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Synonyms
Mustard seed, Brassica alba, Kaduku, Shorshe, Rai, Sarshapa.
Constituents
Annual plant. Height 2 meters. Seed size 2.5 mm. Seeds contain Allyl isothiocyanate, phytoalexins, sitosterol, sinalbin, myrosinase, sulphur (more in black), selenium, magnesium, copper, and oxalate. Pungent.
Therapeutics
This is appetite stimulant, diuretic and emetic medicine.
It is prophylactic medicine for nasal catarrh (Allium cepa).
It is respiratory and cardiac stimulant (Spartium, Capsicum, Camphor, Coffea, Sulphur, Ginkgo, Granatum, Kola, Aspidosperma, Lobelia, Myrrha, Nux vomica, Allium Sativa, Arsenic Album, and Zingiber).
It is medicine for insensibility during syncope.
It is medicine for thrombosis.
It is medicine for hypoglycaemia.
It is medicine for constipation of old people.
It is medicine externally for keloid, and lymphadenopathy.
It is medicine externally (with camphorated spirit) in arthritis, spasm, stiffness, back pain, neuralgia, and rheumatism.
It is medicine externally for fungal infection of skin.
It is medicine externally on chest or foot in cough.
It is medicine externally for vitiligo.
It is remedy for migraine (Magnesium).
It is remedy for glaucoma, and vision disorder.
It is remedy for chronic laryngitis.
It is remedy for dry cough, and pneumonia (Epidemic plague, Stramonium).
It is remedy for hyperglycaemia.
It is remedy for hypothyroidism, and obesity.
It is remedy for low white blood cell count (Sulphur).
It is remedy for lymphoma, and tumor of lymph glands.
It is remedy for cancer of stomach and colon (Cyanogenic principle).
It is remedy for renal stone.
It had been used as aphrodisiac.
It is remedy for impotence.
It is remedy for suppressed exanthemata.
It is remedy for rheumatoid arthritis (Selenium).
It had been used for throat gargle.
Its vapor had been used in dry cough.
It had been used as rubefacient with vinegar in Parkinson disease.
It was used for foot bath in headache, and cold (Sulphur).
It had been used externally on chest and back in cold as counter irritant.
It had been used as massage oil, and hair oil.
It had been used in snake poisoning, and scorpion stings (Terminalia arjuna).
Seeds had been used to protect home from evil spirits (Helleborus niger, Salvia).
Its power deprives when it kept in paper bag for weeks.
Seeds were considered symbol of faith.
Mediterranean mustard is white. Himalayan mustard is black.
Word mustard was originated from French words “must” and “ard”. It means burning white wine or burning vinegar.
Dose
1 to 3 drops.
Dilution.
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