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White Mustard Seed

White Mustard Seed. Class: For desolving phlegm, stopping cougth, and soothing breathing. Properties: Warm; Pungent. Meridians: Lung

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Bai Jie Zi
中文名 (Chinese)
η™½θŠ₯子
Latin Name
Sinapis Alba
English Name
White Mustard Seed
Alias Names
辣菜子
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (ζ€§ε‘³)
Warm; Pungent
Meridians (归经)
Lung
Part Used
Seed
Therapeutic Class (EN)
For desolving phlegm, stopping cougth, and soothing breathing
εŠŸζ•ˆεˆ†η±» (CN)
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🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (εŠŸθƒ½)
To transform phlegm and expel rheum, dissipate binds and disperse swelling.
Indication (δΈ»ζ²»)
Cough and asthma with abundant phlegm, fullness in chest and rib-side pain, numbness in limbs, swelling pain in joints, damp phlegm streaming sore, swelling toxin of flat abscess.
Clinical Manifestations
1. the hydrolyzates of sinalbin may irritate the skin and cause flushing, congestion pain. 2. emetic and expectorant; Over dosage may cause gastritis. 3. inhibiting the growth of trichophyton violaceum and trichophyton schoenleini in vitro.
πŸ”— External References
TCMID
1399
TCM-ID
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