Sago mustard

Sago mustard

(Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] wenzhuri Heqi (mengming).

[source] it is the fruit of Brassica oleracea.

[plant morphology] south mustard

Herbs biennial, 50-100 cm high. Stem erect, hairy, upper branched. Leaves alternate, oblong, obovate or lanceolate; apex pointed, base auricular, slightly clasping stem, margin serrate, sessile. Raceme terminal; sepals 4, stellate hairs; petals 4, cruciform, smaller, white. Longhorn fruit flat, pendulous, 3-10 cm long. Seeds numerous, margin narrowly winged.

It grows on hillside, gully, grassland, forest edge, shrub, riverbank and roadside grassland. Distribution of northwest, North China, northeast and other places.

[collection] harvest in autumn, dry in the sun and stir fry in wine.

[flavor] pungent, flat.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, detoxifying and detumescence. It can cure sore, carbuncle, swelling and poison.

[prescription selection] ① carbuncle: appropriate amount of sago mustard, fried soup, fumigated and washed.

② Treat vaginitis, Trichomonas vaginalis: drop fruit mustard one money. One coin of Schizonepeta tenuifolia, two coins of Vitex trifolia, three coins of Leonurus, three coins of Polygonatum odoratum and two coins of Artemisia ordosica. Grind the fine powder together, once a day, one coin and five cents each time, fry the soup.