Kerdeme, cırcır, garden cress

Garden cress (Lepidium sativum) is also known in Anatolia as kerdeme and cırcır. In folk use its leaf goes into salads, its seed is used as a spice, and its crushed seed is rubbed on warts. The same source also gives a warning: taking too much of the seed can cause disorders in the body.

Source: İbrahim Başağaoğlu, Gülsel Kavalalı, “Tere Bitkisinin (Lepidium sativum L.) Halk Hekimliğinde Kullanılması”, Lokman Hekim Dergisi 9(3), 2019 (Başağaoğlu and Kavalalı, Lokman Hekim Dergisi, 2019). This is a folk record, not a treatment recommendation.