Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

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Activities (Thuja) — Abortifacient (f; PH2); Analgesic (f; LAF); Anaphrodisiac (f; CEB);
Antibacterial (1; EFS; FNF; PH2); Antiseptic (f; CEB); Antiviral (1; LAF; PH2); Convulsant (1;
LAF; PH2); Counterirritant (1; LAF); Cytotoxic (1; HH2); Depurative (f; CEB; EFS); Diaphoretic
(f; CEB; EFS); Diuretic (f; LAF); Emmenagogue (1; EFS; LAF); Expectorant (1; LAF); Fungicide
(f; LAF); Hypotensive (1; LAF); Immunostimulant (1; LAF; PH2; PNC); Insectifuge (f; CEB);
Lactagogue (f; CEB); Phagocytotic (1; LAF); Secretagogue (f; CEB); Spasmogenic (1; PH2);
Stimulant (f; EFS; PNC); Tonic (f; CEB); Toxic (1; HH2); Uterotonic (1; LAF); Vermifuge (1;
CEB; EFS; LAF).


Indications (Thuja) — Amenorrhea (1; CEB; HH2; PH2; PNC); Angina (f; HH2); Arthrosis
(f; FAD; PHR; PH2); Bacteria (1; EFS; FNF; PH2); Bleeding (f; CEB); Blepharosis (f; HH2;
PH2); Blood (f; DEM); Body Odor (f; DEM); Bronchosis (1; FAD; HH2; PHR); Bruise (f;
DEM); Bug Bite (f; LAF); Burn (f; CEB; DEM; PH2); Cancer, anus (f; JLH); Cancer, bladder
(f; JLH); Cancer, breast (f; JLH); Cancer, hand (f; JLH); Cancer, mucus (f; JLH); Cancer,
penis (f; JLH); Cancer, skin (f; JLH); Cancer, vulva (f; JLH); Cardiopathy (f; HH2; PH2);
Caries (f; DEM); Catarrh (f; HH2); Childbirth (f; DEM); Coccyx (f; DEM); Cold (f; DEM;
FAD); Colic (f; DEM); Condylomata (1; CEB; JLH; PHR); Conjunctivosis (f; HH2; PH2);
Cough (f; DEM; FAD; LAF); Cystosis (f; HH2; JLH; PH2; PNC); Depression (f; PH2);
Dermatosis (f; DEM; LAF; PH2); Dysentery (f; CEB); Dysmenorrhea (f; CEB; DEM); Dys-
pepsia (f; PH2); Enuresis (f; HH2; PH2); Epithelioma (f; JLH); Fever (f; CEB; EFS; LAF);
Fracture (f; DEM); Fungus (f; LAF); Gout (f; HH2; LAF; PH2); Headache (f; CEB; DEM;
FAD); Hematochezia (f; CEB); Hemorrhoid (f; FAD); Herpes (1; PHR; PH2); High Blood
Pressure (1; LAF); Immunodepression (1; LAF; PH2; PNC); Incontinence (f; FAD); Infection
(f; DEM; FAD; LAF; PH2); Malaria (f; CEB); Mucososis (f; PH2); Myalgia (1; PHR; PH2);
Mycosis (1; FAD; LAF); Nephrosis (f; HH2; PH2); Neuralgia (f; CEB; HH2; PHR; PH2);
Otitis media (f; PH2); Pain (f; CEB; DEM; LAF); Paralysis (f; CEB; DEM); Pertussis (f; HH2;
PH2); Pharyngosis (f; HH2); Polyp (f; JLH); Pneumonia (f; DEM); Prostatosis (f; FAD);
Psoriasis (f; HH2; PH2); Pulmonosis (f; CEB); Rash (f; DEM); Rheumatism (f; CEB; HH2;
LAF; PH2); Sciatica (f; CEB); Smallpox (f; DEM); Sore (f; DEM; FAD); Sore Throat (1;
PHR; PH2); Sprain (f; DEM); Streptococcus (f; PH2); Swelling (f; CEB; DEM; MIC); Syncope
(f; CEB; DEM); Toothache (f; CEB; DEM); Tracheosis (f; PH2); Tuberculosis (f; CEB; DEM);
VD (f; CEB; JLH); Virus (1; LAF; PH2); Wart (f; JLH; LAF); Water Retention (f; LAF); Worm
(1; CEB; EFS; LAF); Wound (f; DEM).


Dosages (Thuja) — 1–2 g 3 ×/day (HH2); 2–4 ml liquid extract (PNC); taken only occasionally
(AHP); 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 (CEB).


Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Thuja) — Class 2b. Abortifacient, emmena-
gogue/uterostimulant (AHP). Approved for food use in the U.S. only if it is thujone free (may
contain 6500 ppm thujone (AHP). Not approved by Commission E (KOM; PHR). Cedar leaf oil
is suspected to have emmenagogue and uterotonic activity, should be avoided in pregnancy. Fol-
lowing attempted abortion, patient may experience diarrhea, hemorrhage of the mucous membranes,
queasiness, vomiting, even fatality (PHR).

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