THUJA OCCIDENTALIS

THUJA OCCIDENTALIS

(Arbor Vitae)

Thuj.

Acts primarily on the skin, blood, gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, and brain. It plays a key role in the formation of pathological growths like warts, condylomata, and spongy tumors. It is associated with moist, mucus-covered tubercles and bleeding fungal growths, and also affects venosity.

Thuja’s main action targets the skin and genitourinary organs, aligning with Hahnemann’s concept of sycotic dyscrasia, marked by wart-like growths on mucous and skin surfaces, such as fig warts and condylomata. It has specific antibacterial properties, especially in conditions like gonorrhea and after vaccinations. It addresses suppressed gonorrhea and conditions like salpingitis, and alleviates issues related to vaccination. Sycotic pains—tearing in muscles and joints—are worsened by rest and humid conditions, but improve in dry weather. It is particularly suited to “hydrogenoid” individuals whose blood absorbs moisture excessively, making damp air and water problematic. Symptoms worsen in moonlight, with rapid fatigue and weight loss. Thuja is a chilly remedy that targets the left side and can help prevent the pustules and fever of smallpox. It is also useful in treating persistent skin problems and neuralgia related to vaccination (vaccinosis).

Mind: Persistent thoughts, such as feeling a strange presence beside them or a separation between the soul and body; sensation of something alive in the abdomen. Emotional sensitivity; music causes weeping and trembling.

Head: Head pain feels like being pierced by a nail. Neuralgia from tea consumption. Left-sided migraines, dry, falling hair, and greasy facial skin.

Eyes: Ciliary neuralgia and iritis. Eyelids stick together at night; dry and scaly. Styes and tarsal tumors. Inflammation of the sclera with bluish-red patches. Large, flat, slow-healing phlyctenules. Recurring episcleritis and chronic scleritis.

Ears: Chronic ear infections with purulent discharge. Creaking sounds when swallowing. Polypi in the ear.

Nose: Chronic catarrh with thick, green mucus, often mixed with blood and pus. Pain in teeth while blowing the nose, ulcers in nostrils, and dryness in nasal passages. Pressure at the root of the nose.

Mouth: Painful tip of the tongue, white blisters near the root, sensitive decaying teeth with retracted gums. Drinks make an audible sound when reaching the stomach. Varicose veins in the tongue and mouth, and pyorrhea alveolaris.

Stomach: Complete loss of appetite, aversion to fresh meat and potatoes. Rancid burping after fatty foods, cutting pain in the stomach, and flatulence. Discomfort after eating and thirst. Dyspepsia from drinking tea.

Abdomen: Swollen; hard lumps (cancer). Chronic diarrhea, worse after breakfast, with forceful, noisy discharges. Brown spots on the abdomen. Gas and bloating, hernia-like protrusions. Rumbling and cramping. Constipation with severe rectal pain that makes the stool retreat (Sil., Sanic.). Swollen hemorrhoids, worse when sitting, with sharp, burning pain. Painful fissures in the anus, with warts. Sensation of movement without pain, as if something is alive (Croc.).

Urinary: Urethra inflamed and swollen (urethritis). Urinary stream small and splits. Feeling of trickling after urination. Sharp, cutting pains afterward (Sars.). Frequent urination with pain. Sudden, urgent urge to urinate, but unable to control it. Sphincter vesicae paralysis.

Male: Inflammation of the prepuce and glans; penile pain. Balanitis. Gonorrheal rheumatism. Gonorrhea. Chronic hardening of testicles. Burning pain near the bladder’s neck with frequent, urgent urination. Enlarged prostate (Ferr-pic., Thiosin., Iod., Sabal).

Female: Vagina highly sensitive (vaginitis) (Berb., Kreos., Lyss.). Warty growths on the vulva and perineum. Thick, greenish leucorrhea. Sharp pain in left ovary and inguinal region. Scanty, delayed menstruation. Polyps and fleshy growths. Left-sided ovaritis, worse during menstruation (Lach.). Profuse sweating before periods.

Respiratory: Dry, hacking afternoon cough with pain in the stomach area. Chest stitches, worsened by cold drinks. Asthma in children (Nat-s.). Laryngeal papillomas. Chronic laryngitis.

Extremities: Limbs feel fragile, like wood or glass, when walking. Finger tips are red, swollen, and numb. Muscle twitches, weakness, and tremors (chorea). Joint cracking. Heel and Achilles tendon pain. Brittle nails. Ingrown toenails.

Sleep: Persistent insomnia.

Fever: Chill starts in thighs. Sweating occurs only on uncovered parts or all over except the head while sleeping; sweat is profuse and smells like honey. Evening blood surges with throbbing in blood vessels.

Skin: Polyps, tubercles, warts, epithelioma, moles, carbuncles, and ulcers, especially in the ano-genital area. Freckles and blotches. Strong, sweet-smelling sweat. Dry skin with brown spots. Herpetic eruptions (Zona). Tearing pain in enlarged glands. Brittle, soft, and deformed nails. Eruptions only on covered parts, worsened by scratching. Skin highly sensitive to touch. Coldness on one side. Sarcoma, polyps. Brown spots on hands and arms.

Modalities: Worse at night, from heat of bed; at 3 a.m. and 3 p.m.; in cold, damp air; after breakfast; fat, coffee; and after vaccination. Better on the left side and while pulling up a limb.

Relationship: Compare (Hydrogenoid constitution: Calc., Sil., Nat-s., Aran., Apis, Puls.). Cupressus australis (sharp, prickling pain; overall warmth; rheumatism and gonorrhea). Cupressus lawsoniana (similar to Thuj.; intense stomach pains). Sphingurus martini (beard hair loss; jaw and zygoma pain); Sil., Maland. (vaccination); Med. (suppressed gonorrhea); Merc., Cinnab., Ter., Juniperus, Sabin., Sil., Canth., Cann-s., Nit-ac., Puls., Ant-t., Arborin (non-alcoholic Thuj. preparation). Antidotes: Merc., Camph., Sabin. (warts).

Complementary: Sabin., Ars., Nat-s., Sil.

Dose: For warts and growths, apply tincture or cerate locally. Internally, use tincture up to thirtieth potency.