| [English Name] | leaf mustard | |
| [Chinese Name] | 芥菜 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Gaicai | |
| [Latin Name] | Brassica juncea | |
| [Genera] | Cruciferae | |
| [Efficacy] | zhixueyao | |
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| [Ecology] | Leaf mustard prefers cold and moist,avoids hot and drought as taboo,resistants slightly to frost.The optimal temperature for edible organs is between 8 to |
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| [Clinical trial] | 1. Hypertension: 60 patients treated with jicai(leaf mustard) tea. Results showed that after 2 or 3days, 56 patients were effectively, the remaining patients continue treated for 1 weeks, 3 patients were effective, 1 cases were invalid [1]. 2.Hemorrhagic ophthalmopathy: ( 1) jicai(leaf mustard) Mingmu mixture in treating hyperactivity due to cloudy deficiency-fire prosperous type of retinal hemorrhage in148 cases, 1 to 3 times a day, 30 days for 1 courses, stoped using other traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine during medication .Taking 3 courses. Results showed that in the 148 cases (171 eyes) , 71 eyes ( 41.5% )were cured ,52 eyes (30.4% ) were obviously effective, 36 eyes ( 21%)were effective , 12 eyes ( 7% ) were invalid, the total efficiency was 92.9%[2]. ( 2) Compound jicai(leaf mustard) decoction ( jicai(leaf mustard)60g, baimaogen (cogongrass rhizome) 60g, hanliancao(esliptae herba )25g, Danshen(Salvia Miltiorrhiza Bge) 30g , puhuang(Typhae Pollen)30g, diyu(sanguisorba officinalis )30g, shengdi（(Radix Rehmanniae)30g ), once dosing daily.it also obtained better effect in the treatment of traumatic hyphema, retinal central vein thrombosis and diabetic fundus hemorrhage [3]. |
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1. Common cold with no sweating 2. Obstruction of throat 3. Facial paralysis 4. body numbness 5. Swelling and pain on legs due to wind dampness 6. Lockjaw and tough spasm in woman wind stroke 7. Carbuncle in children and adult 8. Dyspnea with occasional cough 9. Abdominal flatulence 10. Abdominal pain and heaviness on waist and legs, chill-heat alternating in the case of one-year amenorrhea |
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clinical test: [1] Cong ling，Xuyongxi，Wang xiaoyan. Hypertension treated with jicai(leaf mustard) tea in 60 cases. Journal of Nursing Research.2005，19（8）：1513 [2] Xie wenjun，Jiang shangping，Xie kanming，etc. clinical observation on retinal hemorrhage due to cloudy deficiency-fire prosperous type treated with jicai(leaf mustard) Mingmu mixture.Journal of Traditional Chinese Ophthalmology.1995，5（3）：161 [3] Xie wenjun. Hemorrhagic ophthalmopathy treated with Compound jicai(leaf mustard) decoction. Journal of Hunan Traditional Chinese Medicine University.1989，9(3):128. |
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