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Usnea barbata, Tree-moss.

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  2. Boericke, 1901: Materia Medica: the Tinctures.
Botanical name: 
Usnea barbata
Please read the introduction to Boericke's tinctures.

Is a remedy in some forms of congestive headache; sunstroke.
Head.--Bursting feeling, as if temples would burst, or the eyes burst out of the sockets. Throbbing carotids.
Relationship.--Compare: Glonoine; Bellad.
Dose.--Tincture, drop doses.


Boericke's Materia Medica, 1901, was written by William Boericke. Excerpt: The Tinctures.

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