Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Brassica juncea (Saag), commonly known as brown mustard, Oriental mustard and vegetable mustard, is a species of mustard plant.   Mustard plants /greens contain many health-boosting antioxidants like beta carotene, which can protect skin and lower risk factors of diabetes. The greens are also a great source of several B vitamins, including thiamine (B1,) niacin (B3,) and pyridoxine (B6.) It also offers high amounts of Vitamin K.

Indian mustard  Did you know that the Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea), one of the oldest spices in the world, also known for the popular saying: “can’t cut the mustard” meaning ‘can’t live up to a challenge’, has a myth in India that spreading its seeds around the external sides of the homes keeps away the evil spirits? The Indian mustard with the scientific name Brassica juncea, ‘sarso’ in Hindi, spread over swathes of acres and acres of land creating with its blooms gorgeous yellow fields with its own distinctive properties and uses, marks its harvest with the Basant Panchami festival ushering the arrival of spring in India. The Indian mustard identified by its brown colour, distinct from the Black mustard (Brassica nigra) or White mustard (Sinapis alba), but all in the family Brassicaceae (cabbage family), is one of the world’s oldest spices and condiments known to mankind, originated in the foothills of the Himalayas, constitutes one of the various speci...