SINAPIS ALBA
\sˈɪnɐpˌiz ˈalbə], \sˈɪnɐpˌiz ˈalbə], \s_ˈɪ_n_ɐ_p_ˌi_z ˈa_l_b_ə]\
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By Princeton University
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is also used medicinally. It is somewhat less pungent than the black. The distilled oil-Oleum Sinapis-is a powerful stimulant and rubefacient. In the pharmacopoeias of the United States and London, Sinapis is the seeds of Sinapis nigra and Sinapis alba. Whitehead’s Essence of Mustard consists of oil of turpentine, camphor, and a portion of spirit of Rosemary: to which is added a small quantity of flour of mustard. It is a celebrated embrocation for rheumatism, &c. Whitehead’s Essence of Mustard Pills consist of yellow resin and balsam of tolu enough to make into pills. Mustard Whey is made by taking bruised mustard seeds and milk. Boil together until the milk is curdled, and strain. This whey is used in dropsy.
By Robley Dunglison
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White mustard charlock. The seeds, larger than black mustard seeds and having a testa which contains a mucilaginous substance, have a composition like that of black mustard, but in place of sinigrin contain sinalbin, which in presence of water is acted on by the myrosin and splits up into acrinyl Sulphocyanate, sinapin sulphate, and sugar. Hence white mustard yields no volatile oil. It is, however, a powerful rubefacient, and is usually employed in the form of the flour mixed with that of black mustard. Of the U. S. Ph., the seed of Y. alba
By Smith Ely Jelliffe