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Berberis Aquifolium Mahonia

Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica · William Boericke

Open remedy: Berb-a.

For educational use by students and qualified practitioners. Not medical advice. Consult a registered homeopath.

Mountain Grape

General

A remedy for the skins, chronic catarrhal affections, secondary syphilis. Hepatic torpor, lassitude and other evidences of incomplete metamorphosis; stimulates all glands and improves nutrition.

Head

Sensation of a band just above ears. Bilious headache. "Scald head." Scaly eczema.

Face

Acne. Blotches and pimples. Clears the complexion.

Stomach

Tongue thickly coated, yellowish-brown; feels blistered. Burning in stomach. Nausea and hunger after eating.

Urine

Stitching, crampy pains; thick mucus, and bright-red, mealy sediment.

Skin

PIMPLY, DRY, ROUGH, SCALY. Eruption on SCALP EXTENDING TO FACE and neck. Tumor of breast, with pain. Psoriasis. Acne. Dry eczema. Pruritus. Glandular induration.

Relationship

Carbol. acid; Euonym; Berb. vulg.; Hydr.

Dose

Tincture in rather material doses.

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