Home / Remedies A–Z / Thuja Occidentalis
Pocket card →
Plant · Coniferae (Pinaceae (sensu lato; conifers are now split into Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Taxaceae, etc.)) · simple

Thuja Occidentalis

Thuja occidentalis
THUJ · 21 entries across 20 books
Thuja Occidentalis
HabitatTribe, Cupressineae. PreparationTincture of the fresh green twigs. Clarke
Ø
Locally, for warts and excrescences, tincture, or cerate. Internally, tincture to thirtieth potencyDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Adapted to hydrogenoid constitution of Granvogl, which is related to sycosis as effect is to cause. Thuja bears the same relation to the sycosis of Hahnemann - fig warts, condylomata and wart-like excrescences upon mucous and cutaneous surfaces - that Sulphur does to psora or Mercury to syphilis. Acts well in lymphatic temperament, in very fleshy persons, dark complexion, black hair, unhealthy skin. Ailments from bad effects of vaccination (Ant. t., Sil.); from suppressed or maltreated gonorrhoea (Med.). Fixed ideas: as if a strange person were at his side; as if soul and body were separated; as if a living animal were in abdomen; of being under the influence of a superior power. Insane women will not be touched or approached. Vertigo, when closing the eyes (Lach., Ther.). Headache: as if a nail had been driven into parietal bone (Coff., Ign.); or as if a convex button were pressed on the part; < from sexual excesses; overheating from tea (Sel.); chronic, or sycotic or syphilitic origin. White scaly dandruff; hair dry and falling out. Eyes: ophthalmia neonatorum, sycotic or syphilitic; large granulations, like warts or blisters; > by warmth and covering; in uncovered, feels as if a cold stream of air were blowing out through them. Eyelids: agglutinated at night; dry, scaly on edges; styes and tarsal tumors; chalazae, thick, hard knots, like small condylomata; after Stapisagria partially > but does not cure. Ears: chronic otitis; discharge purulent, like putrid meat; granulations, condylomata; polypi, pale red, cellular, bleeding easily. Chronic catarrh: after exanthemata; thick, green mucus, blood and pus (Puls.). Teeth decay at the roots, crowns remain sound (Mez. - on edges, Staph.); crumble, turn yellow (Syph.). Ranula: bluish, or varicose veins on tongue or in mouth (Amb.). Toothache from tea drinking. "On blowing the nose a pressing pain in the hollow tooth or at the side of it (Culex)." - Boenninghausen. Abdomen: as if an animal were crying; motion as if something alive; protrudes here and there like the arm of a foetus (Croc., Nux m., Sulph.). Distressing, burning pain in left ovarian region when walking or riding, must sit or lie down (Croc., Ust.); worse at each menstrual nisus. Constipation: violent pains in rectum compel cessation of effort; stool recedes, after being partly expelled (Sanic., Sil.). Piles swollen, pain most severe when sitting. Diarrhoea: early morning; expelled forcibly with much flatus (Aloe); gurgling, as water from a bunghole; < after breakfast, coffee, fat food, vaccinations. Anus fissured, painful to touch surrounded with flat warts, or moist mucous condylomata. Coition prevented by extreme sensitiveness of the vagina (Plat. - by dryness, Lyc., Lys., Natr.). Skin: looks dirty; brown or brownish-white spots here and there; warts, large, seedy, pedunculated (Staph.); eruptions only on covered parts, burn after scratching. Flesh feels as if beaten, from the bones (Phyt. - as if scraped, Rhus). Sensation after urinating, as of urine trickling in urethra; severe cutting at close of urination (Sars.). Chill, beginning in the thighs. Sweat: only on uncovered parts; or all over except the head (rev. of Sil.); when he sleeps, stops when he wakes (rev. of Samb.); profuse, sour smelling, fetid at night. Persipration, smelling like honey, on the genitals. 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. Suppressed gonorrhoea: causing articular rheumatism; prostatitis; sycosis; impotence; condylomata and many constitutional troubles. Nails: deformed, brittle (Ant. c.).

▲ Worse

At night; from heat of bed; at 3 a. m. and 3 p. m.; from cold damp air; narcotics

The full Allen text, by section

Relations

Complementary: Med., Sab., Sil. Compare: Cann. s., Canth., Cop., Staph. Cinnab. is preferable for warts on the prepuce. Follows well: after, Med., Mer., Nit. ac.

Complete text of the Thuja Occidentalis entry in Allen - Keynotes of Leading Remedies; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
homeopathylibrary.com/remedy/thuja-occidentalis

More on Thuja Occidentalis

Simple remedy · Plant

21 entries across 20 books · abbreviations: THUJ · Family: Coniferae

Entries

1 Boericke

THUJA OCCIDENTALIS · William Boericke · 6,002 chars

2 Kent

Thuja Occidentalis · James Tyler Kent · 12,838 chars

3 Clarke

Thuja · John Henry Clarke · 62,238 chars

4 Hering

Thuja · Constantine Hering · 77,933 chars

5 Allen · shown above

Thuja Occidentalis · Henry C. Allen · 3,975 chars

6 Nash

Thuja Occidentalis · E. B. Nash · 4,621 chars

6 Nash

Thuja Occidentalis · E. B. Nash · 247 chars

7 Hering

THUJA · Constantine Hering · 13,519 chars

9 Farrington

Thuja Occidentalis · Ernest Albert Farrington · 17,189 chars

10 Lippe

Thuja occidentalis (Thuya occidentalis) · Adolph zur Lippe · 11,983 chars

12 Hahnemann

Thuja Occidentalis · Samuel Hahnemann · 54,406 chars

14 T. F. Allen

THUJA · Timothy Field Allen · 643 chars

15 Tyler

Thuja Occidentalis · Margaret Lucy Tyler · 27,261 chars

16 Guernsey

Thuja Occidentalis · Henry Newell Guernsey · 1,363 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

Thuja Occidentalis · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 8,951 chars

18 Dewey

Thuja Occidentalis · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 2,928 chars

20 Hempel

Thuja Occidentalis · Charles Julius Hempel · 30,974 chars

22 Roberts

Thuja · Herbert Alfred Roberts · 1,130 chars

23 T. F. Allen

Thuja Occidentalis · Timothy Field Allen · 4,337 chars

29 Burnett

Thuja Occidentalis · James Compton Burnett · 92,310 chars

33 Gladstone Clarke

Thuja Occidentalis · A. Gladstone Clarke · 3,727 chars

Relations (this remedy →)

Backlinks (other remedies → this one)

follows well 1Nitricum Acidum

Other remedies of the Coniferae

Research (21)

Papers in PubMed that mention this remedy together with homeopathy, newest first.

Show 21 papers
  1. Cystic swelling and inflammation of MCL of knee joint managed with homeopathy; a case study with literature review and diagnostic pitfallsBhattacharya S, Goswami P · Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine · 2025 · Case Reports · doi
  2. Homeopathic Management of Bulky Uterus with Uterine Fibroid in a 40-year-old Patient: An Evidence-Based Case ReportWadhwa B, Kureel SS · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2025 · Case Reports · doi
  3. A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Individualized Homeopathic Medicines in Pre-diabetesGuha N, Ghosh S, Mandal S et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2024 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  4. Individualized Homeopathic Medicines in the Treatment of Post-COVID-19 Fatigue in Adults: Single-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled TrialSaha S, Singh R, Mani I et al. · Complementary medicine research · 2024 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  5. Individualized homeopathic medicines in preventing the progression from pre-diabetes to diabetes: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm trialBanerjee A, Ganguly S, Saha S et al. · Explore (New York, N.Y.) · 2024 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  6. Quantitative assessment of antioxidant potential of selected homeopathic preparations in clinical practiceKumar A, Prajapati S, Sharma M et al. · Drug metabolism and personalized therapy · 2023 · doi
  7. Efficacy of individualized homeopathic medicines in irritable bowel syndrome: A double-blind randomized, placebo-controlled trialDas AD, Ghosh S, Palanisamy C et al. · Explore (New York, N.Y.) · 2023 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  8. Evaluation of Therapeutic Potential of Selected Plant-Derived Homeopathic Medicines for their Action against Cervical CancerSingh T, Aggarwal N, Thakur K et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2023 · doi
  9. Photodynamic Effects of Thuja occidentalis on Lung Cancer CellsLoonat A, Chandran R, Pellow J et al. · Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022 · doi
  10. Apoptotic and autophagic death union by Thuja occidentalis homeopathic drug in cervical cancer cells with thujone as the bioactive principlePal A, Das S, Basu S et al. · Journal of integrative medicine · 2022 · doi
  11. Efficacy of individualized homeopathic medicines in intervening with the progression of pre-hypertension to hypertension: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trialDutta S, Ganguly S, Mukherjee SK et al. · Explore (New York, N.Y.) · 2022 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  12. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Pilot Trial of Individualized Homeopathic Medicines for Cutaneous WartsDey S, Hashmi S, Saha S et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2021 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  13. Pro-apoptotic and anti-angiogenic properties of the α /β-thujone fraction from Thuja occidentalis on glioblastoma cellsTorres A, Vargas Y, Uribe D et al. · Journal of neuro-oncology · 2016 · doi
  14. Homeopathic remedies with antineoplastic properties have immunomodulatory effects in experimental animalsRemya V, Kuttan G · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2015 · doi
  15. Biosynthesized silver nanoparticles by ethanolic extracts of Phytolacca decandra, Gelsemium sempervirens, Hydrastis canadensis and Thuja occidentalis induce differential cytotoxicity through G2/M arrest in A375 cellsDas S, Das J, Samadder A et al. · Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces · 2013 · doi
  16. Thujone-Rich Fraction of Thuja occidentalis Demonstrates Major Anti-Cancer Potentials: Evidences from In Vitro Studies on A375 CellsBiswas R, Mandal SK, Dutta S et al. · Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011 · doi
  17. Effect of homeopathic treatment on gene expression in Copenhagen rat tumor tissuesThangapazham RL, Rajeshkumar NV, Sharma A et al. · Integrative cancer therapies · 2006 · doi
  18. Homeopathic medicines do not alter growth and gene expression in prostate and breast cancer cells in vitroThangapazham RL, Gaddipati JP, Rajeshkumar NV et al. · Integrative cancer therapies · 2006 · doi
  19. Effects of homeopathic preparations on human prostate cancer growth in cellular and animal modelsMacLaughlin BW, Gutsmuths B, Pretner E et al. · Integrative cancer therapies · 2006 · doi
  20. Thuja occidentalis (Arbor vitae): A Review of its Pharmaceutical, Pharmacological and Clinical PropertiesNaser B, Bodinet C, Tegtmeier M et al. · Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2005 · doi
  21. Pharmacognostic Studies of Thuja Occidentalis Linn. - A Good remedy for warts & tumours, used in HomeopathyRajatrashmi, Sarkar M, Vikramaditya · Ancient science of life · 1999

Search PubMed directly →

Clinical (Clarke)

Indicated for (Boger)