1, the scope of distribution is different

Flaxseed: native to Sikkim, Bhutan, India and Central Asia, now countries are wild or cultivated. It is also cultivated or reduced to the wild throughout China. Commonly wild in Xinjiang.

Flaxseed: flaxseed in China has six main places of origin, respectively: Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang and Yunnan.

2, the main components are different

Hemp seed: flaxseed oil is rich in unsaturated fatty acids (prostaglandins) and arachidonic acid; rich in γ-linolenic acid, up to 3.5%; contains hemp kernel protein and hemp kernel albumin; flaxseed contains a toxic component of tetrahydrocannabinol.

Flaxseed: seeds contain about 30% -40% fat oil, oil in the main components for linoleic acid, linolenic acid, oleic acid, myristic acid (myristic acid), palmitic acid, and geranylgeranyl geraniol, a variety of steroids and triterpenoids: cholesterol, canola-sterol, soya bean intoxication, glutenosterol, 6 - oat stanols, cyclic xylenol, 24-methylenecyclic Cycloartenol, 24-methylenecycloartenol, and eicosanoids, ferulic acid esters, in addition to linen bitter glycosides and mucilage.

3, the efficacy of different

Hot hemp seed: has a good hypolipidemic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, improve memory and so on. It has the effect of lowering blood fat, antioxidant, improving memory and so on.

Flaxseed: flaxseed is containing mucilage and oil, so there is lubrication, ease the role of irritation, can be used to treat local inflammation. Linen oil has a light diarrhea effect. Linen bitter glycosides on the secretion of the small intestine, motor function has a regulatory effect; this glycoside can produce cyanuric acid.

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