Botanical Index No. 761

Oriental Arborvitae

platycladus orientalis

Medicinal Actions

Analysis pending research update.

Primary Conditions Treated

Alopecia Amnesia Anorexia Apprehension Asthma Bleeding Bronchosis Burn Cancer Carcinoma Cardiopathy Cold Constipation Convulsion Cough Dermatosis Duodenosis Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Epistaxis Fever Gastrosis Gonorrhea Gray Hair Headache Hematuria Hemoptysis Hepatosis Hysteria Insomnia Metrorrhagia Nausea Neurasthenia Neurosis Pain Palpitation Parasite Respirosis Rheumatism Spermatorrhea Ulcer Uterosis VD Vomiting Wound

General Dosage

3–9 g leaf; 3–18 g leaf.

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. “Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages”. But PH2 suggests the dose of 3–18 g, rather high for an herb they describe as “severely toxic.” If they are correct in their calculations, the herb would contain only 240 ppm thujone, much less than sage, for example.

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