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  • November 9,1995 Western Carolinian Environment The Caribou Knows Ashes to ashes, dust to dust... It will be thousands of years before this fridge is all rust. How long will it be before we really have to have a funeral for our forests? by j. douglas grsy by Jessica Devaney Staff Reporter Caribou moss (Cetraria) is a member of the Iceland Moss family (Parmeliaceae). One common name of caribou moss is lichen. This lichen clings to the ground becoming mosslike, with divided stems in the place of leaves. Caribou moss may be from brownish and grayish white to somewhat reddish in color. In the winter, this lichen loses hydrogen and oxygen the wind and cold and becomes brittle. It will regain its elasticity with the coming of spring, or when it is immersed in water. Caribou moss grows throughout the Northern United States and Canada, where the only growth harmful to mankind is a type of toadstool. It also exists in high elevations of the North Carolina mountains, often being the only plantlike food above the treeline. According to Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants by Bradford Angier, caribou moss has saved thousands from starvation. It is an algae and fungus combined to make one of the oldest medicines in the world. Caribou moss and other lichens have been around much longer than to ...What's good for a stuffy nose! health-giving minerals from the rocks they cling to for sustenance. Caribou moss does not contain poisonous acids but it can cause severe digestive problems in most people. Before taken internally, caribou moss should be soaked overnight in cold water for at least eight hours. Then it must be strained. The end result is easily digested after it is simmered into a jelly like gruel for small children or dried and crushed into a powder. The lichen's speciality is a traditional wintertime cure-all. One ounce of caribou moss should be cleaned and scraped of all sand and rock fragments, then boiled in 2 cups of water. It is to be taken hot. The caribou moss drink can be not only be used as a cough medicine, but also a cure for bronchitis and a remedy for stuffiness or a sinus infection. Caribou moss is a naturally- growing antibiotic, once used as the major Indian blood purifier and as a spring tonic by early settlers. It assists in better digestion A local variety of and increases the appetite. As a powder, it is caribou moss s0 m'^ l^at 'l can ^e dusted on mouth sores or put on cankers. It is mild enough to use on small children. A tea of the medicine is the 3000- to 4000-year-old sequoias and the ancient bristlecone pines. Caribou moss has organic acids which draw taken for lung troubles, consumption, and general weakness. National Geography Week November 13-19 It's almost the end of another semester. Have you found yourself still undecided on a major? Even if you have a major, are you wanting some classes that are educational and interesting? Then come by and talk to some geography majors during national geography week in the Dodson Lobby. We will be there Wednesday and Thursday during the hours of 11:30am-1:30pm to talk to anyone who is curious about Geography.
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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolin...

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