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.
Source
Fresh twigs of the arborvitae, or northern white cedar
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Thuj.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Warts and wart-like growths on the skin and mucous surfaces, sometimes large and seedy
Oily skin, brown spots, and eruptions only on covered parts
Fixed ideas, such as feeling the body is made of glass and could break, or that body and soul are separated
Chilly and sensitive to damp; sweat on uncovered parts
Tends to feel better
Drawing up a limb
Dry weather
Tends to feel worse
Cold, damp air
Night and the heat of the bed
3 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Fatty food and coffee
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Thuja)
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Medorrhinum
(Medorrhinum)
Both belong to the same classical grouping; Thuja is chilly and guarded, Medorrhinum hot, hurried and better at the seashore.
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Natrum sulphuricum
(Natrum sulphuricum)
Shares Thuja's sensitivity to damp; Natrum sulphuricum centers more on the liver, digestion and chest.
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Silica
(Silicea terra)
Both chilly with skin and nail issues; Silica is yielding and slow to heal, Thuja prone to growths and fixed ideas.
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Side-by-side comparisons
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From the classic texts
“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).”
“When walking the limbs feel as if made of wood. Sensation as if body, especially the limbs, were made of glass and would break easily.”
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