Berberis aquifolium

Mountain Grape

Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 119

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 Stemach.—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.

The book’s Dose section is left out: Samepath quotes the books but gives no dosing advice.

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