Materia Medica
Berberis Vulgaris
Barberry
s - to place and character-- thirst alternates with thirst- lessness, hunger, and loss of appetite, etc. Hepatic, and rheumatic affections, particularly with urinary, hxmorrhoidal and menstrual complaints. Old gouty constitutions. Pain in region of kidneys is most marked; hence its use in renal and vesical troubles, gall-stones, and vesical catarrh. Pains may be felt all over body, emanating from simall of back. It has also marked action on the liver, promoting the flow_ of bile. Often called for in arthritic affections with urinary disturbances. Wandering, radiating pains. Acts well in fleshy
Head
Listless, apathetic, indifferent. Puffy sen- sation, Feeling as if becoming larger. . Vertigo with attacks of fainting. Frontal headache. Chilliness in back and occiput. Tearing pain in auricle, and gouty concretions. Sensation of a tight cap pressing upon the vhole scalp.
Face
Pale, sickly. Sunken cheeks and eyes, with bluish circles.
Mouth
Sticky sensation. Diminished saliva. Sticky, frothy saliva, like cotton. [Nux mosch.]
Stomach
Nausra before breakfast. Heartburn.
Abdomen
Stitches in region of gall-bladder ; worse, pressure, extending to stomach. Catarrh of the gall- bladder with C constipation and yellow complexion. o spleen, stomach. groins, Poupart's ligament. S Sticking deep in ilium.
Stool
Constant urging to stooi. Diarrhcea painless, clay-colored. burning, and smarting in anus and peri- neu. Tearing around anus. Fistula in ano.
Urinary
Burning pains. Sensation as if soinie urine remained after urinating. Urine with thick mucus und bright-red, mealy sediment. Bubbling, sore sensation in kidneys. Pain in bladder region. Pain in the thighs and loins on urinating. Frequent urina-m tion ; urethra burns when not urinating. 139
Male
Neuralgia of spermatic cord and testicles. Smarting, burning, stitching in testicles, in prepuce and scrotum.
Female
Pinching constriction in mons veneris, vaginismus, contraction and tenderness of vagina. Burning and soreness in vagina. Desire diminished, cutting pain during coition. Menses scanty, gray mucus, with pain in kidneys and chilliness. pain down thighs. Leucorrhoea; grayish mucus, with painful urinary symp- toms.
Respiratory
Hoarseness; polypus of larynx. Tear- ing stitches in chest and region of heart.
Back
Stitches in neck and back; worse, respiration. Sticking pain in region of kidneys radiating hence around abdomen, to hips and groins. Numb, bruised sensation. Stitches from kidneys into bladder. Tearing, sticking with stiffness, making rising difficult, involving hips, nates, limbs, with numbness. Lumbago. [Rhus; Tart. cm.] Metatarsus and metacarpus feel sprained. Post-operative pain in lumbar region; soreness with sharp pain following course of circumfex iliac nerve to l ladder with frequent urination.
Extremities
Rheumatic paralytic pain in shoulders, arms, hands and fingers, legs and feet. Neuralgia un- der finger-nails, with swelling of finger-joints. Sensa- tion of cold on outside of thighs. Heels pain, as if ulcerated. Pain in balls of feet on stepping. 1 Intense s distance.
Skin
Flat warts. Itching. burning and smarting; orse, scratching; better, cold applications. Small pus- fules over whole body. Eczema of anus and hands. Circumscribed pigmentation following eczematous in- , fammation.
Fever
Cold sensation in various parts, as if spat- ered with cold water. Warmth in lower part of back, hips, and thighs.
Modalities
Worse, motion, standing. It brings on, or increases, urinary complaints.
Relationships
Compare : I pomea---Convolvulus Duar- tinus--Morning Glory.--Pain in left lumbar muscles on stooping. Kidney disorders with pain in back. Much abdominal flatulence. Aching in top of right shoulder (renal colic; aching in small of back and extremities), Aloe.; Lycopad.; Nux; Sarsap. Xan- thorrlira arborca (severe pain in kidneys, cystitis and gravel. Pain from ureter to bladder and testicles; pain in small of back returns from least chill or damp). Mahonia aguifolium (chronic syphilis; eczema, acne, pityriasis; headache, as of an iron band: better, coffee; mountain fever). Xanihorrhisa apifolia contains Ber- berine. Dilatation of stomach and intestines, atony, en- larged spleen. Antidotes: Camphor; Bell.
Dose
Tincture, to sixth potency.