Cruciferous – Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) Popular name: bitter rustic mustard. Pharmacy name: Iberian herb – Iberidis heiba (formerly: Herba Iberidis).
Botanical description. Herbaceous plant with elongated wedge-shaped leaves and a longish racemose inflorescence of white flowers. It grows mainly in the Mediterranean; in Germany it is found in the area of the Rhine and Main.
Active ingredients: bitterness, mustard oil glycoside and cucurbitacin.
It is used for lack of appetite and disorders of bile secretion.