White mustard seed

(Tang materia medica)

[synonym] capsaicin (records of traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the seed of Brassica juncea. See "White Mustard" for plant morphology.

[collection] at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, when the fruit is ripe, the whole plant is cut, dried in the sun, and then the seeds are laid to remove impurities.

[medicinal material] the seeds are spherical, 1.1-2.5 mm in diameter, larger than those of Sinapis juncea. The surface is white to light yellow, smooth. Under the magnifying microscope, we can see fine reticulation and a dark dot shaped hilum. The testa is fragile and easy to crush. After peeling off, there is a film-like endosperm adhering to the inner surface of the testa. Embryo yellow white, sleeve quality, two cotyledons overlapped, and folded at the midrib, saddle shaped, radicle also folded and hidden in between. No gas, taste first, oil like, then slightly acid, then spicy. It is better to be big, full, white and pure.

It is mainly produced in Anhui, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places. The output of Anhui and Henan is the largest.

[chemical constituents] white mustard contains glucosinolate, sinapine, sinapine, fat, protein and mucus. White mustard glucoside was hydrolyzed by sinapise to produce p-hydroxybenzyl isothiocyanate (white mustard oil), erucic acid sulfate and glucose. Erucic acid and choline can be produced by alkaline hydrolysis of acid sinapine sulfate

[processing] stir fried white mustard seeds: stir fry the crude drug until it is dark yellow and slightly fragrant.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

① "Pinhuijingyao": "pungent, warm, non-toxic. "

② Yao Kecheng's food materia medica: "Xin, re. "

③ "Ben Jing Feng Yuan": "Xin, Wen, Wei Du. "

[channel tropism] entering lung and stomach channels.

① "Lei Gong processed medicine solution": into the lung, stomach two channels. "

② New edition of materia medica: "entering the liver, spleen, lung, stomach, heart and enveloping channels. "

[function indications] it can promote qi, expel phlegm, warm the middle and disperse cold, dredge collaterals and relieve pain. It is used to treat phlegm, cough and asthma, chest and hypochondriac fullness, nausea and vomiting, apoplexy, numbness, limb arthralgia, beriberi, Yin gangrene, swelling and poison, swelling and pain.

① Bielu: "sweating, dominating the chest and diaphragmatic phlegm, cold Qi, yellow and red face and mouth. He also studied and applied the poison of shooting workers. "

② Tao Hongjing: "resist evil wind, poison swelling flow, limb pain. "

③ Sun Siyan: "for cough with full chest and flank branches and excessive salivation, swallow seven pills of warm wine every day. "

④ "Introduction to medicine": "it can benefit chest and diaphragm phlegm, stop stomach turning and vomiting, cough up Qi in phlegm, keep silent after stroke, keep yellow complexion, soothe five internal organs, and stop night urination. It can also treat blood stasis. "

⑤ "Compendium": "Li Qi Huo Tan, in addition to cold and warm, scattered swelling pain. It is used to treat dyspnea, cough, nausea, numbness, beriberi, pain in muscles, bones and waist. "

⑥ Modern practical Chinese medicine: "smash like mud, external use as skin irritation red drugs. "

⑦ It can warm the stomach, increase appetite, and be used as emetic after poisoning. "

⑧ "It can be used as anesthetics in large quantities. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan; or into pills, powder. External use: grind and apply.

[should avoid] cough due to lung deficiency and excessive fire due to yin deficiency should not be taken.

① "The classic of materia medica:" lung heat, and husband Yin deficiency fire, cough phlegm, law in the taboo. "

② "Ben Jing Feng Yuan" says: "eating too much makes your eyes dim, discourages and damages your essence. "

[selected formula] 1. It is used to treat cough, Qi inversion and phlegm fullness in Gaonian: Zizi, BAIJIEZI and Luozi. Wash the three flavors, stir fry them, and crush them. If you see more than one symptom, you should take the owner as the king and the rest as the second. Each dose is less than three yuan. It is served in a small bag of raw silk and boiled for soup. (San Zi Yang Qin Tang in Han Shi Yi Tong)

② Treatment of rheumatism saliva phlegm, forming lumps: external use of white mustard for the end, vinegar withered application. With white mustard seed for the end, batter pill Wuzi big. Take three yuan each time, and take shenzao soup in the morning. (Fang Mai Zheng Zong)

③ For stomach turning, vomiting, and weakness: white mustard seed, dried in the sun, for the end, wine service square inch dagger. (Puji Fang)

④ After the treatment of typhoid, the lung is cold, aphasia: white mustard five (ground). Boil with wine to make it half hot, pack it with heat and iron around neck. It's easy when it's cold. (ironing prescription of mustard wine in Shengji Zonglu)

⑤ For the treatment of arm pain, traction of the back blade, or stop or work, by Rong Wei circulation loss degree, phlegm stagnation meridian, or paralysis: true white mustard seed, each three Liang (bran fried), (another research), Guixin, each half Liang. At the end of each service, a money, warm wine. White mustard powder

⑥ Treatment of rheumatism, emphysema, pain and weakness: white mustard seed, Brassica seed, mubiezi (shelled), baijiaoxiang each one or two, walnut five (shelled). On the six flavors, a pound three thousand pestle, into paste. Every time you use soap, rub the pain. (mustard seed paste in Shengji Zonglu)

⑦ At the beginning of the treatment of swelling and toxin: white mustard vinegar. (Linhu jijianfang)

⑧ Treatment of infantile mastia: white mustard research powder water transfer, spread paste paste, to flat for a period of time. (Ben Cao Quan DU)

⑨ Treat toothache: white mustard seed, shipboard Saro, Brassica seed each one or two. Smash the fine straw into powder. When using a word, if suffering from pain on the left side, blow it into the right nose. If suffering from pain on the right side, blow it into the left nose. Still wash the nose and blow the medicine first. (white mustard seed blowing nose powder in Sheng Hui Fang)

[clinical application] ① treatment of chronic tracheitis

10% or 20% baijieyu injection was used for acupoint injection. Choose 2-3 points each time, inject 0.5-1 ml into each point, once a day, 7-10 days as a course of treatment. After a course of treatment, rest for 3-4 days. A second course of treatment. Acupoint selection: Tanzhong, Dingchuan, Feishu and Tiantu are the main types of wheezing, while Tiantu, Zhongfu and Feishu are the main types of simple wheezing. Alternate application. After 1-2 courses of treatment, there were 70 cases of simple type, 10 cases were clinically cured, 19 cases were markedly effective, 24 cases were improved, 17 cases were ineffective, the total effective rate was 75.7%; 79 cases of wheezing type, 11 cases were clinically cured, 29 cases were markedly effective, 27 cases were improved, 12 cases were ineffective, the total effective rate was 84.9%. According to the observation results of 157 patients with asthma, the effective rate was 75.8%, and the marked effective rate was 35%. This medicine has a certain effect on the reduction of the main symptoms and signs of chronic tracheitis, but from the speed of effect and the degree of improvement, the antiasthmatic effect is better. Most patients are easy to spit out phlegm after treatment, and then the asthma is significantly reduced, and the cough is gradually reduced, but there is no obvious anti-inflammatory effect.

② Treatment of knee swelling and pain

Take 2 liang of white mustard seed (or black mustard seed) and grind it. Mix it with Shaojiu or yellow rice wine to make a paste. Wrap it on the affected area and replace it when it is dry. Take local foaming as the degree. Two cases were treated effectively.

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