Bai Jie Zi (Sinapis alba) — Sichuan White Mustard Seed, Dried Food Herb 500g

Bai Jie Zi (Sinapis alba), also known as White Mustard Seed, is the dried mature seed of a traditional food herb known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Bái Jiè Zǐ (白芥子). Grown in Sichuan and sun-dried in the traditional manner, these pale seeds have long been prized as a warming, qi-moving herb used to disperse cold, transform phlegm, and support the free flow of Lung qi. Its nature is pungent and warm, making it a lively yet focused herb for warming the middle and easing the chest.

Key Selling Points

• Sichuan-origin White Mustard Seed (Sinapis alba)
• Naturally sun-dried, no sulfur fumigation
• Traditional pungent, warming food herb
• 500g bulk pack for daily kitchen and herbal use
• Clean, single-ingredient agricultural product

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is naturally sun-dried to preserve its pale cream-yellow color, small round seed shape, and clean, dry texture. The seeds carry a mild, sharp mustard aroma that awakens when lightly crushed or toasted. When simmered or steeped, they release a warm, pungent note that softens into a gentle, slightly bitter finish, adding depth to broths and herbal blends.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Herbal decoctions and soups
• Traditional warming poultice preparations
• Spice blends and culinary seasoning
• Seasonal food-therapy congee
• Bulk herbal pantry stocking

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Bai Jie Zi is decocted into soups and warming broths, often paired with ingredients like ginger, cinnamon twig, and apricot kernel to support the chest and ease the breath. It is also traditionally ground into a paste with warm water or vinegar for external poultice use, and added in small amounts to congee and medicinal food packs during cold, damp seasons. As a daily kitchen herb, it lends a gentle pungency to pickles, spice blends, and slow-simmered stews.

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