1. Names:

2. Properties and Action According to Indigenous Medical Systems:Contents: Sinalbin, which produces p-hydroxybenzyl isothiocyanate.

• Rasa: Bitter and spice.
• Vipak: Spice.

3. Uses:

• These seeds are used as medicine for scurvy and dropsy.
• The combination of mustard and black pepper used as medicine for paralysis.
• The mustard oil, when applied on body, reduces fat.
• It kills the germs.
• The mixture of mustard seeds and salt, when applied on teeth, cures the dental problems.
• It is rubefacient, irritant, stimulant, diuretic, emetic., pungent, laxative, digestive.