Homoeopathy — Page 131
Berberis Vulgaris 131 the heart. If during the use of Berberis Vulgaris, the heart is adversely affected, the patient should be made to drink a lot of water so that the amount of urine increases. The waste products and acidic matter can be washed out of the body rapidly thus preventing them from affecting the heart again. During a severe cramp, the Berberis Vulgaris patient cries uncontrollably. The gouty pains of Berberis become worse on movement. The patient walks very slowly and guardedly. The 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 something is holding tight. As in Psorinum, the patient also feels bouts of hunger pains. One symptom of Berberis is that the person feels as if he has been stabbed in his liver and gall bladder with a knife. The pain radiates like fireworks 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, Carduus Marianus may also be given along with Berberis Vulgaris to enhance its beneficial effect. These two remedies work as adjuvants to each other. In the case of liver diseases , I give Berberis Vulgaris in the form of mother tincture, while in kidney troubles and gout, I use it in potency 30. Berberis 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 ultrasound 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 tongue that feels raw. In the morning, one feels nauseated and has a burning sensation in the chest. In Berberis, with movement and on standing, the legs start hurting, and the urinary symptoms intensify.