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Plant your black mustard plants in early spring after the last frost. Water your plants lightly every other day to keep the soil moistened. Water directly onto the soil and avoid getting water on the plant leaves. Feed the mustard plants fertilizer every 2 weeks.

Black mustard is a Biblical plant. The seed and oil from the seed are used to make medicine.

Black mustard oil is used for the common cold, painful joints and muscles (rheumatism), and arthritis.

Black mustard seed is used for causing vomiting, relieving water retention (edema) by increasing urine production, and increasing appetite.

Some people make a paste by mixing ground black mustard seed with warm water. They pack the paste in cloth and apply the cloth directly to the skin as a “mustard plaster.” This preparation is used for treating pneumonia, pain and swelling (inflammation) of the lining of the lungs (pleurisy), arthritis, lower back pain (lumbago), and aching feet.

In foods, black mustard leaves (greens) are used in salads and other dishes. it is a useful herb.
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