evidence]
- BPH [Insufficient Evidence]
- breast CA [Insufficient Evidence]
- burning mouth syndrome [Insufficient Evidence]
- cancer prevention, colorectal [Insufficient Evidence]
- cancer prevention, endometrial [Insufficient Evidence]
- cancer prevention, lung [Insufficient Evidence]
- cardiovascular disease [Insufficient Evidence]
- CKD [Insufficient Evidence]
- constipation [Possibly Effective]
- diabetes mellitus [Possibly Effective]
- fatigue [Insufficient Evidence]
- HTN [Possibly Effective]
- hypercholesterolemia [Possibly Effective]
- IBS [Insufficient Evidence]
- impaired glucose tolerance [Insufficient Evidence]
- mastalgia [Possibly Effective]
- menopausal symptoms [Insufficient Evidence]
- metabolic syndrome [Insufficient Evidence]
- metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease [Insufficient Evidence]
- obesity [Possibly Effective]
- osteoarthritis [Insufficient Evidence]
- osteoporosis [Possibly Ineffective]
- peripheral arterial disease [Insufficient Evidence]
- pharyngitis [Insufficient Evidence]
- pneumonitis, radiation-induced [Insufficient Evidence]
- polycystic ovary syndrome [Insufficient Evidence]
- prostate CA [Insufficient Evidence]
- rheumatoid arthritis [Insufficient Evidence]
- SLE nephritis [Possibly Effective]
- ulcerative colitis [Insufficient Evidence]
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