Wild Turnip
brassica rapa ssp. campestris
Medicinal Actions
Antibacterial, Antiscorbutic, Antiseptic, Cardiotoxic, Fungicide, Laxative, Parasiticide
Primary Conditions Treated
General Dosage
Food farmacy as far as I am concerned.
Safety & Contraindications
Not covered. None at proper doses. Rapeseed oil ingested in overdose can be cardiotoxic. And in huge doses, hard to get dietarily, indole-3-carbinol might stimulate breast cancer rather than prevent it because it does so at levels reasonably attainable through dietary consumption of crucifers. Don’t overdo it. In huge quantities, glucosinolate/isothiocyanate-containing crucifers might upset the thyroid. Hyperthyroidism with goiter traced “to the use of the isothiocyanates in mustard”. Delaneyite nitpickological gene jocks will doubtless clamor to put the same goitrogenic warning on all members of the mustard family as well as papaya, caper, and nasturtium, and all genistein-containing legumes. Our genes coevolved with the genistein and glucosinolates for millions of years!