JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS
Juniper Berries
Catarrhal infection of kidneys. Dropsy, with suppression of urine. Old persons, with negative digestion and scanty secretion of urine. Chronic pyelitis.
Urinary.–Strangury; bloody, scanty urine, violet scent (Tereb). Weight in kidney region. Prostatic discharge. Renal hyperaemia (Eucalyptol).
Respiratory.–Cough with scanty, loaded urine.
Relationship.–Compare: Sabina; Juniperus Virginianus-Red Cedar–(Violent tenesmus vesical. Persistent dragging in back; hyperaemia of the kidneys; pyelitis and cystitis; dropsy of the aged with suppressed urine. Dysuria, burning, slicing ache in urethra when urinating. Constant urging apoplexy, convulsions, strangury, uterine haemorrhage). Terebinthina.
Dose.–Best shape is the infusion. One ounce to a pint of boiling water. Dose, one-half to two ounces, or tincture, one to ten drops.
