Introduction
Small Mustard is grown in farming all over India. It is used as a spice in all the countries of the world. There are three types of mustard. First `white mustard´ Second `black mustard´ Third `red mustard´ The grains of white mustard are bigger than the red ones. The grains of wild mustard are like mustard but are a little bigger. Red and white mustard: It is a phlegm and bile destroyer, sharp, hot, causes blood bile, a little rough and increases appetite. It cures itching, leprosy and stomach worms. Black mustard also has similar properties. But its effect is quite fast. The vegetable made from mustard leaves is hot, bile inducing, tasty, cures gas, phlegm, worms and throat diseases. Mustard vegetable is beneficial for people with bile nature in summer season. Eating mustard in excess causes intoxication. It makes the stomach soft so that it does not feel pain on touch. It removes stomach worms, purifies blood and cures cold and air related diseases.
Properties
Rice is hot, phlegm and bile-destroyer, causes blood clotting, destroys burning sensation and eliminates leprosy, itching and worms.
Harmful effects
Consuming mustard in excess quantity causes vomiting. Mustard is very hot. It should be used in appropriate quantity as a spice. Excessive use of mustard can cause stomach and intestine problems.
Treatment of various diseases
1. Sannipathaj confusion:
In case of Sannipathaj confusion, apply mustard paste on the throat. If the skin turns red, remove it and apply ghee or oil.
2. Lump:
If there is a lump in any part of the body, then applying a paste of mustard and a little black pepper powder mixed in ghee can prevent the lump from growing. To ripen the lump, grind jaggery, guggul and mustard finely, mix it in water, apply it on a cloth strip and stick it. This will ripen the lump and scatter.
3. Ear inflammation:
Due to typhoid fever or pus in the ear, the ear root gets swollen, in this case, applying mustard flour mixed with mustard oil or castor oil disperses the blood.
4. Pimple on the eye lids:
If there is a pimple on the eye lids, applying a paste of mustard powder mixed in ghee gives quick relief.
5. Boil in the nose (Penus disease):
Make an ointment of 10 grams of mustard flour, 1.5 grams of camphor and 100 grams of ghee and apply it. The wounds heal by sneezing and pus, phlegm etc. come out. Mixing camphor and catechu in ghee and making an ointment and applying it on the wound heals the wound.
6. Hair fall:
Washing the head with mustard oil stops hair fall. Boils, lice and itching etc. diseases in the head get cured.
7. Headache
Applying mustard paste on the forehead gives relief from headache.
8. Heart disease:
If there is vibration or pain in the heart due to heart dysfunction, restlessness, weakness is felt, then massaging the hands and feet with mustard powder is beneficial.
9. Cholera:
When the patient vomits and has diarrhea in cholera, then applying mustard paste stops vomiting and diarrhea.
Eating 1 gram mustard mixed with sugar in the beginning of cholera is beneficial.
Any kind of vomiting and diarrhea stops with mustard paste.
10. Piles:
Piles warts itch. They are thick in appearance and do not cause pain when touched, feel good when touched, such piles warts wither by applying mustard oil.
11. Stomach ache and indigestion:
Mix 1 to 2 grams of mustard powder in sugar and swallow, then drink half a cup of water.
12. Flatulence:
Mix 2 grams of mustard with sugar and swallow, then drink about half a gram to 1 gram of lime mixed in half a cup of water and drink it to cure flatulence (stomach gas).
13. Menstrual blockage:
In case of menstrual blockage, pain during menstruation or less discharge, then mixing mustard powder in lukewarm water and making the woman sit in water up to her waist is beneficial in menstrual blockage.
14. Uterine pain:
In case of uterine pain or severe pain, mustard plaster should be used continuously below the navel or on the waist.
15. Uterine cancer:
In case of uterine cancer, washing with mustard lukewarm water spray 2 to 3 times a week is beneficial. For this, soak 1 gram of mustard in 1 cup cold water, then mash it and make a paste and mix it in 750 ml lukewarm water.
16. Phlegm outbreak:
If the phlegm becomes thick in cough and the phlegm is not coming out easily, then mix about half gram mustard, about one-fourth gram rock salt and sugar candy and give it in the morning and evening, the phlegm becomes thin and the phlegm starts coming out easily.
17. Sciatica pain:
Applying mustard paste on the place of pain gives relief in sciatica pain.
18. Joint pain and swelling:
If there is pain and swelling on the joints due to rheumatism or gonorrhoea and if the body part becomes numb due to new hemiplegia, then mixing camphor in mustard paste and massaging it gives great relief.
19. Vata pain:
Grinding mustard and sugar, applying it on a cloth strip and applying it on the painful area gives relief.
If the pain is mild and persists for many days, then grinding mustard and Sahjne bark in buttermilk and applying it in a thin layer is beneficial.
Mustard paste is beneficial in diseases which are accompanied by swelling and burning sensation inside the body. Mustard paste is very beneficial in swelling of lungs, swelling of lung cells, swelling of liver cells, swelling of windpipe, swelling of head diseases. Mustard paste is applied on hands, feet and heart in case of heart weakness.
20. Thorn:
If a thorn or metal particle enters the skin, then applying a paste of mustard flour mixed with ghee and honey brings the thorn to the surface and it becomes visible.
