{"id":16067,"remedy_name":"Berberis Aquifolium","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Syphilitic Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Evening","keynote_indications":"Keynotes include an intense, pulsating headache in the forehead. Nausea, vomiting. Pains \nin the bladder. Rheumatic pains in the joints of the hands and in the lumbar and sacral regions, worse at night. \nPruritus and psoriasis -type eruptions. The skin becomes dry, rough, scaly, pimply. Clears the complexi on. \nEruptions on scalp extending to face and neck. Acne. Psoriasis. Dry eczema.  \nFor chronic catarrhal affections, second ary syphilis. Hepatic torpor, lassitude and other evidences of \nincomplete metabolism. Stimulates all glands and improves nutrition. Hea vy feeling in the stomach, liver and \nbladder. Pains in the region of the bladder. Rapid peristalsis.","modalities":"Better from cold water. Worse in the evening and at night. Aggravation from rest at night, but also \nfrom prolonged movement.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Unhappiness and depression, sometimes coming on suddenly. Hysterical crying at fre quent intervals. \nNervous, restless. Disinclined to move or do anything, dullness, stupidity. Unhappiness and depression, sometimes coming on suddenly. Hysterical crying at fre quent intervals. \nNervous, restless. Disinclined to move or do anything, dullness, stupidity.","Vertigo":"Dizzy sensation, worse sleeping or moving. \nCOMMENTS - J. D. W. C. in the Recorder, 1896, detailed his personal experiences with does of 10 to 15 drops \na day. On the third day he felt nausea and dull -headed. Later, there was straining to vomit without vomiting. \nThen came a peculiar headache, strong compres sion, as if a band of iron two inches wide passed entirely \naround head just above ears. It kept growing tighter and tighter. \nStrong black coffee relieved this after a time, but left him tremulous in nerves and unsteady in gait. Even after \nthat, a single drop of Berb-a. on the tongue was sufficient to avert an attackof biliousness when threaten ing, \nand saved him much trouble of the kind to which he had formerly been liable.  \nClarke verified its usefulness in second- ary syphilis.","Head":"Sensation of a band just above ears. Bilious headache. Scald head. Scaly eczema. Cramping pains \nlocated in the \nBerber\u00eds aquifolium forehead, spreading towar ds the occiput. Sensation that the hair is stiff. Pulsating \nvascular pains. \nKidneys - Stitching, crampy pains, thick mucus and bright -red, mealy sediment. Frequent need to urinate in \nsmall quantities. Pain in the region of the kidneys, worse when seated, with frequent need to urinate and \nburning pain in the bladder. Urine increased or decreased in quantity. Sensation of a band just above ears. Bilious headache. Scald head. Scaly eczema. Cramping pains \nlocated in the \nBerber\u00eds aquifolium forehead, spreading towar ds the occiput. Sensation that the hair is stiff. Pulsating \nvascular pains. \nKidneys - Stitching, crampy pains, thick mucus and bright -red, mealy sediment. Frequent need to urinate in \nsmall quantities. Pain in the region of the kidneys, worse when seated, with frequent need to urinate and \nburning pain in the bladder. Urine increased or decreased in quantity.","Eyes":"Feeling that the eye is falling from the socket. Conjunctiva injected. Sensation of film before eyes. Eyes \nlook hollow and weak, as if tired, burning feeling and aching as from strain.","Face":"Acne. Blotches and pimples. Clears the complexion. Waxy, yellowish white skin. Flashes of heat to \n \n \ncheeks. Pinched expression.","Mouth":"Fetid breath. Blisters on the edge of the tongue. Tongue thickly coated, yellowish-brown, pasty white, \nfeels blistered. Bilious taste after eating. Soreness in lower teeth and salivary glands.  \nNose - Stuffy feeling, with discharge of greenish-yellow mucus. Itching within nose with desire to sneeze.","Throat":"Dry throat. Throat choked with mucus. Voice rough and somewhat hoarse. Voice seemed cut off, as \nif a damper had closed. Lack of timbre in voice.","Chest":"Oppression and weakness of upper part of chest. Burning heat in lower left lung. \nConstitutions - Psoric and the sycotic constitution. Biliary types and allergic reactions. Types with a \npredominance of allergies with chronic mesenchymal poisoning. Bilious colds, expectoration yellow and then greenish. Dry, irritating cough. Scanty, tenacious, blood-\nstreaked expectoration.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Heartburn. Burning in stomach. \nNausea and severe straining to vomit. Nausea and hunger after eating.  \nTemperature - Diurnal rise of temperature and pulse. Flashes of heat and burn ing of palms. Flashes of heat \nto cheeks. Uneasy feeling without desire for stool. Pain in the hypogastrium. Biliousness and waxy, jaundiced \nhue. Intense burning in spleen and feeling as if pounded. Distressing soreness in spleen. Anorexia, aversion t o food. Hunger, even soon after eating, without desire for food. Sudden nausea \nafter eating.","Urinary & Genital":"Drawing and pressure in testicles. Slight burning in vagina, bearing-down pains and aching as if menses about to come on.","Extremities":"Rheumatic pain in the joints of the hands and fingers with slight swelling of the joints between the \nphalanges. Sense of numbness and feeling as if there was no strength of will to lift the part. Pain severe as \nafter a heavy blow. Peculiar prickling as from electricity on back of hand and outside forearm. Rheumatic \ntensions and stiffness of legs.","Neck & Back":"Pain in the dorsal vertebrae. Pain in the sacrum. \nBreasts - Breast tumor with pain.","Skin":"Acne. Pimples with a dry, rough, scaly skin. Dry eczema. Eruption on scalp extending to face and \nneck. Psoriasis. Glandular induration. Pruritus, at first in localized places, then spreading over the whole \nsurface of the skin. Appearance of rashes, blisters, pustules, papules, urticaria. Amelioration from washing in \ncold water.","Sleep":"Drowsy in daytime."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}