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Thuja Occidentalis
Thuja occidentalis · THUJ
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Origin Plant · Coniferae (Pinaceae (sensu lato; conifers are now split into Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Taxaceae, etc.)) · Simple
Habitat Tribe, Cupressineae
ClarkePreparation Tincture of the fresh green twigs.
Sources 21 entries across 18 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …

Dose Boericke
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Locally, for warts and excrescences, tincture, or cerate. Internally, tincture to thirtieth potency

Reason for useRoberts

In cases of suppressed gonorrhea with acute inflammatory processes, especially of knees and ankles and toes, Thuja may be indicated. SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES .— (Thuya) Tearing, throbbing, ulcerative pains in shoulder extending to fingers. Twitching in muscles of arms. Forearm and fingers numb. Pains < when left arm hangs down, < warmth of bed or placing arm over head. INFERIOR EXTREMITIES .— (Thuya) GONORRHEAL RHEUMATISM LOCATED IN FIBROUS PART OF KNEE JOINT. Pains in feet and ankles after suppressed gonorrhea, unable to walk. Pain in heel and in tendo Achillis. Inflammatory red swelling of dorsum of foot and toes. Rheumatism with numb feeling < from cold and after sweating. AGGRAVATIONS .— (Thuya)


Books*
Antidoted by Camphora 4, Mercurius Solubilis 3, Chamomilla 2 +10
Complementary Sabina, Silicea Terra, Medorrhinum +4
Follows well Mercurius Solubilis, Nitricum Acidum, Medorrhinum +8
Compare Antimonium Tartaricum, Apis Mellifica, Cantharis Vesicatoria +46

* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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