The following drug picture has been extracted from Boericke’s Materia Medica. This is provided here for doctors’ and students’ easy and instantaneous reference.
FUCUS VESICULOSUS
Sea Kelp
General.–A remedy for obesity and non-toxic goitre; also exophthalmic. Digestion is furthered and flatulence diminished. Obstinate constipation; forehead feels as if compressed by an iron ring. Thyroid enlargement in obese subjects.
Relationship.–Compare: Phytol; Thyroidine; Badiaga; Iodum.
Dose.–Tincture, five to sixty drops three times a day before meals.