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- This article is about the plant genus. See also Operation Candytuft.
Iberis is a genus of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It comprises herbs and subshrubs of the Old World. These species are commonly known as candytufts. Used in Homeopathy for NERVOUSNESS AND MUSCLE SORENESS. According to the US Dispensatory (1918)the leaves, stem, and root are said to possess medicinal properties, but the seeds are most efficacious. The plant appears to have been employed by the ancients in rheumatism, gout, and other diseases. In large doses it is said to produce giddiness, nausea, and diarrhea, and to be useful in cardiac hypertrophy, asthma, and bronchitis in doses of from one to three grains (0.065--0.2 Gm.) of the seed.Currently the foliage and stalks are employed in German Phytomedicine as a bitter digestive tonic.
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