This product is the seed of white mustard (Sinapis alba L.), an annual or perennial herbaceous plant of the Brassicaceae family. Mainly produced in Anhui, Henan and other places. In late summer and early autumn, when the fruits are ripe, cut the whole plant, dry it in the sun and lay the seeds. Use raw or fried.

[Property]

Acrid, warm. act on lung and stomach channels.

[Efficacy]

warming lung and resolving phlegm, benefiting qi and dispersing phlegm.

[Indications]

1. Used for cold phlegm, wheezing and cough, pleural fluid retention, etc. This product is pungent and warm, dispersing, promoting qi movement, dredging the meridians, dissolving cold phlegm, driving away drink-in evil, and good at treating "phlegm inside the skin and outside the membrane". To treat cold phlegm blocking the lungs, cough, chest tightness and excessive phlegm, use cultivated puple perilla fruit and radish seed, that is, Three-Seed Filial Devotion Decoction; If cold wheezing lasts for a long time, you can use this product with Asarum, Gansui Root, musk, etc. to grind it into powder, and use it in summer External application to Feishu, cardiodiaphragmatic interspace and other points is called Zhang Shi-wan white mustard seed coating method. In modern times, there are people who use 10% white mustard seed injection at Feishu, Shanzhong, Dingchuan and other points for acupoint injection treatment. For patients with pleural fluid retention, cough, wheezing, chest fullness and hypochondriac pain, drink Gansui Root, Peking Euphorbia Root, etc., such as Drool-Controlling Pill.
2. It is used for multiple abscess, numbness of limbs, joint swelling and pain caused by phlegm blocking the meridians and joints. This product can remove phlegm from the meridians, subduing swelling and dissipating bind, dredging collaterals and relieving pain. To treat multiple abscess, use Cervi Deer-Horn Glue, Cassia Bark, Prepared Rehmannia Root, etc. to warm the yang To clear phlegm and dispersing phlegm, such as Yang-Harmonizing Decoction; to treat numbness of limbs or joint swelling and pain caused by phlegm-dampness blocked meridians, use nux vomica, myrrh etc., such as Furen Liangfang white mustard seed powder.

Treatment of influenza, enterovirus, and various viral colds, Chinese medicine is more refined, non-toxic, and effective than Western medicine

[Documentation]

1. Bencao Gangmu: "Invigorates qi and removes phlegm, removes cold and warmth, dissipates swelling and relieves pain. Treats asthma, cough, nausea, paralysis, athlete's foot, and various pains in the muscles, bones, waist and joints."
2. Bencao Jingshu: "White mustard seed has an extremely pungent taste and is warm. It can remove internal and external phlegm knots, and is particularly effective for those with cold phlegm in the chest and diaphragm, and cold saliva."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 3~6g. For external use, grind an appropriate amount into powder and apply it, or use it as a foam.

This product is pungent and warm and dissipates, consuming gas and causing damage to yin. It should not be used by those with chronic cough disease, lung deficiency and yin deficiency. It is irritating to skin sticky membranes, easy to foam, and has ulcers in the digestive tract. It should not be used by those with bleeding and skin allergies. use. The dosage should not be too large. Excessive dosage can easily cause gastroenteritis, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains glycosides, alkali, enzymes, etc. The product of india mustard seed glycoside hydrolysis has a strong stimulating effect and can cause congestion and foaming. White mustard seed can induce vomiting and dispelling phlegm when taken internally; its water immersion agent has an inhibitory effect on skin fungi.