Thuja occidentalis
Arbor Vitae
Key Characteristics
Sycotic miasm; fixed ideas; warts; worse cold, damp; better warmth; left-sided; urethral; skin; sycotic; warts; tumors; gonorrheal history.
Commonly used in these styles
Prescribing approaches where this remedy is frequently selected.
Not yet associated with specific prescribing styles.
Typical Potencies & Dosing
Common potency scales and dosing guidance for acute and chronic use.
30c to 1m
Potency Scale
30c to 1m
Acute Dosing
30C every few hours for acute warts, urethral complaints, or left-sided complaints with sycotic history; 200C in severe, well-established pictures.
Chronic Dosing
200C to 1M as a single constitutional dose at long intervals for chronic sycotic complaints, warts, or gonorrheal history; repeat only after a clear return of symptoms.
Notes
Sycotic miasm, fixed ideas, and warts confirm. As if soul separate and worse from tea are strong confirmatories. Wait between doses — Thuja acts deeply.
Dosing Guidance
Potency scale and acute / chronic dosing notes drawn from the primary literature.
Potency Scale
30C, 200C, 1M
Acute
30C 2-3x daily for acute warts, catarrh, or urinary complaints in patients with a sycotic history; reduce as symptoms ease.
Chronic
200C weekly for chronic sycotic conditions — warts, gonorrhoeal history, or fixed ideas; 1M under professional supervision.
Notes
The sycotic remedy — for warts, polyps, gonorrhoeal history, fixed ideas (feels as if someone is beside them, as if body is fragile/glass). Worse from cold, damp, tea, onions; better from warmth, left side, drawing up limbs.
Miasmatic Affinity
The chronic miasm — inherited disease pattern — most associated with this remedy.
Constitutional Type
The constitutional profile — physical and emotional temperament — this remedy is most suited to.
Leucophlegmatic
Materia Medica
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Sycotic miasm; fixed ideas; irritable, hasty; anxious, fears death; weeps easily; slow; forgetful; hypochondriasis; worse cold, damp; better warmth; obstinate; conscientious; desire to be alone; suicidal; desperate; left-sided; urethral; skin; sycotic; warts; tumors; gonorrheal history; fearful; fixed ideas; as if soul separate.
Headache, one-sided; worse cold, damp; better warmth; head heavy; falling hair; dandruff; vertigo; scalp sensitive; sweating; sweating on head; worse from grief; occipital; congestive; boring; sneezing; as if nail in head; fixed ideas.
Eyes red, inflamed; photophobia; lachrymation; styes; conjunctivitis; ulcers on cornea; dim sight; worse cold, damp; better warmth; hypersensitive; hemorrhages; burning; sensitive to light; offensive; styes on lids; twitching; sneezing; warts on lids; left-sided.
Remedy Relationships
Complementary, follow-up, inimical, and antidotal remedies linked to Thuja occidentalis.
- Complementary
- Follows well
- Compare
- Inimical
- Antidote
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