moss, Cladina rangiferina, Lichen rangiferinus)
Handpicked in July 2025 in highland tundra in the Iceland
Composition and weight:One pack contains 25 grams / 0.9 oz of natural whole uncut Cladonia rangiferina.
Place of harvest:Reindeer lichen comes from the highland tundra of the wildest places of Iceland. Island Iceland, considered by some the paradise of the Earth and the most beautiful place of the planet, is one of the cleanest and most unpolluted regions in Earth. As a result of its remote location, Icelandic nature has been well preserved. Wild lands, glaciers, volcanoes and national parks comprise 90 percent of the territory. Mountain lakes here remain crystal clear, while waterfalls, geysers, mountain valleys and arctic waters of the Atlantic Ocean make the air truly salubrious. Thanks to the careful protection of nature in Iceland, rare medicinal plants still grow in this area.
Post-harvesting:These lichen Reindeer lichen, which for years absorbed power of Icelandic nature, was handpicked in July 2025 on the highland tundra in Westfjord of Iceland. Lichen was dried in well-ventilated areas (sheltered from direct sunlight), hermetically packed and then stored at temperatures of 15-18°C until shipping. No additional processing!
Storage conditions:Store at room temperature without odors and relative humidity of 60-70%. Shelf life 2-3 years in a dry dark place.
Source and Description:
The plant is a lichen symbiosis of the simplest unicellular algae, marsupials, and nitrogen bacteria. Such a union allows to survive in the harsh climate of the far Arctic. Reindeer moss is an erect, many-branched lichen that grows up to 8 cm high and found in great abundance in Arctic lands. Reindeer lichen grows extremely slowly - about 3-4 mm per year, therefore arise difficulties in obtaining.
All parts of Reindeer lichen are edible. It may be dry in winter but can be soaked. Boiling removes the plant's bitterness. It can be added as a thickener to milk or grains or dried and stored. In Iceland Reindeer lichen was used to make folk medicines and in a few traditional dishes.
Northern native people and Icelanders from ancient times used of Reindeer moss of the tundra in medicinal teas to treat colds and various fevers (to relieve the weakness and ache), lung diseases and inflammation of the respiratory tract (to relieve the dry and wet cough). Reindeer moss tea was used for chest pains for native hunters who were climbing hills.
Traditionally Icelanders used Reindeer lichens as a poultice to treat baldness and restoring hair loss. Also when open wounds and violation of the integrity of the skin (ulcers, furunculosis, eczema and other problems), vikings covered the site of damage with Cladonia rangiferina and the wound remained clean and there was no suppuration.
Modern medicine has confirmed the centuries-old knowledge of the indigenous peoples of the North and revealed that Reindeer lichen is a important medicinal agents and able to have the antimicrobial, laxative, anti-inflammatory, soothing, gemostatic, wound healing effects.
A variety of bioactive compounds and beneficial components have been isolated and identified from Cladonia rangiferina:
- Complex of nitrogenous substances;
- Acids (ascorbic, ursic, 15-acetylimbricatoloic, junicedric, 7-α-hydroxysandaracopimaric, β-resorylic, cis-communic, imbricatolic, barbatic,homosekikaic, didymic, condidymic acid);
- Organic compounds with hydroxyl functional groups (retinol, sugiol, 5,6-dehydrosugiol, montbretol, atronol, hanagokenol A, hanagokenol B);
- Trace elements (nickel, iodine, barium, titanium, chromium, copper, manganese, iron, etc);
- Terpenes (abietane, labdane, isopimarane, etc).
The use of Reindeer lichen depends on the ultimate goal. For poultices and other external uses, whole or shredded Reindeer lichen is soaked in clean water. For internal use, special mucus, decoctions (in water or milk), infusions and teas are prepared from Reindeer lichen.
Contraindications:Individual intolerance to the components of dietary supplements, herbs, childhood, pregnancy and lactation.
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