White Mustard Seed
Sinapis Alba
Bai Jie Zi

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Warm; pungent

Part(s) used

Seed

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To transform phlegm and expel rheum, dissipate binds and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

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.