Cetraria Islandica.
By John Henry Clarke тАФ A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Iceland Moss. N. O. Lichenes. Decoction and tincture.
Clinical
Atrophy / Catarrh / Diarrh┼Уa / Phthisis / Scrofulous emaciation / Scurvy / Ulcers
Characteristics
Cetraria has been used in decoction and as a food, and has been found curative empirically in the diseases named above. Symptoms indicating its use are: Bitter slimy taste. Feels full and satisfied after eating a little. Habitual vomiting. Chronic diarrh┼Уa (of consumptives). Frequent catarrhs. Tickling and spasmodic feeling in windpipe on waking. Copious expectoration. Fetid taste and smell causing nausea. All kinds of bloody expectoration. Weak lungs. Emaciated people.
Relations
Compare: Sticta pul.