White mustard seed belongs to the category of warming and resolving phlegm in traditional Chinese medicine. According to modern pharmacological analysis, white mustard seed can inhibit some skin fungi. Its external application has a stimulating effect, which can cause local skin redness and swelling, and prolonged application can cause blisters on the skin. Therefore, white mustard seed can be used externally to treat asthma, allergic rhinitis, and other diseases. Let’s take a look at the external efficacy of white mustard seed.

The external efficacy of white mustard seed:

1. For neonatal pneumonia, grind equal portions of radix paeoniae alba, Phellodendri, and white mustard seeds into powder, sieve the powder, mix it with tap water to make a paste, spread it on thin paper or glass, and shape it into a medicine cake with a suitable small bottle cap to a thickness of a five-cent coin. Dry in the sun. Prepare several pieces of joint pain-relieving ointment. Place 2 white mustard seed cakes on both sides of the back where wet rales are concentrated, cover them with joint pain-relieving ointment, and apply them tightly. Change the medicine once a day.

2. Apply the powdered white mustard seed externally for vitiligo, 3 times a day. Change to 2 times a day after the skin of the disease becomes red and purple and blisters appear, and continue for 3 days. Then discontinue the medication and let it heal naturally.

3. For insomnia and depression, first disinfect and sterilize the auricle with a 75% alcohol swab. Cut the adhesive tape into pieces of about 0.4 cm wide and 0.4 cm long. Place the white mustard seed in the center of a small adhesive tape piece. Then gently press the acupoint with a probe to find the most sensitive area. Apply the adhesive tape with the white mustard seed to that point and gently press. The degree of stimulation should be tolerable to the patient’s feeling of acid and swelling, and fever. Gently press 3 to 5 times a day, and definitely press once 30 minutes before bedtime. Apply the patch to one ear acupoint at a time, and change ears for application. Change the patch the next day, and one treatment process consists of 10 times. Rest for 3 days after the first treatment process before starting the second treatment process.

4. Grind white mustard seeds into fine powder and reserve it. Take 0.5 to 1 gram, add an equal amount of wheat flour, mix with boiling water to make a paste, shape it into a cake, and apply it to the navel while it is still warm, then secure it with胃安膏. Apply the first patch 5 days before the start of the menstrual period, and apply the second patch when the menstrual period begins or abdominal pain is felt. Generally, the patch can be removed after 3 hours. One treatment process consists of 2 physiological cycles.