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'''White mustard''' (Sinapis alba) is an annual plant of the family Brassicaceae. It is sometimes also referred to as Brassica alba or B. hirta. Grown for its seeds, mustard, as fodder crop or as a green manure, it is now widespread worldwide, although it probably originated in the Mediterranean region.
== Description Uses=={{Uses|indigestion}}, {{Uses|coughs}}, {{Uses|phlegm}}, {{Uses|tuberculosis}}, {{Uses|pleurisy}}, {{Uses|respiratory infections}}, {{Uses|arthritic joints}}, {{Uses|chilblains}}, {{Uses|skin eruptions}}.
== Uses Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
==Common name=Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava===
==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|Blade coarsely hairy, irregularly pinnately lobed, terminal leaflet large}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|1.5 cm|Yellow|5-20|Corolla regular (actinomorphic), yellow, approx and flowering time is July–September}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|| 2–4 cm|long siliqua terminated by a flat|Densely stiff-haired|many}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}.==How to plant/cultivate==Prefers a light well-drained soil[52]. Succeeds on most soils when growing in a sunny position<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|A weed of arable and waste land}}, {{Commonly seen|Calcareous soils}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">20110703Wildes Rapsfeld Ketsch8.jpg 20140407Sinapis alba1.jpg 20110703Rapsfeld Ketsch3.jpg 20110703Rapsfeld Ketsch4.jpg 20110703Rapsfeld Ketsch5.jpg </gallery> ==References== <references> <ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/030881469390032B "chemical constituents"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/white-mustard "plant decsription"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Sinapis+alba "Cultivation details"]</ref></references> == External Links ==* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814614008425 Sinapis alba on sceince direct]* [https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Sinapis_alba.html Sinapis alba on hort.purdue.edu]* [http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/s/sinapis-alba=white-mustard.php Sinapis alba on natural medicinal herbs.net]
[[Category:Herbs]]