Steinmetz:Cetraria
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Cetraria islandica
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Parmeliaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Great Britain
- mountains of Central- and Eastern Europe (especially Bayrischer Wald
- Harz
- Thuringer Wald)
- Sweden
- Northern Italy
- North America
- Part(s) Used
- Lichen Islandicus = Fucus Islandicus
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- Constituent(s)
- cetrarin (cetraric acid)
- uncrystallizable sugar
- gum
- lichenin
- iso-lichenin
- mucilage
- volatile oil
- iodine
- vitamin A
- oxalic acid
- tartaric acid
- Action
- tonic
- demulcent
- antiseptic
- nutritive
- in large doses aperient
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