Thuja Extract Thuja occidentalis (a/k/a Tree of Life) liquid.
Applied externally, Thuja leaf tincture is used on warts, fungoid growths, venereal warts, gonorrhoea, syphilis, prostate problems, toothache, whooping cough, piles, ulcers, bed sores, and other fungus infections. Experimentally, the leaf oil is antiseptic, expectorant, counterirritant and extracts have shown antiviral properties against herpes simplex. As a counterirritant, it is also useful for relief of muscular aches and pains.
Thuja is also a folk medicine cancer remedy and has historically been used as an internal treatment for tumours and was injected directly. It is said to both slow the growth of the cancer and to extend the lifespan of the patient.
Thuja extract can also be used internally for bronchitis, asthma, pulmonary disease and enlarged prostate. It is a uterine stimulant and is well known as a treatment for chronic cystitis or functional nocturnal enuresis. It is useful not only as an antiseptic, but also to increase the tone of the bladder sphincter thus good for urinary incontinence.
Thuja can also be used to reduce the catarrh associated with upper respiratory infection and to treat chronic tonsillitis, reducing the size of the tonsils. It is used to treat productive bronchitis and pneumonia.
Thuja is also used to treat chronic skin diseases such as eczema and psoriasis and externally as a wash for swollen feet and burns.
American Indians used Thuja leaf tea for headaches, colds, chronic cough and in steam baths for fever, rheumatism, arthritis, congestion and gout.
Thuja has stimulant, astringent, vermifuge, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-fungal, diuretic, emmenogogue, expectorant, anthelmintic, astringent, anti-catarrhal, anti-pyretic and anti-irritant properties.
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