Thuja/western red cedar

• Red Cedar 1 oz

Tuja and is given to treat soft or bleeding warts on the chin, genitals, or anus. The most widely used homeopathic materia medica, or reference book, also recommends Thuja for headaches that feel like a nail is being driven into the head; vertigo brought on by standing up; emotional depression and restlessness; pain or itching in the scalp; painful swallowing or a feeling of obstruction in the throat; intense thirst at night or early in the morning; stomach cramps that are worse in the evening; difficulty in breathing combined with a violent thirst for cold water; frequent need to urinate, with frothy or cloudy urine; insomnia or restless sleep; or fever and chills that grow worse toward evening..

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Active Ingredients:

• Thuja plicata, wildcrafted leaf, 1:0.9 fresh

Herbal action: antitumor, antifungal, antimicrobial, expectorant, emmennagogue, lymphatic, diuretic.
Indications: coughs and bronchitis, fever, lymphatic stasis, incontinence, chronic prostatitis, cystitis, amenorrhea, leucorrhea, tumors and cancer (rectal, uterine, pharynx), warts, fungal infections, ulcers, vaccinosis.

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