Cedar leaf oil is a sweet-smelling oil made from some types of cedar trees. Cedar leaf oil poisoning occurs when someone swallows this substance. Young children who smell the oil may try to drink it.

This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.

• Thujone (a hydrocarbon)

• Some furniture polishes
• Some homeopathic medicines
• Thuja oil

• Airways and lungs
  • Breathing difficulty
  • Throat swelling (may also cause breathing difficulty)
• Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
  • Loss of vision
  • Severe pain in the throat
  • Severe pain or burning in the nose, eyes, ears, lips, or tongue
• Gastrointestinal
  • Blood in the stool
  • Burns of the food pipe (esophagus)
  • Severe abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Vomiting blood
• Heart and blood vessels
  • Collapse
  • Low blood pressure that develops rapidly
• Nervous system
  • Coma
  • Seizures
  • Stupor
• Skin
  • Burn
  • Irritation