Berberis Vulgaris (HMT)

The plant of Berberis Vulgaris grows in hilly areas. Its fresh leaves

are used in the treatment of typhoid fever. Berberis is normally used in

the form of Mother Tincture and most homoeopath physicians use it in

the treatment of kidney problems. However, it is a very effective

Berberis Vulgaris.

excretion of injurious acidic substances through the urine and the body

irritation and itching as if somethi ng is creeping inside the nose.

mouth is dry and the tongue sticks due to dryness. It feels burnt and

abrased. Sometimes, there is frothy sputum at the mouth with the

consistency of thrashed cotton which does not, however, make the

mouth moist. Sometimes blisters develop on the tongue.

In men, there is undulating pain al ong the course of the spermatic

bladder. The patient cannot empty his bladder completely and keeps

on straining to evacuate himself full y. Sometimes the urine contains

pus or mucus and sometimes, also red cells. The urine smells

are the special symptoms of Berberis Vulgaris.

The typical sign of Berberis pain is that it starts at one point and

spreads out, radiating like the spokes of a bicycle wheel. The kidney

pain also behaves in the same way. The throbbing pain radiates

nerves. Often, the patient feels inte nse desire to pass urine when he

stands or walks, and the urge is un controllable. At the urinal, when

one passes urine, although a major por tion is passed, the weak stream

making urine.

Regarding the urinary symptoms of Be rberis, either the urine is plenty

and dilute or sparse but thick and smelly due to an excess of waste

products. The frequency or relative infrequency of urination are both

present in Berberis Vulgaris. When the urination is copius, the

kidneys are washed out and the bad smell of the urine dissipates.

When the urine becomes less in qu antity, it becomes deep-coloured

and offensive. When the quantity of the urine is decreased, the patient

feels a burning sensation along the urethra.

The kidney pain of Pareira Brav a usually radiates only in one

direction and that is often from the kidney down into the thigh. In

Berberis Vulgaris, however, the pain from the kidney or the gall

bladder radiates in all directions . In this particular symptom

pertaining to the gall bladder pain , Berberis is very effective. In a

week to ten days, the stones of the gall bladder start breaking and are

excreted in the stools.

the hands and the fingers, like Benz oic Acid, are deeply related to

Berberis Vulgaris. The pain at the hip or the leg starts as soon as the

also hurt, especially th e heels and the soles. In gouty pains, Benzoic

Acid may prove to be the best substitute of Berberis Vulgaris. Both

may also be used alternately.

there is a retention of acidic produ cts and urea in the body, Berberis

Vulgaris mobilizes them from there and redirects them to the blood.

They are then excreted through th e kidneys. When acidic matters

improve unless these acidic waste pr oducts are excreted. Otherwise,

Berberis Vulgaris does not have an y direct effect on the condition of

affected, the patient should be made to drink a lot of water so that the

amount of urine increases. The wa ste products and acidic matter can

be washed out of the body rapidly thus preventing them from affecting

something is holding tight. As in Psorinum, the patient also feels

bouts of hunger pains. One symptom of Berberis is that the person

knife. The pain radiates like fire works in all directions from the

affected part of the body.

In Berberis, the patient is jaundiced and the stools become clay-

coloured. In this condition, Card uus Marianus may also be given

along with Berberis Vulgar is to enhance its beneficial effect. These

diseases, I give Berberis Vulgaris in the form of mother tincture,

Vulgaris and Carduus Marianus have similar constitutions.

Berberis Vulgaris is useful in the treatment of severe kidney pain as

well as kidney stones, but it has to be used over a long period so that

the stones gradually dissolve and are excreted. Berberis Vulgaris has

no affect on the Oxalic Acid stones. The oxalate stones are very hard,

and they are treatable by using ul trasound rays. In my experience,

Silicea and Calcarea Flour 6X given together for some time, dissolve

and then expel the oxalate stone.

In Berberis Vulgaris, one of the symptoms is that the mouth feels

sticky due to thick, sticky sputum. Small spots develop on the

feels relieved. The joint pains decrease. The Berberis patient feels

Often, the cold settles in the left nostril and becomes chronic. The

cord, which becomes worse during infection of the kidney and the

person stands up and worsens after wa lking a short distance. The feet

cries uncontrollably. The gouty pains of Berberis become worse on

movement. The patient walks very slowly and guardedly. The

burning sensation in the chest. In Berberis, with movement and on

liver. When liver dysfunction has affected the heart also, Berberis

Vulgaris will be useful, though by itself it is not a tonic for the heart.

heart, secondary to the liver failure would certainly be responsive to

of urine is never-ending. It app ears as if the kidney is continuously

Experienced homoeopaths believe that when the heart becomes weak

and as a result, the heart becomes normalized automatically. When

increase in the blood, they can affect the heart. The heart will not

the heart. If during the use of Berberis Vulgaris, the heart is adversely

the heart again. During a severe cr amp, the Berberis Vulgaris patient

symptoms take time to disappear.

The patient feels as if the head is wrapped in something. In Glonoine

also, there is a feeling of the head being tied up in a bandage. A cap

and buttoned-up collars are unbearable . But in Berberis Vulgaris,

even if there is nothing covering the head, the person feels as if

liver. When liver dysfunction has affected the heart also, Berberis

Vulgaris will be useful, though by itself it is not a tonic for the heart.

heart, secondary to the liver failure would certainly be responsive to

of urine is never-ending. It app ears as if the kidney is continuously

Experienced homoeopaths believe that when the heart becomes weak

and as a result, the heart becomes normalized automatically. When

increase in the blood, they can affect the heart. The heart will not

the heart. If during the use of Berberis Vulgaris, the heart is adversely

the heart again. During a severe cr amp, the Berberis Vulgaris patient

symptoms take time to disappear.

The patient feels as if the head is wrapped in something. In Glonoine

also, there is a feeling of the head being tied up in a bandage. A cap

and buttoned-up collars are unbearable . But in Berberis Vulgaris,

even if there is nothing covering the head, the person feels as if

extremely foul. The undulating type of pain at the shoulders, arms,

burning sensation in the chest. In Berberis, with movement and on

liver. When liver dysfunction has affected the heart also, Berberis

Primarily, it is a remedy for liver dysfunction. The ailment of the

heart, secondary to the liver failure would certainly be responsive to

liver. The pain radiating downwards reaches the testicles through the

secondary to liver failure, Berberis first corrects the state of the liver

feels as if he has been stabbed in his liver and gall bladder with a

two remedies work as adjuvants to each other. In the case of liver

tongue that feels raw. In the morn ing, one feels nauseated and has a

Berberis is also very effective for joint pains. Its use promotes the

feels relieved. The joint pains decrease. The Berberis patient feels

extremely foul. The undulating type of pain at the shoulders, arms,

hands, legs, feet and the nails, asso ciated with generalised weakness,

downwards towards the bladder and upwards towards the back and the

In Berberis Vulgaris, the joint pains resemble gout in that they affect

the small joints of the hands and th e feet much more, as compared to

the joint pains involving the big join ts (in Rheumatism). The pains in

standing, the legs start hurting, and the urinary symptoms intensify.