Generally speaking, the Chinese medicine thuja is not recommended to be taken raw.
The Chinese medicine Jingwu is the above-ground part of the plant Jingwu of the genus Jingwu, family Labiatae, which is pungent in flavor, slightly warm in nature, and belongs to the lung and liver meridians. It has the efficacy of dispersing wind, penetrating rashes and eliminating sores, and can be used for colds, headaches, measles, rubella, and the first appearance of sores and ulcers. Usage is generally a decoction of soup, or into the pill, bulk, external use can be pounded, powdered dressing or decoction of water, not recommended to take raw.
Caution should be exercised in cases of spontaneous sweating due to deficiency of the epidermis (due to frequent and natural sweating caused by weakness of the muscular surface), and in cases of yin deficiency and fire exuberance.
Chinese medicine should be carefully identified, if you need to use the drug should be timely to the hospital to receive treatment, under the guidance of a professional physician to use the drug, do not take blindly to avoid causing damage to the body.