DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Seeds of black mustard, these are particularly high in sinigrin, from which the pungent-tasting volatile allyl isothiocyanate (allyl mustard oil) is formed.
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Commission E-monograph: for external use in catarrh of the respiratory tract, for segmental therapy as a poultice or mustard plaster in chronic degenerative joint disease and soft tissue rheumatism.
Commercially available "mustard plasters" with a pulpy mustard seed preparation on plaster base; also a tincture (mustard spirit - Spiritus sinapis).
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Skin irritation up to blistering with external application, mustard allergy
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Children under 6 years, breastfeeding and pregnancy
