Essence.
Indau is famous. It comes in two types - wild and garden. Indau seeds are what are used in cooking instead of mustard.
Nature.
Hot in the third degree, dry in the first. Fresh indau has humidity in the first degree.
Actions and properties.
It puffs up and has a softening effect.
Cosmetics.
Indau juice with bovine bile is used to destroy traces of ulcers. Indau seeds or juice reduce bruises and freckles.
Organs of the head.
Indau causes headaches, especially if eaten in its pure form, but lettuce, as well as wild chicory and purslane, eliminate this harmful effect.
Respiratory and chest organs.
Indau increases milk separation.
Nutritional organs.
Indau helps digest food.
Eruption organs.
Wild indau, especially its seeds, drives urine, causes sexual desire and erection.
Poisons.
If, after eating indau, you wash it down with fragrant wine, this serves as an antidote to the bite of weasels and other animals.