THUJA OCCIDENTALIS
Arbor vitae
Acts on skin, blood, gastro-intestinal tract, kidneys, and brain. Its relation to the manufacturing of pathological vegetations condylomate, warty excrescences, spongy tumors is very important. Moist mucous tubercles. Bleeding fungus growths. Naevus. Excess of venosity.
The essential motion of Thuja is on the pores and skin and genito-urinary organs, producing prerequisites that correspond with Hahnemann’s sycotic dyscrasia, whose chief manifestation is the formation of wart-like excrescences upon mucous and cutaneous surfaces-fig-warts and condylomata. Has a precise antibacterial action, as in gonorrhoea and vaccination. Suppressed gonorrhoea, salpingitis. Ill-effects of vaccination. Sycotic pains, i.e, tearing in muscle tissues and joints, worse at rest, higher in dry weather, worse damp humid atmosphere; lameness. Hydrogenoid constitutions, whose blood is morbidly hydroscopic, so that damp air and water are inimical. Complaints from moonlight. Rapid exhaustion and emaciation. Left-sided and chilly medicine. Variola, aborts the pustule and prevents the suppurating fever. Vaccinosis, viz, inveterable pores and skin troubles, neuralgia, etc.
Mind.–Fixed ideas, as if a abnormal man or woman have been at his side; as if soul and physique have been separated; as if some thing alive in stomach (Croc). Emotional sensitiveness; track reasons weeping and trembling.
Head.–Pain as if pierced with the aid of a nail (Coff; Ign). Neuralgia from tea (Selen). Left-sided headache. White, scaly dandruff; hair dry and falling out. Greasy pores and skin of face.
Eyes.–Ciliary neuralgia; iritis. Eyelids agglutinated at night; dry, scaly. Styes and tarsal tumors (Staph). Acute and subacute infection of sclera. Sclera raised in patches, and appears bluish-red. Large, flat phlyctenules; indolent. Recurring episcleritis. Chronic scleritis.
Ears.–Chronic otitis; discharge purulent. Creaking when swallowing. Polypi.
Nose.–Chronic catarrh; thick, inexperienced mucus; blood and pus. On blowing nose, ache in teeth. Ulceration inside the nostrils. Dryness of nasal cavities. Painful stress at root.
Mouth.–Tip of tongue very painful. White blisters on aspect shut to root, painfully sore. Teeth decay subsequent to gums; very sensitive; gums retract. Drinks fall audibly into stomach. Ranula; varicose veins on tongue and mouth. Pyorrhea alveolaris.
Stomach.–Complete loss of appetite. Dislike for sparkling meat and potatoes. Rancid eructations after fats food. Cutting ache in epigastrium. Cannot devour onions. Flatulence; ache after food; sinking sensation in epigastrium earlier than food; thirst. Tea-drinking dyspepsia.
Abdomen.–Distended; indurations in abdomen. Chronic diarrhoea, worse after breakfast. Discharges forcibly expelled; gurgling sound. Brown spots. Flatulence and distension; protruding right here and there. Rumbling and colic. Constipation, with violent rectal pain, inflicting stool to recede (Sil; Sanic). Piles swollen; ache worse sitting, with stitching, burning pains at the anus. Anus fissured; painful to contact with warts. Movements as of some thing residing (Crocus), barring pain.
Urinary.–Urethra swollen inflamed. Urinary circulate break up and small. Sensation of trickling after urinating. Severe reducing after (Sars). Frequent micturition accompanying pains. Desire surprising and urgent, however can’t be controlled. Paralysis sphincter vesicae.
Male.–Inflammation of prepuce and glans; ache in penis. Balanitis. Gonorrhoeal rheumatism. Gonorrhoea. Chronic induration of testicles. Pain and burning felt close to neck of bladder, with regular and pressing want to urinate. Prostatic expansion (Ferr pic; Thiosinaminum; Iod; Sabal).
Female.–Vagina very touchy (Berb; Kreos; Lyssin). Warty excrescences on vulva and perineum. Profuse leucorrhoea; thick, greenish. Severe ache in left ovary and left inguinal region. Menses scanty, retarded. Polypi; fleshy excrescences. Ovaritis; worse left side, at each and every menstrual duration (Lach). Profuse perspiration earlier than menses.
Respiratory.–Dry, hacking cough in afternoon, with ache in pit of stomach. Stitches in chest; worse, bloodless drinks. Asthma in youngsters (Nat sulph). Papilloma of larynx. Chronic laryngitis.
Extremities.–When walking, limbs experience as if made of timber or glass, and would spoil easily. Tips of fingers swollen, red, experience read. Muscular twitchings, weak point and trembling. Cracking in joints. Pain in heels and tendo-Achilles. Nails brittle. Ingrowing toe nail.
Skin.–Polypi, tubercles, warts epithelioma, naevi, carbuncles; ulcers, mainly in ano-genital region. Freckles and blotches. Perspiration sweetish, and strong. Dry skin, with brown spots. Zona; herpetic eruptions. Tearing pains in glands. Glandular enlargement. Nails crippled; brittle and soft. Eruptions solely on blanketed parts; worse after scratching. Very touchy to touch. Coldness of one side. Sarcoma; polypi. Brown spots on fingers and arms.
Sleep.–Persistent insomnia.
Fever.–Chill, opening in thighs. Sweat solely on uncovered parts, or all over without head, when sleeping; profuse, sour, smelling like honey. Orgasm of blood in the evening, with throbbing in the blood-vessels.
Modalities.–Worse, at night, from warmth of bed; at three am and three pm; from cold, damp air; after breakfast; fat, coffee; vaccination. Better, left side; whilst drawing up a limb.
Relationship.–Compare: (Hydrogenoid constitution: Calcar; Silica; Nat sulph; Aranea; Apis; Pulsat). Cupressus australis (sharp, prickling pain; commonplace feeling of warmth; rheumatism and gonorrhoea). Cupressus Lawsoniana (acts like Thuja; horrible pains in the stomach). Sphingurus (falling out of hair from beard; ache in jaw-joint and zygoma); Sil; Maland (vaccination); Medorrh (suppressed gonorrhoea); Merc; Cinnab; Terebinth; Juniperus; Sabin; Sil; Canth; Cannab; Nit ac; Puls; Ant tart; Arborin is a non-alcoholic training of Thuja.
Antidotes: Merc; Camph; Sabin (warts).
Complementary: Sabina; Ars; Nat sulph; Silica.
Dose.–Locally, for warts and excrescences, tincture, or cerate. Internally, tincture to thirtieth potency.
