mustard

mustard

(bielu)

[synonym] mustard seed (Sun Tianren Jixiao Fang), qingcaizi (classified herbal medicine), huangjiezi (records of traditional Chinese Medicine).

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

[collection] at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the fruits are harvested when they are mature. The plants are uprooted, or the fruits are removed. After drying, the seeds are laid down and the impurities such as shell, branch and leaf are removed.

[medicinal material] the seeds are spherical in shape, 1-1.6 mm in diameter. The seed coat is dark yellow to brownish yellow, and a few are reddish brown. Under the magnifying glass, the surface of the seeds showed fine reticular texture, and the hilum was obvious and punctate. When the seed coat was removed, two cotyledons could be seen, and the radicle was located between two pairs of folded cotyledons. The dry product is odorless, tastes like oil at first, and then spicy. After crushing and wetting, a special pungent odor occurs. The best one is plump, uniform size, yellow or reddish brown.

It is produced all over the country, with the largest in Henan and Anhui.

[chemical constituents] the seeds contain erucic glucoside, erucic enzyme, erucic acid, sinapine, fatty oil, protein and mucus. The volatile oil, mustard seed oil, contains methyl ester, isopropyl ester, allyl ester, butyl ester, SEC butyl ester, buten-3-ester, penten-4-ester, phenyl ester, benzyl ester, phenylethyl ester and 3-methylthiopropyl isothiocyanate. Fatty oil is the glyceride of many kinds of fatty acids, including erucic acid, eicosen-11-acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, palmitic acid, arachidonic acid, stearic acid and behenic acid.

Stimulating effect

Mustard seed contains black mustard glucoside, which has no stimulating effect, but when it meets with water, it generates volatile oil through the action of sinapise. The main component is allyl isothiocyanate, which has pungent and stimulating effect. When applied to skin, it has a warm feeling and makes it red, even causes blisters and pustules. Mustard powder is usually made into mustard paste after fat koji is removed. It is used as an anti irritant (irritant drugs are used in the local skin, and its effect is not limited to the medication site, but also involves other parts. When it has therapeutic effect, it is called anti irritant), and it is used to treat neuralgia, rheumatic pain, pleurisy and sprain. Before use, moisten with slightly warm water to enhance the effect of sinapine (boiling water inhibits the effect of sinapine). The application time is not more than 15-30 minutes, and only 5-10 minutes for sensitive skin. Mustard powder is used as a flavoring agent to increase saliva secretion and amylase activity, and reduce heart volume and heart rate. Small amount can stimulate gastric mucosa, increase the secretion of gastric juice and pancreatic juice, and sometimes relieve intractable hiccup. It can be used for the treatment of narcotic drug poisoning.

[processing] stir fried mustard seeds: remove impurities from the original medicine, stir fry in the pot until dark yellow, slightly fragrant, and take out. Let it cool.

It is pungent and hot.

① Qianjin Shizhi: "it tastes pungent and poisonous. "

② "Compendium": "pungent, hot, non-toxic. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "warm in nature, pungent in taste, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] "Depei Materia Medica": "start with Taiyin Scripture. "

Functions and indications: warm the middle part of the body, disperse cold, benefit Qi and expel phlegm, dredge channels and collaterals, and eliminate swelling and toxin. It is used to treat stomach cold, vomiting, abdominal pain, lung cold, cough, pain, throat, Yin gangrene, phlegm, traumatic injury.

① Bielu: "if there is no permanent place for the main shooter and gas injection, take it with pills; or mash it to the end, and apply it with sores.". "

② Tao Hongjing: "return to nose. Remove all evil Qi and throat obstruction. "

③ "Rihuazi materia medica:" for the treatment of wind toxin swelling and paralysis, apply vinegar; for the treatment of blood stasis, low back pain and kidney cold, apply ginger to slightly warm; for the treatment of heartache, take wine and vinegar. "

④ "Daily use Materia Medica": "at the end of the research, the water was adjusted and applied to the top fontanelle to stop bleeding. "

⑤ "The compendium of Medical Sciences": "dispersing cold in the warm, eliminating phlegm and promoting orifices. It is used to treat stomach cold, vomiting, lung cold, cough, wind and air-conditioning pain, mouth silence and lip tightness. Dissipate carbuncle swelling and blood stasis. "

⑥ Classification of herbal medicine: "detumescence and toxin, hemostasis and dysentery. "

[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 resistance should not be taken.

① "Compendium": "eat too much and dim your eyes, and you will be discouraged and hurt your essence. "

② "Depai Materia Medica": "Yin deficiency fire Sheng, Qi deficiency cough for a long time should not be used. "

[prescription selection] 1. To treat cold without perspiration: fill the navel with water-soluble mustard powder and iron it with hot material to remove sweat. (simple formula)

② For upper gas vomiting: mustard seed two liter, the end of the, honey pill, Yin Shi Jing Hua Shui Fu, such as Wuzi seven pills, two times a day; can also be used as powder, fasting service; and wine immersion service, and treatment of umbilical colic. (Qian Jin Fang)

③ To cure a woman's apoplexy, one liter of mustard seed, one liter of vinegar, one liter of fried mustard seed, and one liter of coated mustard seed. (Sheng Hui Fang)

④ Treatment of arthritis: Mustard or two, vinegar amount. Wet the mustard with a little water, then add vinegar to make a paste, spread it on the cloth, cover it with gauze, and apply it to the pain. Take it off after three hours and stick it every three to five days. (Xuzhou, selection of new medical therapies based on single prescription)

⑤ Treatment of Yin Syndrome of typhoid fever, abdominal pain Jue inverse: mustard seed grind powder, water regulation paste umbilical. (Sheng Bian)

⑥ Treatment of adults and children carbuncle: mustard, soup and paper on the paste. (Qian Jin Fang)

⑦ Treatment of swelling and scrofula: small mustard seed mash, vinegar and cake, paste. If you look at it, it will stop. You are afraid to damage the meat. (behind the elbow)

⑧ For the treatment of throat obstruction: three taels of mustard seed, mashed, and mixed with water and honey, apply it to the lower part of the external throat, and dry it immediately. (Sheng Hui Fang)

⑨ Treatment of deafness: mash mustard seeds, mix them with human milk, and wrap them inside. (Qian Jin Fang)

⑩ Rule eyebrow not raw: mustard seed, Pinellia ternata, etc. For the end, ginger natural juice on. (Sun Tianren Jixiao Fang)

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