pendulous twigs, fragrant green leaves, and tiny bluish-purple cones covered with bloom, turning reddish-brawn with six to twelve pointless thin oblong scales. Found growing in wet ground from New Hampshire to Florida. There are various species of Cedar found in Africa, India, Australia and Alaska. Medicinal Parts: Branchlets and leaves. Solvents: Alcohol, water. Bodily Influence: Stimulant, Diuretic, Irritant, Expectorant, Emmenagogue, Anthelmintic. Uses: Thuja is useful as a counter-irritant in the relief of muscular aches and pains, chronic coughs with association of shortness of breath, fevers, the sudden attacks of acute pain in the joints that may last for a few days or weeks, the associated gout( uric acid retention). The pain of menstruation due to the cessation of flow is relieved by the hot tea taken frequently. Dose: Infusion of 1 teaspoonful to 1 pint of boling water taken in teaspoonful to wineglassful amounts. Externally: The leaves and twigs boiled with oil make an excellent salve. Also for removal of warts and fungoid growths. Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture of the fresh green twigs— Abdomen( distended), Abortion, Angina pectoris, Anus( fistula in; fissure of), Asthma, Balanitis, Cancer, Catalepsy, Chorea, Clavus, Condylomata, Constipation, Convulsions, Coxalgia, Diarrhoea, Disparunia, Dysmenorrhoea, Ear( polypus of), Enuresis, Epilepsy, Epulis, Eyes( tumours of; granular inflammation of), Fatty tumours, Feet( fetid) Flatus( incarcerated), Frontal sinuses( catarrh of), Ganglion, Gleet, Gonorrhoea, Haemorrhage, Haemorrhoids, Hair( affections of), Headache, Hernia, Herpes zoster, Ichthyosis, Intussusception, Jaw( growth on), Joints( cracking in), Levitation, Morvan’ s disease, Mucus patches, Muscae volitantes, Myopia, Naevus, Neck( chronic catarrh of; polypus of), Paralysis, Pemphigus, Polypus, Post-nasal catarrh, Pregnancy( imaginary), Prostate( disease of), Ptosis, Ranula, Rheumatism( gonorrhoeal), Rickets, Sciatica, Seminal emissions, Nocturnal Sycosis, Syphilis, Tea( effects of), Teeth( caries of), Tongue( ulcers of; biting of), Toothache, Tumours, Vaccination, Vaccinosis, Vaginismus, Warts, Whooping cough.
THYME Thymus vulgaris L.( N. O.: Labiatae)
Common Names: Garden or Common Thyme, Tomillo, Mother of Thyme, Serpyllum. Features: Originating from the Old World, Thyme is recognized around the world as an aromatic, flavouring herb, or for ornamental decor. The small, shrubby perennial herb T. vulgaris is an erect or somewhat decumbent plant, 1 – 3 ft. high, has sessile linear lanceolate leaves with revolute margins. The pale-lilac flowers are small and in interrupted whorled, spikes at the end of the branches. It has a strong, pungent, spicy taste and odour. In preparing the herb for out-of-season use, it should be collected in the summer when in blossom and thoroughly dried in the shade. Thyme is favoured by the bees, and the honey is a superior replacement for sugar.