| Botanical Name (Latin):
Brassica juncea
Sanskrit
Name:
Common Name (English):
Mustard Seed Brown
Type of
Herb: Western
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: - Pitta: +
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): katu
The six flavors are:
Madhura
(sweet) Amla (sour)
Lavana (salty)
Katu
(pungent) Tikta
(bitter) Kasaya (astringent)
Virya
(Energy): ushna
The two energies are:
Shita (cold)
Ushna (hot)
Vipak
(Post-Digestive Action):
katu
Guna
(Qualities):
laghu, tĖkshna (K)
The twenty gunas or qualities
of all substances are: Guru
(heavy) Manda
(dull) Shita
(cold) Ushna (hot)
Snigdha
(unctuous) Slaksna
(smooth) Sandra
(dense) Mridu
(soft) Sthira
(stable) Suksma
(subtle) Visada
(non-slimy) Laghu
(light) Tikshna
(sharp) Rooksha
(un-unctuous, dry) Khara
(rough) Drava
(liquid) Kathina
(hard) Sara
(unstable) Sthula
(gross) Piccila
(slimy)
Prabhava
(Special Potency):
Dhatu
Affinity (Tissues
Entered):
The seven dhatus or tissues
are: Rasa (plasma, lymph), Rakta
(red blood cells), Mamsa
(muscle tissue), Meda (adipose
tissue), Ashti (bone tissue),
Majja (bone marrow, nervous
tissue
, connective tissue), Shukra
(male reproductive tissue), Artava
(female reproductive tissue)
Pharmacological
Action:
aromatic helps heal bronchial spasms ama pacana topical for sprains antispasmodic carminative digestive K = kapha vata samaka, sothahara, shula hara, krmighana, rakta pitta kopaka, sveda janka; whole plant is bitter, aperient, tonic, emetic, as hot bath emmenagogue; oil is stimulant and counterirritant, antiseptic
Indications
(Uses):
gas intestinal spasms weak digestion K = chest affections, with camphor efficaciouos embrocation in muscular rheumatism and stiff neck, as poultice good counterirritant, inflammatory and neuralgic affections, abdominal colic, obstinate vomiting.
Contraindications
(Cautions):
Plaster should never contact skin for more than 10 minutes. Oil not for internal consumption
Constituents:
seeds = 25% oil yields an essential oil by action of water K = .3- 1% essential oil. The oil has 40% allyl mustard oil, 50% crotonyl mustard oil, probably some allyl cyanide, and traces of dimethyl sulfide
Active
Substances:
Plant Part
Used:
seed, oil
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