Thuja occidentalis
Harry van der Zee, homeopathic doctor in Haren, tells us the following:
Mind
Bad inside.
Aversion to mother.
Delusion of animals in the abdomen.
Delusion of being pregnant.
Delusion body is delicate.
Delusion body is fragile.
Delusion she is made of glass.
Delusion she can no longer exist.
Contempt of self.
Delusion wrong done.
Delusion he is worthless.
Confusion about his identity.
Delusion mind and body are separated.
The idea of the body made of glass points not only to this idea of breaking, but also to the idea that, because he is transparent, everyone will be able to see the ugly animal in him. Because the eyes are the windows of the soul, Thuja does not want others to look into his eyes, because they will see how bad he is.
Fixed ideas
There is a separation between the memory of paradise and the suffering of hell, a separation between the purity of the spirit and the ugliness of the ego. If you are condemned to live in hell, it is impossible to feel positive about yourself. One must be a very bad person to receive such a punishment.
Thuja people are not ugly at all! I am strongly against that idea. They have the illusion that they are and are therefore deceitful in the sense that they want to prevent others from knowing their real self as they perceive it. As with any remedy, we have to set aside our judgements when classifying patients into types of remedy, and my experience is that when you really listen to the full story of the patient during the consultation, judgements are automatically replaced by understanding and compassion. There are no good and bad remedies, there are no good and bad people!
If we combine the illusion of being pregnant with the idea of an animal in the womb, we see that the mother sees her child as an animal, a representative of the animal shadow side of life.