JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS

Juniper Berries


  • Catarrhal inflammation of kidneys. 
  • Dropsy, with suppression of urine. 
  • Old persons, with poor digestion and scanty secretion of urine. 
  • Chronic pyelitis.

Urinary

  • Strangury; bloody, scanty urine, violet odor (Tereb). 
  • Weight in kidney region. 
  • Prostatic discharge. 
  • Renal hyperemia (Eucalyptol).

Respiratory

  • Cough with scanty, loaded urine.

Relationship

  • Compare: 
    • Sabina; Juniperus Virginianus-Red Cedar--(Violent tenesmus vesical. Persistent dragging in back; hyperemia of the kidneys; pyelitis and cystitis; dropsy of the aged with suppressed urine. Dysuria, burning, cutting pain in urethra when urinating. Constant urging apoplexy, convulsions, strangury, uterine hemorrhage). 
    • Terebinthina.

Dose

  • Best form is the infusion. 
  • One ounce to a pint of boiling water. 
  • Dose, one-half to two ounces, or tincture, one to ten drops.