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Medorrhinum vs Thuja
(Medorrhinum · Thuja occidentalis)
Both belong to the same classical grouping and are often weighed against each other in long-standing cases.
In short
Medorrhinum is hot, hurried and better at the seashore; Thuja is chilly, guarded and worse in cold, damp weather.
Side by side
(the classic distinctions homeopaths look for)
| Feature | Medorrhinum |
Thuja |
|---|---|---|
| Temperature | Hot; wants feet uncovered and fanned | Chilly and sensitive to damp |
| Mood | Hurried, intense; time drags | Guarded; feels fragile, as if made of glass |
| Body | Restless legs; tender heels and soles | Warts, oily skin, brown spots |
| Better for | The seashore and lying on the stomach | Dry weather and drawing up a limb |
| Worse for | Daytime, heat and inland | Cold, damp air; 3 a.m. and 3 p.m. |
Medorrhinum
Better
At the seashore, Lying on the stomach, Damp weather
Worse
Thinking about the complaint, Daytime, from daylight to sunset, Heat, Inland
Thuja
Better
Drawing up a limb, Dry weather
Worse
Cold, damp air, Night and the heat of the bed, 3 a.m. and 3 p.m., Fatty food and coffee
From the classic texts
“Weak memory. Loses the thread of conversation. Cannot speak without weeping. Time passes too slowly (Cannab ind; Arg n). Is in a great hurry.”
“Fixed ideas, as if a strange person were at his side; as if soul and body were separated; as if something alive in abdomen (Croc).”
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Medorrhinum
(Medorrhinum · Gonorrheal discharge nosode)
A remedy of extremes and hurry. In the materia medica, Medorrhinum is associated with intense, hurried, sensitive people who feel time drags, are worse by day and better at the seashore, and often sleep on the stomach.
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Thuja
(Thuja occidentalis · Arborvitae (northern white cedar))
A remedy of warts and growths. In the materia medica, Thuja is associated with warty growths, oily skin and complaints worse in cold, damp weather, alongside a feeling of being fragile or not quite oneself.
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