Sticta Pulmonaria – Lung-Wort

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried thallus of the lichen, Lobaria pul- monaria [L.] Hoffm. N.O. Stictaceae.

The main indications are:

Descending nasal catarrh, dry mucosa. Pressure in the root of the nose. Torment- ing cough. Arthritis of the knees.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Lobaria pulmonaria, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for sticta: acute inflammations of the respiratory passages.