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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Iberis amara (Brassicaceae)

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Common name(s)
Carraspique; Clown'S Mustard; Thalspi Blanc

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Antirheumatic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Antiscorbutic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Bronchitis Elsewhere *
Cardiotonic Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Gout Elsewhere *
Homeopathy Elsewhere *
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Scurvy French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.