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Brown mustard
Brassica juncea
The yellow flower that became a jar — a pungent seed, a bitter green, and a traditional chest-plaster plant.
Flavor
Seed is hot, nutty, and sinus-clearing when wet. Leaf is bitter-mustard, sweeter after frost.
Symptoms
congestion, indigestion, muscle tension
In favor
Grows in a cool month
Days to harvest
30–40 days for leaf; 80–100 days for seed
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