Effect:
Skin irritant, appetite stimulating, stomachic, antipyretic, antibacterial, antifungal, digestive, diuretic, nausea-inducing, expectorant, irritation-relieving, stimulating
Areas of application:
Blood circulation, joint diseases, rheumatism, fever, respiratory diseases, cough, runny nose, stimulates digestion and metabolism, lung diseases, depression, melancholy, depression, melancholy
Plant parts used:
Seeds, leaves, flowers
Collection time:
May until October
To find:
On weed fields, fallow land, paths and shelters.
Ingredients:
Mustard oil glycosides, mucilage
Miscellaneous:
Charlock Mustard is an annual plant and can grow to a height of 20 to 60 cm. The upright, angularly furrowed stem is branchy and protrudingly hairy in the lower part. The lower stalked leaves are up to 20 cm long. They become smaller towards the top. The lower, bristly hairy leaves are strongly jointed, pinnate with a large terminal section and the upper leaves are ovate or oblong, usually undivided and sharply and irregularly toothed. The flower stalks are thin, glabrous or bristly hairy. The inflorescences are terminal racemes that are initially hemispherical-umbelous and when the flowers bloom they stretch and become looser. The four sepals protrude horizontally and are elliptical and mostly glabrous. There are also four petals. The flower has two outer and four inner stamens. Flowering time is from May to October. The pods are bare, round-stalked and constricted somewhat like a string of pearls. There are two compartments with 8 to 13 seeds. The seed coats are dark red or blackish-brown.
🛑 Mustard can cause burns to the skin if left on for too long. Under no circumstances should children under 6 years of age undergo a brachial therapy.
In the kitchen you can use the leaves as a spice, in salads, quark dishes, sauces and various wild vegetable dishes and the flower buds can be prepared like broccoli. The herb can be eaten cooked as a vegetable. The buds and unripe pods can be pickled in vinegar and oil. You can make the well-known mustard from the seeds or use it as a spice.
The seeds are poisonous to birds.
The ash of the plant parts is rich in potassium, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium.
Bach Flower No. 21 - Mustard (Sinapis arvensis) - Sudden depression, feeling down for no reason, feeling isolated, gloom and dejection, melancholy, melancholy, depression for no reason