Berberis Aquifolium
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General
BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM Mountain Grape (BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM - MAHONIA)
A remedy for the skin, 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.