Juniperus communis

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 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, cutting pain inurethra when urinating. Constant urging
apoplexy, convulsions, strangury, uterine haemorrhage).
- 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.