Bai Jie Zi
白芥子 bái jiè zǐ

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	Tastes: Acrid		Dosage: 3-9g; add near the end

	Cautions: Contraindicated in patients with chronic cough from Lung Deficiency or flaring of fire due to either Yin Deficiency or blazing Stomach Fire. Overdosage readily causes diarrhea.		Meridians: Lung
	Preparation: • Raw • Dry-fried		Quality: Good quality - big, round, yellowish white seeds with a strong acrid flavor. The seed of the white variety is said to be superior to that of the yellow variety.
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (5) kòng xián dān (Control Mucus Special Pill) liù ān jiān (Six Serenity Decoction) qīng shī huà tán tāng (Clear Dampness and Transform Phlegm Decoction) sān zǐ yǎng qīn tāng (Three-Seed Decoction to Nourish One's Parents) yáng hé tāng (Yang-Heartening Decoction)

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Pharmaceutical: Semen Sinapis Albae

Botanical: Brassica Juncea Czern.& Coss., Sinapis Alba L.

Japanese: hyakugaishi

Korean: paekgaeja

Common: white mustard seed

Temperature: Warm

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Warms the Lungs and Expels phlegm add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Unblocks the channels and collaterals add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Regulates Qi add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Dissipates nodules add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Cough add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Coughing of copious thin sputum add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Pain due to the accumulation of cold phlegm add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Yin flat abscesses add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Spreading sores add comment

Bai Jie Zi白芥子 bái jiè zǐ