Cedron – Cedar

The mother tincture is prepared from the cotelydons of the ripe seeds of the tree, Simarouba cedron Planch., which is native to tropical America. N.O. Simarubaceae.

The main indications are:

Neuralgias and intermittent fever recurring with precise periodicity.

In America Cedron was formerly used as a reliable antidote to rattlesnake poison, being used internally and externally immediately after the bite. It also has a reputa- tion there in marsh fever and in intermittent fever, i.e. in symptoms which recur pe- riodically, including trigeminal neuralgia, especially on the left side and around the eye. However it also has a beneficial effect in nerve-pains of the arms and legs, and in the neuralgic complaints that accompany iritis and glaucoma. One should not omit to use Cedron in malaria with tumour of the spleen, anaemia and dropsical symptoms, and particularly in fevers which recur daily between 13:00 and 18:00.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Simarouba cedron, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for cedron: periodic neuralgia; fever; intermittent episodes of fever.