Menolyte
Bai Jie Zi
Common Name
Brassica seed; White mustard seed
Botanical Name
Brassica alba (L.) Boiss.
Pharm. Name
Semen Sinapsis Albae
Family
Cruciferae
Used Part
Seed
Taste and Property
Pungent, warm
Therapeutic Meridian
Lung, stomach
Action
1. To warm the lung and resolve phlegm
2. To resolve lumps by invigorating the circulation of Qi
Indication
1. Cough with profuse phlegm and tuberculosis
2. Pleurisy with stuffy sensation in the chest and liquid accumulation
in the thoracic cavity.
3. Pain in the joints and extremities with numbness
Contra-indication
For a person with cough caused by deficiency of lung; with excess
fire in the body caused by deficiency of Yin.
Chemical Component
Sinalbin, sinigrin, sinapine, myrosin, lipid, protein, mucilage.
Recommended Dosage
3-9 gm.
Pharm. Action
1. Anti.bacterial
2. Anti-fungal - A concentration of 1:3 ratio has inhibitory
action on the growth of fungus.
Sinigrin
(Sinigroside, potassium myronate):1. Pungent and irritant - because of the mustard oil which is a product of sinigrin after hydrolysis.
2. On application to the skin, it may induce a sense of warm feeling, but may cause redness, blister or bleb.