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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}}.

White mustard is an annual==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Leaves}}, growing to 70 cm high with stalkless pinnate leaves. Similar to Sinapis arvensis{{Parts Used|Seeds}}.

Most common in Europe, North Africa, ==Chemical Composition==Proximate analysis of CM and its fractions revealed carbohydrates as the Middle East major component (80–94%) with ash (1·7–15·0%) and Central Asiaprotein (2·2–4·4%) as minor constituents. Glucose (22–35%) was the major monosaccharide present followed by galactose (11–15%), it can be found worldwide. It has been found as far north as Greenlandmannose (6·0–6·4%), rhamnose (1·6–4·0%), arabinose (2·8–3·2%) and naturalized throughout Great Britain and Irelandxylose (1·8–2·0%). <ref name="chemical composition"/>

== Uses Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}

*The yellow flowers of the plant produce hairy seed pods==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, with each pod containing roughly a half dozen seeds. These seeds are harvested just prior to the pods becoming ripe and bursting.*They can be used whole for pickling or toasted for use in dishes. When ground and mixed with other ingredientsVipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, a paste or more standard condiment can be producedPrabhava - Therepeutics.*The seeds contain sinalbin, which is a thioglycoside responsible for their pungent taste. White mustard has fewer volatile oils and the flavor is considered to be milder than that produced by black mustard seeds.===Dravya===

==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]