Other names and synonyms
cetr-isl.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Iceland Moss. N. O. Lichenes. Decoction and tincture.
Nosology
Atrophy. сatarrh. Diarrhoea. Phthisis. Scrofulous emaciation. Scurvy. Ulcers.
Typical features
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: вitter slimy taste. Feels full and satisfied after eating a little. Habitual vomiting. сhronic diarrhoea (of consumptives). Frequent catarrhs. Tickling and spasmodic feeling in windpipe on waking. сopious expectoration. Fetid taste and smell causing nausea. All kinds of bloody expectoration. Weak lungs. Emaciated people.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Sticta pul.