Thuja is a completely mysterious plant. Although it was widely cultivated already in the 16th century, it was not used in medicine. Therefore, chemists and scientists never had the idea to study the composition of thuja. But homeopaths paid attention to her. As it turned out, not in vain.
The founder of homeopathy as one of the areas of alternative medicine was the German medical researcher Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, who lived in Europe at the turn of the 18th-19th centuries. The famous scientist in 1818 published the result of his many years of observation in a six-volume work entitled "Reine Arzneimittellehre" ("Pure Pharmacology"). In this treatise, he substantiated the law of getting rid of ailments with the help of natural poisons - "the like is cured by the like." This basic canon formed the basis for the study of an entire science called "homeopathy." Thuja (Thuja occidentalis) in this multivolume has been described as a cure for 634 symptoms.
Tree of Life
Thuja belongs to the evergreen conifers of the Cupressaceae family - cypress trees. The beautiful pyramidal or columnar crown of the "tree of life", as they call it, resembles these slender plants in appearance. In nature, the height of the western Tui reaches from 12 to 20 meters. Homeland conical "white cedar" (the third name of the tree Tuja Occidentalis) - North America, from Alaska to California. The habitat of thuja today is vast. It grows in southeastern Canada, in the highlands of the Pacific coast.
Thuja western appeared in Russia by the end of the 18th century. Since then, it has been growing on the European territory of our country - from the White coast to the Black Sea. The average age of the “tree of life" is about one and a half hundred years. What raw materials does homeopathy use?
Thuja western is a source of young needles and twigs, which are collected in late June and sent for processing.
The chemical composition of thuja extracts
The needles and branches of the evergreen arborvitae are rich in essential oil, in which scientists discovered pinene and glycoside thujone, sabinen, fenhon and borneol, acids - thujic and formic, caryophilen, vidren, bitter pinicrin, flavonoids and other substances. Due to the toxic effect of arborvitae extract, he did not receive the recognition of official medicine, but homeopathy proved its effectiveness even in scanty doses.
Drugs
which are
issued today:
thuja in granules from D3 and C3 to C12 and others; in drops of Q, D2 and dosage as in granules; oil, ointments (up to 10%) and tinctures.
The main directions of the therapeutic effect of thuja on the human body
The impact of medical preparations, which have a tiny amount of arborvitae extract in their composition, has a positive effect on strengthening immunity, which has long been revealed by homeopathy. Thuja, along with Echinacea purpurea, is one of the most powerful plant immunomodulators. Thuja preparations stimulate the formation of phagocyte cells that recognize and absorb viruses, bacteria, fungal spores and other foreign agents.
These homeopathic remedies have cytostatic, expectorant, choleretic and diaphoretic, hemostatic or hyperemia-causing properties. The main areas of application of thuja are ENT practice (chronic tonsillitis, pharyngitis, otitis media), dermatology (neoplasms on the skin, sycosis, autoimmune (systemic) diseases), urology (treatment of the genitourinary system), neurology (radiculitis, neuritis, lumbago and others) , problems with the musculoskeletal system and gastrointestinal tract. In addition, medicines from thuja successfully cope with muscle pains, have anesthetic effect in osteochondrosis.
The widespread use of thuja preparations became an incentive for a more detailed study of their properties. For example, the ability of thuja to prevent cell division in the future can help cancer patients cope with the disease.
Negative side effect with an overdose of arborvitae extract
Tui Western essential oil is known for its very toxic effect - it can cause increased irritation of the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys, as well as a powerful rush of blood to the organs of the genitourinary system.
Only 16 drops of this drug, according to doctors, can cause severe poisoning, accompanied by damage to the nervous system, manifested in convulsions. The use of infusion (or tea) from the branches and needles of thuja western can lead to death on the background of hurricane gastroenteritis and nephritis. Animals (in particular horses), accidentally tried thuja branches, lost their appetite, acquired a shaky gait, lethargy, numbness of the back of the body, fever, increased heart rate and gastrointestinal problems.
Homeopathy: thuja in domestic and foreign drugs
Homeopaths prefer to prescribe the drug "Thuya 30" for the treatment of adenoids, cough, migraine, neuralgia, left-sided headache, fever, accompanied by chills and increased sweating. Homeopathy in such cases, it can offer granules, drops of both Russian and foreign production.
Tuyu with a breeding index of 200 is used extremely rarely. Of the other remedies that can be found in the section "Homeopathy" - "Thuja 6 plus." These are granules that are used to treat enlarged adenoids. Symptoms that accompany this disease: violation of the nose breathing, snoring in a dream, discharge from the nasopharynx. You can take it even for children, but not younger than three years of age. Modern medical practice most often recommends using a high dilution of thuja preparations, which helps to get rid of many diseases with a minimum dose. So, for example, to instill in the nose, the baby is diluted with 0.5 cc with a cold. cm thuja oil (from the pharmacy) in 9.5 cubic meters. see olive, petroleum jelly or sea buckthorn.
Thuja (homeopathy): instructions for use
Diseases in which the homeopathic doctor prescribes the drug thuja, there are a great many. These effective alternative medicine remedies can be used for a wide range of diseases: from infertility treatment and various systemic pathologies to antitoxic effects during emergency care for snake bites. The main requirement for the use of drugs containing arborvitae extract is to consult a specialist and strictly follow his recommendations. And then even such a poison as an extract of a thuja will become a healing component of a homeopathic remedy!