Eastern white Cedar, Thuya occidentalis
Pharmaceuticals
White Cedar essential oil is used in the preparation of various products, such as disinfectants and sprayers. It also enters in the composition of analgesicointments and liniments as a counterirritant.
Perfumery
It also enters in the preparation of various soaps and perfumes.
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Pharmaceuticals
White Cedar essential oil is used in the preparation of various products, such as disinfectants and sprayers. It also enters in the composition of analgesicointments and liniments as a counterirritant.
Perfumery
It also enters in the preparation of various soaps and perfumes.Thuya occidentalis
Eastern White Cedar, Swamp Cedar,
American Arborvitae
Cupressaceae
History and Origin
Eastern White Cedar is a conifer native to north-eastern North America that prefers humid limestone soils. It has the distinctive feature to bear miniature superimposed scales instead of needle. Interesting fact, small trees of a “bonsai” type aged over 800 hundreds years have been found in northern Quebec, notably on the lake edges, away from forests fires. Often, the center of the tree, that dies and therefore no longer presents the same resistance to decomposition, putrefies and creates, over time, a shelter for animals. Moreover, during the winter, Thuya plantations become home to the deer herds. Furthermore, the wood, scented, light, easy to split and rot resistant, is highly appreciated to build fences, shingles, docks, foundations, beams and other building elements requiring a resistance to decomposition. Ancient civilisations used it as a ceremonial incense, therapeutic remedy and structure material for the building of bark canoes. Traditionally, since cedar wood repels moths, it is used to manufacture “cedar chests”. This naming is of course a mistake, the real Cedar tree belonging to a whole different family.
| Distilled Part |
Twigs |
| Extraction |
Steam Distillation |
| Main Components: |
a-thujone, fenchone, ß- thujone, a-pinene |
| Essential Oil’s Characteristics |
Transparent liquid with a sharp, fresh and camphoric aroma; very charged in smell. |
| Therapeutic Properties |
Eastern White Cedar essential oil is negativating, anticatarrhal, mucolytic+++, cicatrizing, antiinfectious, virucide-virulicide (inconstant), antineoplastic and antitumoral (?), and insecticide. |
| Uses among health professionals |
It is notably used to treat wounds+, scars+++, plane warts+++, verrucas+, cold sores, catarrhal or viral bronchitis and stable and evolutive tumor (?). |
| Energetic and Emotional Effect |
Eastern White Cedar essential oil offers the same antiparasitic action on the subtle energies level. It lightens and frees from low vibrations and energetic burdens.
To purify a space, diffuse two drops of Thuya with Balsam fir or Larch (30 drops). It is suggested to apply one drop on the solar plexus for people dealing with power trips. |
| Chromatography typical |
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References
L’aromathérapie exactement, La Flore Laurentienne, The Illustraded Encyclopedia of Essential Oils and Native
American Ethnobotany.
Discharge
Aliksir strongly recommends that you consult with a physician or aromatherapist. It is important to inform
yourself concerning contraindications or incompatibilities with other substances. Essential oils are powerful, and they must be used according to the physiological doses.Safety Data
Eastern White Cedar should be avoided in babies, children and pregnant women because of its
high thujone content, a neurotoxic and abortive component. The external use is usually
preferred to the internal use.