leaf mustard

leaf mustard

(Qianjin Shizhi)

[synonyms] mustard (Yili), big mustard (dialect), potherb mustard (yecaijian), wrinkled leaf mustard (compendium), yellow mustard (records of traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] the tender stems and leaves of Brassica juncea.

[plant morphology] mustard

Herbs annual or biennial. The height is 30-100 cm. The stem is erect, much branched, the young branch is hairy, the old branch is smooth, sometimes powdery. The basal leaves are large and divided in harp shape, with very large lobes at the apex and very small lobes at both sides; the leaves at the upper part of the stem are undivided, lanceolate to linear. Inflorescence numerous, gathered into a panicle; calyx 4, green; petals 4, slightly outward, cross shaped, bright yellow; stamens 6, 4 strong; ovary oblong. Long horned fruit smooth, glabrous, without obvious howling. The flowering period is from April to June. The fruit period is from May to August.

It is cultivated all over the country.

The seeds of this plant (mustard seed) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

① Bielu: "it tastes pungent, warm and nontoxic. "

② "Compendium": "Xin, re. "

③ "With the rest of the diet": sweet and warm. "

[Guijing] 1. In Depei materia medica: "start with Taiyin classic. "

② "Seeking truth from Materia Medica" says: "it enters the lung, stomach and kidney. "

[function indications] it can promote the lung and expel phlegm, warm the middle and promote qi. Zhihanyin is rich in internal, cough and phlegm stagnation, and chest diaphragm is full and stuffy.

① Bielu: "it can remove the kidney evil, benefit the nine orifices, clear the eyes and ears, settle the middle and take warm medicine for a long time. "

② "Dietotherapy Materia Medica": "main cough adverse, lower Qi, clear eyes, to head and face wind. "

③ "The compendium of Medical Sciences": "Tongfei Huotan, Lige appetizer. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup or mash juice. External use: it can be used for burning, dispersing or decocting.

[should not] patients with sore, eye disease, hemorrhoids, bloody stool and normal fever should not eat.

① Ben Cao Yan Yi: "eat more and move the wind. "

② "The compendium of Medical Sciences" says: "if you eat for a long time, you will accumulate temperature and become hot. If you disperse too much, you will consume a lot of money. If you suffer from liver block disease, you will lose your eyesight and get hemorrhoids. "

[prescription selection] 1. For the treatment of gingival swelling and rotten, smelly water: mustard stem, burning, grinding, frequent application. (compendium)

② Cure lacquer sore itching: wash it with mustard decoction. (Qian Jin Fang)

③ Treatment of hemorrhoids swelling and pain: mustard leaf, pounding cake, frequent sitting. (on yeweng experimental formula)

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