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The juice of kanta, which the commentary names musta, is one of five plant juices said always to make mercury pass into the kinds of metal.

A powder of musta, the three pungents, ajamoda, amalaki, rock salt, patha, haritaki and chitraka, taken with warm water or ghee, is said to destroy kapha.

A decoction of nut grass, turmeric, amla, sandalwood and sariva is drunk in sannipata fever.

Oil prepared with a decoction and paste of nut grass, vacha, priyangu, sarala and shatahva, together with kanji, sour curd and buttermilk, is massaged on a child seized by the Rakshasa…

Warm sudation with nut grass, bitter ridge gourd and coriander, cooked, is one of the measures for vata lodged in the head.

Heating foods fried in or mixed with mustard oil are listed among the causes of pitta aggravation.

Leaves of rāī and of white mustard are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders.

In kapha-type abhishyanda, well-ground mustard mixed with warm water is used for gargling (gandusha).

Mustard seeds mixed with jaggery are eaten by the patient with indigestion.

हिन्दी: घुंघची, चोटली, भुई आमला, नागरमोथा, लहसन भेद, निर्विषी घास · मराठी: कथील, भुय आंवळी, रक्तगुंजा, मुस्ता, श्वेतगुंजा, लहसण भेद

हिन्दी: मोथा · मराठी: मोथ, भद्रमोथ

Mustaka poison is said to make the body stiff, heavy and trembling.

Mustard, hair of all kinds, snake slough, asafoetida, vacha and kakadani mixed with ghee and jaggery are put on fire to fumigate a child seized by the graha.

Nasya and anointing with sharp mustard oil are given, and the patient is frightened with harmless snakes, grass, fire, water, thieves, elephants and other trained acts.

Pīlu heads a list of vegetables described as hot and sharp, especially removing kapha and vata, kindling digestion and always provoking blood disorders.

A paste of nut grass, chironji, liquorice, mango bark, shalaparni, priyangu, durva, lotus, white lotus, shatavari, chirata, red sandalwood, kaseru, kushtha and tree turmeric is applied in…

In vatarakta from all three doshas a paste is applied of nut grass, chironji, liquorice, mango bark, shalaparni, priyangu, durva, lotus, white lotus, shatavari, chirata, red sandalwood,…

White mustard, mustard, black pepper, long pepper, dry ginger and shigru root are used as mouthfuls (kavala), gargles, affusion and pastes to calm aggravated kapha.

An eyelid disease with many red, mustard-seed-like pimples.

A suppository of purifying drugs, mustard, rock salt, alkalis and the three pungents ground with cow urine and sour substances, placed in the anus in mahodara.

A powder of abhaya, musta and dry ginger eaten with jaggery is said to remove kapha cough quickly.

A decoction of jambu, musta, mango, kutaja and ativisha is drunk in the ama stage of pitta diarrhoea.

A paste of white mustard, trikatu, triphala and turmeric is stirred into salted, sour, lukewarm water, and this liquid is held in the mouth as a gargle after the throat, ears and forehead…