Botanical Index No. 1029

Thuja, White Cedar

thuja occidentalis

Medicinal Actions

Analgesic, Antibacterial, Antiseptic, Antiviral, Convulsant, Counterirritant, Cytotoxic, Depurative, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Expectorant, Fungicide, Hypotensive, Immunostimulant, Lactagogue, Phagocytotic, Secretagogue, Spasmogenic, Stimulant, Tonic, Toxic, Uterotonic, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Abortifacient Anaphrodisiac Insectifuge Vermifuge Amenorrhea Angina Arthrosis Bacteria Bleeding Blepharosis Blood Body Odor Bronchosis Bruise Bug Bite Burn Cancer anus bladder breast hand mucus penis skin vulva Cardiopathy Caries Catarrh Childbirth Coccyx Cold Condylomata Conjunctivosis Cough Cystosis Depression Dermatosis Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Enuresis Epithelioma Fever Fracture Fungus Gout Headache Hematochezia Hemorrhoid Herpes High Blood Pressure Immunodepression Incontinence Infection Malaria Mucososis Myalgia Mycosis Nephrosis Neuralgia Otitis media Pain Paralysis Pertussis Pharyngosis Polyp Pneumonia Prostatosis Psoriasis Pulmonosis Rash Rheumatism Sciatica Smallpox Sore Sore Throat Sprain Streptococcus Swelling Syncope Toothache Tracheosis Tuberculosis VD Virus Wart Water Retention Worm Wound

General Dosage

1–2 g 3 ×/day; 2–4 ml liquid extract; taken only occasionally; for rheumatic pain, Native Americans mix dry powder of 4 parts polypody with 1 part ground cedar cones, with warm water, as a poultice, separated from the body with a cloth to prevent the attendant burning.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 2b. Abortifacient, emmenagogue/uterostimulant. Approved for food use in the U.S. only if it is thujone free. Not approved by Commission E. Cedar leaf oil is suspected to have emmenagogue and uterotonic activity, should be avoided in pregnancy. Following attempted abortion, patient may experience diarrhea, hemorrhage of the mucous membranes, queasiness, vomiting, even fatality.

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