White Mustard Seed Bai Jie Zi 500g Dried Semen Sinapis Albae Traditional Chinese Herb for Decoction and External Use

White Mustard Seed, known in TCM as Bai Jie Zi (白芥子), is the dried seed of Sinapis alba, a small round mustard seed traditionally used in Chinese herbal practice. In TCM theory it is pungent in flavor and warm in nature, traditionally associated with the lung channel. This bulk pack suits herbal shops, decoction preparation, and traditional external applications.

Key Selling Points

• Dried white mustard seed supplied as a raw Chinese medicinal botanical
• Botanical source Sinapis alba with Chinese name Bai Jie Zi 白芥子
• Traditionally valued in TCM for resolving phlegm and warming the channels
• Small round seeds with a pungent character suitable for decoction or external paste use
• Bulk 500g pack convenient for herbal shops and home herbal preparation

Quality & Sensory

The seeds are typically small, round, and yellowish to pale brown with a smooth, hard surface. They carry a pungent, mustard-like aroma, and when crushed or decocted they release a sharp, warming, acrid taste typical of mustard seed.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Simmer into traditional herbal decoctions
• Grind and blend into classical external herbal pastes
• Use in folk foot soak or compress preparations
• Stock for herbal shops and TCM dispensaries

Traditional Uses

In TCM, Bai Jie Zi is traditionally used to warm the lung, direct phlegm downward, and unblock the channels, and it appears in classical formulas such as San Zi Yang Qin Tang alongside perilla seed and radish seed. Externally, powdered mustard seed has long been mixed into pastes for traditional topical applications. It is commonly decocted or ground fresh for each use.

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