The effect of external application of white mustard and pepper

White mustard is a traditional Chinese medicine. This kind of traditional Chinese medicine is both medicinal and edible. The flowers of white mustard can be used as medicine, and the seeds of white mustard can also be used as medicine. There are always some arthritis in life. When the weather is rainy, the probability of the patient's disease will increase greatly, which will make the joints particularly painful. Therefore, some dehumidifying and analgesic drugs are needed, such as white mustard flowers. So what are the effects of external application of white mustard flowers?

White mustard is a common Chinese patent medicine, while Sichuan pepper is a common food seasoning. So, let's take a look at what diseases can be treated by applying white mustard seeds and pepper externally?

External application of white mustard seeds and Sichuan peppercorns can treat arthritis. The preparation method is: buy the traditional Chinese medicine white mustard from the pharmacy, then take an equal amount of peppercorns with the white mustard, roast and grind them together with the mustard, then use eggs to make a paste and apply it to the affected area, wrap it with straw paper, and then wrap it with a towel to prevent the loss of the medicine. The affected area will start to feel hot 5 to 7 hours after being wrapped. Remove the wrapping after 3 to 5 hours, otherwise small blisters will appear on the affected area. In this way, severe cases can be cured by wrapping it repeatedly 3 to 4 times, while mild cases can be cured by wrapping it repeatedly 1 to 2 times.

Mustard seeds are nearly spherical, with a diameter of 1-2 mm. The surface is yellow to yellow-brown, a few are dark red-brown, with fine reticular patterns and dot-shaped hilum. The seed coat is thin and brittle, and the cotyledons are folded and oily. It has a faint odor, and when ground and moistened with water, it produces a strong and unique odor and an extremely spicy taste. The best ones are those with full, uniform grains, bright yellow color and no impurities.

Mustard is the dried, hot seed of the cruciferous plant mustard. All are cultivated. It is mainly produced in Anhui, Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Sichuan and other places. The native plant grows in warm and humid climates, is relatively drought-resistant, and likes sunlight. It grows best in fertile and moist sandy loam and avoids barren, low-lying, and waterlogged environments. Spicy taste, warm nature. It enters the lung meridian. Efficacy: warms the lungs, eliminates phlegm, promotes qi, disperses stagnation, dredges and relieves pain. Clinical names include (white) mustard seeds and fried mustard seeds.

Usually, mustard powder is removed from the fatty oil and made into mustard plaster for use as an anti-irritant (when irritant drugs are used locally on the skin, their effects are not limited to the application site, but involve other parts. When a therapeutic effect is produced, it is called an anti-irritant effect) to treat neuralgia, rheumatism, pleurisy and sprains.