The pronunciation of mustard is: jiè cài.

Brassica Brassicaceae, Brassica is an annual herbaceous plant, up to 150 cm in height. The young stems and leaves have stinging hairs and a spicy taste; the stems are upright, and the leaf stalks have small lobes; the leaves on the lower part of the stem are smaller. Small, with notched or serrated edges. The leaves on the upper part of the stem are narrow and lanceolate, with inconspicuous sparse teeth or entire edges.

The racemes are terminal and extended after flowering; the flowers are yellow, the sepals are light yellow, oblong-oval, and spread upright; the petals are obovate, the siliques are linear, and the seeds are spherical and purple-brown. It blooms from March to May and bears fruit from May to June.

Mustard prefers a cool and humid environment, avoids heat and drought, and is not frost-tolerant. It needs strong light conditions. It needs low-temperature vernalization and long-sun conditions to prepare buds, vines, flowering and fruiting. Its root system is well developed, with main and lateral roots distributed in about 30cm soil layer. It likes fertilizer and has a large demand for nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. The growth period of mustard is short, about 30 days from sowing to harvesting, and it can be harvested when it has 10-12 leaves.

The role of mustard:

Mustard can improve immunity, because the taste of shepherd's purse is spicy, slightly bitter, and has a strong effect. The nutrients contained in mustard It can also help us stay healthy, improve our body’s immunity, and improve our body’s resistance to germs.

Mustard also has the effect of reducing swelling, because eating mustard helps us resist infection and heal wounds on the body, and mustard also has the effect of detoxification and can reduce swelling when we have infectious diseases. , we can eat some mustard greens appropriately to relieve it.

Mustard greens also have the effect of improving eyesight. When we face computers or mobile phones for a long time, our eyes will feel some fatigue. At this time, we will recommend the appropriate use of some mustard greens, because sighing can relieve our eye fatigue, and mustard greens contain vitamin A and vitamin D. It is because these vitamins can improve eyesight, and they can also benefit our intestinal health.