Cedar Oil
Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis
Common Names and Synonyms: Northern White Cedar, Swamp Cedar,
Eastern White Cedar, Yellow Cedar, Tree of Life
Background: The yellow cedar, also known as the Tree of Life,
is a graceful conical tree which is slow growing, and can attain a height
of 50 feet. The tree is native to North America and grows from Pennsylvania
northward. The Cherokee Indians held this tree sacred, and only burned
the wood for ceremonies to drive away evil spirits. Trees are also
found growing along the coastal hills of western Britain. The fragrant,
recently dried young twigs and branches yield a camphor-like oil that is
extracted from the finely-grained wood.
Cedar Oil in the Cayce Readings
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Cedar oil was recommended by Cayce in massage formulas to promote coordination
between the superficial and deeper circulation in the body. In most
of these readings Cayce specifies that it is the oil from the wood, and
not from the nut that is to be used. Cedar wood oil, in combination with
other oils, was to be used for massages to treat paralysis, polio, and
multiple sclerosis.
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Various amounts of cedar oil was recommended with the following frequency.
Here are the most frequent amounts:
| 1 ounces |
69 readings |
| 1/2 ounce |
37 readings |
| 1/4 ounce |
6 readings |
| 2 ounces |
4 readings |
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Cedar oil was always recommended with other substances in a compound, never
by itself. Although a wide diversity of formulas were given, the
most common substances mentioned in the same readings with cedar oil were
as follows:
| Oil of Sassafras |
91 readings |
| Nujol, Usoline, or Russian White Oil |
74 readings |
| Olive Oil |
57 readings |
| Tincture of Benzoin |
48 readings |
| Oil of Wintergreen |
46 readings |
| Oil of Mustard |
40 readings |
| Witchhazel |
37 readings |
| Oil of Pine Needles |
34 readings |
| Kerosine or Coal Oil |
32 readings |
| Gasoline |
24 readings |
| Camphor Gum |
21 readings |
| Peanut Oil |
13 readings |
| Tincture of Myrrh |
11 readings |
| Lanolin |
5 readings |
Cayce Quotes on Cedar Oil
3612-1
Here we find the incoordination between sympathetic
and cerebrospinal system being the source of disturbances in the locomotories,
and the inability for the body to carry on nominally. This is the
basis or the beginning of agitans, unless corrections are brought about;
or a wasting of the muscular forces, and such pressures as to cause the
inability of the body to control the locomotories. Voluntary nerve
reflexes become involuntary.
For this body we would begin first with Fume Baths
or Cabinet Sweats twice each week, using witch hazel. Each of these
treatments would be followed with rather a violent massage, or violent
for this body. Use this combination of oils:
Olive Oil.....................2 ounces,
Peanut Oil....................2 ounces,
Oil of Mustard...............10 drops,
Cedar Oil.....................1 ounce.
Massage these especially in the lumbar and sacral
and the sciatic nerves down to the knees, feet, throughout bursa of the
feet and the heel, to the center of the toes. Especially go downward,
not towards the body, go Away from the body in giving the massages.
Don't just slap this on but do massage it thoroughly into the body.
1187-6
. In the massage, as well as in the correction that are being made
osteopathically, massage the left side, especially from the face - that
is, the muscles of the neck downward in a rotary motion, with this as a
combination:
To 1 1/2 ounces Russian White Oil, add in the order
named:
Olive oil..........................................1 ounce,
Tincture of Myrrh............................1/2 ounce,
Oil of Cedar....................................1/2 ounce,
Oil of Wintergreen...........................1/2 ounce,
Compound Tincture of Benzoin........1/2 ounce.
These tend to separate, but shake together before
they are to be massaged; not hard, but just what the body absorbs.
This in the muscular force, this in the centers along the spine and
all the way from side of face TO the end of the spine and even to the limbs.
These will relax, these will absorb and these will act upon the lymph and
the emunctory circulation; thus giving stamina to those portions that have
shown rupture or seepage in those areas along the spine that have indicated
where the trouble originally arose.
3051-2
(Q) Was there a spiritual cause for the accident to my right
hand, or was it purely an accident? Is it possible to rectify it?
(A) It was purely an accident; not a spiritual cause. If
ye give it power over thee, it may not be rectified - that is, by holding
to any thought of payment. But it will be strengthened considerably if
there will be applied an equal combination of Oil of Cedar Wood (not O'Cedar
Oil, but Oil of Cedar Wood) and Red Wine. Shake these together and
massage around the wrist and hand, daily.
676-1
To 4 ounces Russian White Oil, add:
Cedar Oil (Oil of the wood, NOT nut oil)...1/2 ounce
Oil of White Pine........................................1/4 ounce,
Witch Hazel................................................1 ounce,
Oil of Mustard.............................................5 minims,
Coal Oil.......................................................2 ounces,
Tincture of Benzoin.......................................1/2 ounce.
These will tend to separate as they stand in solution.
Before using as a massage shake well together and pour a small quantity
into a saucer or open container. Begin with the massage on
the spine at about the 9th dorsal area. Massage in a circular motion to
the lower end of the spine, all the body will absorb. Then
begin along the hips and down to the lower portion of the feet and ankles,
where the swelling tends to come at times. We would also begin then
in the brachial area, or at the 1st and 2nd dorsal, massaging to the points
of the shoulder blades and out the arms. Then a little to the base
of the brain. This we would do at least every other day, requiring
about thirty minutes; take this much time in the massage, not too
severe but gently.
1242-1
To 6 ounces of Russian White Oil as the base, add
- in the order named:
Pure Olive Oil..................1 ounce,
O'Cedar Oil.....................1 ounce,
Kerosene.........................1 ounce,
Oil of Wintergreen........... 1 ounce,
Oil of Pine Needles......... 1 ounce,
Oil of Mustard................. 1/4 ounce,
Oil of Sassafras Root........1/2 ounce.
This as we find will separate, but shake together.
Each evening when the body is ready for retirement, use this as a
rub along the spinal system, principally upon the spinal column itself
or in each segment; not too hard to begin with and just what the body will
absorb. Let this extend over especially the joints, as in the plexus
of the sacral, the knees, the feet, the elbow, the shoulder, the wrist
and hand.
3626-1
Nujol, as the base...........................4 ounces,
Cedar Oil.........................1 ounce,
Peanut Oil........................2 ounces,
Olive Oil..........................1 ounce,
Oil of Pine Needles..........1/2 ounce,
Oil of Sassafras Root.......1/4 ounce,
Lanolin (liquefied)............1 ounce.
These will separate, but shake them thoroughly together,
pour a small quantity into an open saucer and massage thoroughly. Do not
pour back into the bottle any of the solution not used. Begin with
the toes, the front bursa of the feet, especially the Achillean bursa,
the lower portion of the calf of the leg, at and under the knee,
around the knee, following the sciatic nerve to the torso; over the lumbar-sacral
axis and through the groin. Do this, not just as something to be
hurried through with, but take time to do it with patience, persistence,
and let the one making the application encourage the body, not by the attitude
of "I wonder what this will do, and what good is this, and why do you use
this one, and leave out that one."
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