Description
WHITE MUSTARD (BRASSICA ALBA)
White mustard is an herb. The seeds are used to make medicine. People use white mustard for chest congestion, joint pain, sore throat, and other conditions. In foods, white mustard seed is used as a spice and to make traditional American yellow mustard.
The mustard seed is a dullish gray, brown color. The striking, bold yellow color actually comes from the rootstock of a plant called turmeric. Turmeric, native to the rainy humid tropical forests of South Asia, has been used as a natural food dye for centuries.
USES
By Mouth
- Preventing infection.
- Causing vomiting.
- Increasing urine flow (as a diuretic) to relieve water retention.
- Increasing the appetite.
Applied to the Skin
- Coughs and colds.
- Bronchitis.
- Arthritis-like pain (rheumatism).
- Swelling (inflammation) of the mouth, throat, and joints.
