Sexual taste: warm; Xin; Return to lung meridian

Meridian tropism: lung meridian tropism

Efficacy: Warming lung, eliminating phlegm, benefiting qi, dispersing stagnation, dredging collaterals and relieving pain. It is used for cold phlegm, asthma and cough, chest pain, phlegm stagnation in meridians, joint numbness, pain, phlegm-dampness, yin gangrene and toxic swelling.

Usage: Take decoction orally, 3 ~10g; Or into the pill, scattered. Appropriate amount for external use, grinding and dressing; Or apply the whole grain to the acupoint.

Taboo: People with lung deficiency and chronic cough and hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency are forbidden to take it.

Description: spherical, with a diameter of1.5 ~ 2.5 mm. The surface is grayish white to yellowish, with fine reticulation and obvious punctate hilum. The seed coat is thin and brittle, and there are white folded cotyledons in it after breaking, which are oily. It is odorless and spicy.

Origin: Anhui, Henan

White mustard seed has the effects of warming lung, resolving phlegm, benefiting qi, dispersing stagnation and reducing swelling. Semen Sinapis Albae is pungent and warm in nature, and can dispel lung cold, promote qi movement, dredge meridians, warm cold phlegm, and expel water to drink. It can be used to treat lung obstruction caused by cold phlegm, cough, dyspnea and chest tightness, and cough with excessive phlegm. It can be combined with Perilla frutescens and Raphanus sativus.

In addition, Semen Sinapis Albae can warm meridians, relieve swelling and pain, and treat yin gangrene and toxic swelling caused by phlegm-dampness flowing. It is often combined with drugs such as Colla cornus Cervi, Cortex Cinnamomi, and Radix Rehmanniae Preparata to warm yang, eliminate phlegm and dissipate stagnation, and can also achieve good results for numbness of meridians and limbs or swelling and pain of joints caused by phlegm-dampness obstruction, and with drugs such as Semen Strychni and Myrrha.

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