TANSY Tanacetum vulgare, L.( Vishaya Schkolla, Moscow, 1963)
It contains volatile oil, wax, stearine, chlorophyll, bitter resin, yellow colouring matter, tannin with gallic acid, bitter extractive gum and tanacetic acid, which is chrystallizable, and precipitate lime, baryta and oxide of lead. Medicinal Part: The herb. Solvent: Alcohol, water. Bodily Influence: Tonic, Emmenagogue, Diaphoretic, Stimulant. Uses: Large doses cause vomiting, convulsions, coma, feeble respiration and pulse. In small doses the cold infusion will be found useful in convalescence from exhausting diseases, dyspepsia and jaundice. The warm infusion is diaphoretic and emmenagogue and is used for colds, fevers, la grippe and agues. The herb is also used for treatment of hysteria and certain other of the nervous disorders of women. For this purpose take 1 tablespoonful of the infusion frequently, when needed.
Tansy seeds are vermifuge and should be steeped, ¼ oz. to 1 pint of boiling water, and taken after night and morning fast, previously cleansing the alimentary tract with a herbal laxative. You may like to know the creatures respond more favourably when the moon is full.
A good remedy to promote menstruation, but should be used only when the suppression is due to conditions other than pregnancy. Tansy is a capable and useful herb in the hands of the experienced when prescribed for daily use. Dose: Of the tincture, 5 – 10 drops, the larger dose only in extreme cases of hysteria and suppression of the menses due to causes other than pregnancy. Of the infusion, 1 teaspoonful of Tansy steeped in 1 pint of boiling water of ½ hr.; 1 teaspoonful every 3 hr. Externally: Hot fomentations wrung out of Tansy tea are excellent for swellings, tumours, inflammations, sciatica, bruises, freckles and sunburn, and will check palpitation of the heart in a very short time( J. L. Kloss,“ Back to Eden”). Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture of the fresh plant in flower; attenuations of the oil— Abortion, Amenorrhoea, Chorea, Dysmenorrhoea, Epilepsy, Eyes( sclerotica inflamed), Hydrophobia, Labia( abscess of), Paralysis, Strabismus( right inward), Worms. Russian Experience: Riabinka obiknovennaya, or( close to the sound of) Pishma, grows everywhere in Russia except the extreme north. Folk Medicine: Used as a tea and powder with honey or sugar for worms; decoction in stomach sickness, diarrhoea, nervous disorders, liver, headache, TB of the lungs. Children are bathed in a solution when frightened( Bello-Russ. Academy of Science, Minsk, 1965); 5 per cent of the flowers with vodka( Nastoika) for stomach and duodenal ulcers( Moscow University, Moscow, 1965). Clinically: Flowers, and in some cases the whole plant, are used. Oil for worms is very effective but toxic. Powder, decoction, oil for ascaris and various other worms, diarrhoea, liver and stomach( Atlas, Moscow, 1963). Commercial: Powder used as insecticide( Moscow University, 1965).
THUJA Thuja occidentalis, L.( N. O.: Coniferae)
Common Names: Arbor-Vitae, Yellow Cedar, Tree of Life, False White Cedar. Features: The name White cedar is often applied to the Arbor-vitae( Thuja occidentalis), a wellknown, handsome ornamental American evergreen. It atttains heights of 70 – 80 ft., with a trunk diameter of 2 – 6 ft., which is sometimes distorted. The erect spreading branches have thin and flat