The efficacy and function of bitter mustard

Traditional Chinese medicine requires the use of traditional Chinese medicine when treating diseases, and bitter mustard, as a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, is also frequently used. So, let’s talk about the effects and functions of bitter mustard.

[Alias] Green vegetables, bitter vegetables, purple bitter vegetables.

[Source] Medicinal material source: basal leaves and seeds of the cruciferous plant bitter mustard.

[Original form] Bitter mustard is an annual or biennial herb with a plant height of 30-100cm. The taproot is thick, conical, and has many fibrous roots. The stem is erect, much branched, glabrous or with fine bristles at the base. There are many basal leaves, which are broadly obovate, 35-60cm long and 18-25cm wide, with rounded apex, cuneate base and gradually narrowing into a petiole, with teeth of varying sizes and double serrations on the edge, and the midrib is flat and wide; the petiole is fleshy and has small lobes; the leaves in the middle of the stem are oblong or oblong-lanceolate and sessile; the leaves in the upper part of the stem are broadly linear, sessile or with short petioles, and the leaves are all powdery. The raceme is terminal, with many flowers; 4 serrated petals, membranous at the edges, and the outer 2 slightly saccular at the base; 4 petals, bright yellow, obovate, veined, 8-10mm long, clawed at the base; 6 stamens, 4 long and 2 short, the long stamens 7-7.5mm long, the short stamens 6-6.5mm long; 1 pistil, ovary cylindrical, stigma capitate. Siliques are cylindrical, 3-4 cm long, with a beak at the tip. Seeds spherical. The flowering period is March-April, and the fruiting period is May-June.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: It likes to grow in well-drained, fertile, loose and sunny land.

[Chemical composition] Tender stems and leaves contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, crude fiber; calcium, phosphorus, iron; carotene, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin C. It also contains allyl isothiocyanate.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cold

【Meridian】 spleen; stomach; bladder meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears heat and cools blood; promotes diuresis and eliminates accumulation. Indications: high fever; difficulty urinating; stagnation of internal organs; abdominal distension and pain

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration: Leaves, boiled or mashed into juice for drinking; seeds, decocted into water for 3-10g.

【Note】 "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "Do not take too much."

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Therefore, through the detailed introduction of the traditional Chinese medicine bitter mustard in the above article, it is not difficult to find that bitter mustard has many effects and functions, and its effect in health care is still very good.