Thuja: The King of Anti-sycotic Remedies

Thuja 

   Introduction of drug:

    Thuja is constitutional and polycrest medicine belonging specifically sycotic origin in fact it is king of all anti-sycotic remedies. Thuja belongs to vegetable kingdom and commonly known as Tree of life or Arbor vitae or White cedar, and member of Coniferae/Cupressaceae family. Proving was conducted by our Master Hahnemann and he stated that it is only efficacious remedy for fig-warts and gonorrhea. Mother tincture is prepared from leaves and twigs of Thuja plants.

   About Sycotic Miasm:

    We all know that there are three fundamental miasms (which are psora, syphilis and sycosis). Sycosis is also known as fig-wart disease and is venereal chronic miasm which causes external condylomatous and cauliflower like growth on genital area (this is primary manifestation of sycosis).  Secondary manifestation of sycosis occurs when this over growth is externally removed by means of cauterization, burning or surgical way. So basically sycosis is one kind of over growth of any kind.

   Symptomatology of Thuja:

    Like sulphur is king of anti-psoric medicines, mercurius is king of anti-syphilitic medicines, Thuja is king of anti-sycotic medicines. Thuja acts on skin, genital-urinary organs, nervous system, blood, gastro-intestinal tract, kidneys and brain. It chiefly act on skin and genital-urinary organs and causing over growth i.e. warts and condylomata. It good medicine to start a treatment of chronic case.

 Constitution: Hydrogenoid constitution of Grauvogl. (Hydrogenoid means increased capacity of to contain more water in cytoplasm of cells). Persons are fleshy and having over growth of some kind i.e. warts, tumors. They are generally chilly patients.  They are slow in learning.

 General symptoms:

· First and obvious symptom is it causes over growth; it produces fig-warts, condylomata on skin.

· For being king of sycotic remedy, all complains are ameliorates by abnormal discharge which are leucorrhea, coryza etc.

· Chiefly affects left side of the body; left kidney, left arm etc.

· Ailments from bad effect of vaccination, suppressed or mal-treated gonorrhea.

· Sweat only on the uncovered parts that is all over body except head. Sweating only during sleeping hours.

· Vertigo when closing his eyes.

· Tooth decay at roots and crown of teeth remains intact.

· Extreme dryness especially of vagina.

· Perspiration on genital smells like honey.

· It is very good remedy for diarrhea, more specifically after break-fast and after vaccination; diarrhea is profuse and watery, gushing type like water is gushed out of bung-hole.

· FIX IDEAS.

· Delusion; thinks his limbs were made of glass and it would break easily, feels his lower limbs are made of wood and he feels it while walking, something alive is moving in his abdomen.

· Music is unbearable.

· Constipation; stool partly expelled and recede back.

· Rheumatism.

Case Study:

Case 1 (Self): few months before there was papilloma, a benign growth was developing under my armpits. First I did not give much important and then it draws my attention. Then I decide to take Thuja 30c single dose, as Thuja is specific in warts and growth. After just 5 days that growth became shrunken at end and when I touched it, it came off! I was surprised with this much fast result without any surgical means!

Case 2 (Patient): A healthy looking patient came to visit me for recurrent coryza. He was having complain of coryza since 1 and half year. After further investigation he told me he had corn on feet and it was removed by surgically. It was about just 3 months before coryza started. So it is certain that coryza is secondary manifestation of sycosis. But he had taken allopathic medicine throughout this time. That’s why he needed first dose of sulphur and placebo for a month, in follow up he told me he feels slightly better than before but complain was not completely removed. On that visit I gave him a dose of Thuja 200c and placebo for 15 days. On third visit he felt very good as coryza was gone.