Thuja Occidentalis: The Complete Homeopathic Remedy for Warts, Skin & Glandular Disorders

• Common Name: Arbor Vitae (White Cedar)
• Family: Coniferae
• Source: Tincture of fresh twigs of young trees

Sphere of Action

• Acts deeply on the skin, mucous membranes, and genito-urinary system
• Strong anti-sycotic remedy – for fig-warts, condylomata, and glandular affections
• Affects the left side, especially left ovarian region

Clinical Indications

• Warts, moles, condylomata, polypi
• Urethral stricture, gonorrhea, prostatitis
• Ovarian cysts, especially left-sided
• Chronic catarrh – nasal, bronchial, vaginal
• Vaccinosis, bad effects of vaccination
• Cracked skin, brown spots, greasy face
• Hair fall, dandruff, and skin eruptions

Mind Symptoms

• Fixed ideas: feels as if a strange person is beside them
• Feels as if soul and body were separated
• Secretive, suspicious, hypochondriacal
• Wants to hide due to shame of disease

Characteristic Symptoms

Skin & Warts

• Moist, soft, cauliflower-like warts
• Bleeding warts, especially in genitals and anus
• Oily, waxy, unhealthy skin
• Brown spots, eruptions that burn after scratching
• Perspiration – only on exposed parts, smells like honey

Urinary & Genital Organs

• Greenish, thick gonorrheal discharge
• Burning during urination, split stream of urine
• Urethral strictures, especially after gonorrhea
• Enlarged prostate, seminal emissions

Female Genitalia

• Left ovarian pain, extending to thigh
• Warty growths on genitals, vaginal discharge
• Menses scanty, late, accompanied by skin troubles

Respiratory

• Dry, hacking cough at night
• Chronic nasal discharge, with polypi formation

Modalities

Worse From	Better From
Damp weather	Warm dry air
Vaccination, suppression of discharge	Drawing up limbs
Coffee, onion, tea	Warmth in general

Keynotes

• Sycotic constitution – tendency to overgrowth: warts, condylomata, tumors
• Fixed ideas, delusions of being under control or someone being inside
• Split stream of urine or forked urine
• Greasy, unhealthy skin, prone to warts and eruptions
• Left-sided ovarian affections
• Complaints from vaccination

Potency & Dosage

• Used in both Mother tincture (Q) and higher potencies (30C, 200C, 1M)
• Q – for local applications in warts (externally)
• 30C/200C – for general symptoms and deeper action

Relationships

Compare With	Complementary / Related Remedies
Nitric Acid – sycotic warts with bleeding	Medorrhinum – deep sycotic miasm
Sabina – warts with menorrhagia	Causticum, Dulcamara – wart remedies

One-Line Summary

Thuja is the chief remedy for sycotic affections – warts, gonorrhea, suppressed discharges, and constitutional effects of vaccination.