Mustard Seed

History:

Highly valued for its oil content, the Mustard plant was well known to the ancients and was even mentioned five times in the New Testament, once as "the greatest among herbs." Mustard is a hardy annual plant that is widely cultivated and also found growing wild in many parts of the world, including the fields and waste places of North America (except the far northern parts). It may grow to a height of eight feet. There are many Mustards - Brassica nigra (black), Sinapis alba (white), Brassica juncea (brown) - and they have provided pungent flavorings, green vegetables and therapeutic compounds dating back to at least 400 B.C., in the West, and were first mentioned in herbal medicine in China in A.D. 659. The Greek physician, Dioscorides, used Mustard as an emetic, and Pliny the Elder (23-79) noted in his Historia Naturalis that Mustard grew everywhere in Italy and was not only a great boon to cuisine, but he also listed forty therapeutic preparations with Mustard as the chief ingredient. Mustard's name is derived from the Latin, mustum, the new wine that Romans mixed with the seed, and ardens, meaning "fiery." Mustard was believed to have strong romantic powers and was included in love potions to stimulate passion. In The English Physi[t]ian Enlarged (1653), the esteemed herbalist and physician, Culpeper, highly recommended Mustard Seed for stomach, tooth, joint, muscle and skin health and a "crick in the neck." In England, in 1699, John Evelyn recommended Mustard Seed for memory and good spirits. Mustard plasters and poultices have been continually used since ancient times for bronchial, chest and lung support, and also for joint and muscle support. At one time surgeons disinfected their hands with Mustard paste, and it has even been administered in footbaths to clear congestion in the head. The most important constituents of Mustard are the glycosides sinigrin, in black, and sinalbin, in white Mustard Seeds. The pungency of Mustard develops when cold water is added to the ground seed; an enzyme (myrosin) acts on a glycoside (sinigrin) to produce the sulfur compound, allyl isothiocyanate; sinalbin undergoes decomposition analogous to that of sinigrin-namely, into non-volatile, pungent sinalbin-mustard-oil.  Aside from the volatile oil, Mustard also contains mucilage, sinapine and protein. As a spice commodity, Mustard is second only to pepper in world trade.

Recommended Dosage:
Take two (2) capsules, one (1) time each day with water at an early to midday mealtime.

Contraindications:
Large doses of Mustard Seed Herbal Supplement (many times the recommended amount) should not be taken, especially by those with cardiovascular problems. Children under the age of six and the elderly should not use this product.

Capsule Information:
Our Mustard Seed supplements are encapsulated in 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose, Certified Kosher, size "00" Capsules.(click here for size comparison) Each capsule contains approximately 600 mgs.

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