Cetraria Islandica
di John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Iceland Moss. N. O. Lichenes. Decoction and tincture.
Clinical
Atrophy / Catarrh / Diarrhœa / 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 diarrhœa (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.