BERBERIS VULGARIS

Homeopathic Materia Medica & Symptoms

Boericke's Materia Medica

Rapid change of symptoms
Pains change in regard to place and character
Thirst alternates with thirstlessness
Hunger and loss of appetite
Pelvic engorgements
Hemorrhoids
Hepatic affections
Rheumatic affections
Urinary complaints
Menstrual complaints
Old gouty constitutions
Pain in region of kidneys
Renal troubles
Vesical troubles
Gall-stones
Vesical catarrh
Inflammation of kidneys
Hematuria
Pains felt all over body emanating from small of back
Marked action on the liver
Promoting flow of bile
Arthritic affections with urinary disturbances
Wandering radiating pains
Spinal irritation
Pains radiate
Pains worse in various attitudes
Pains worse standing
Pains worse active exercise
Listless
Apathetic
Indifferent
Puffy sensation
Feeling as if becoming larger
Vertigo with attacks of fainting
Frontal headache
Chilliness in back and occiput
Tearing pain in auricle
Gouty concretions
Sensation of a tight cap pressing upon the whole scalp
Dry nose
Obstinate catarrh of left nostril
Crawling in nostrils
Pale face
Sickly face
Sunken cheeks and eyes
Bluish circles around eyes
Sticky sensation in mouth
Diminished saliva
Sticky frothy saliva
Tongue feels scalded
Vesicles on tongue
Nausea before breakfast
Heartburn
Stitches in region of gall-bladder
Pain in gall-bladder worse pressure
Pain in gall-bladder extending to stomach
Catarrh of the gall-bladder with constipation and yellow complexion
Stitching pain in front of kidneys extending to liver spleen stomach groins Poupart's ligament
Sticking deep in ilium
Constant urging to stool
Diarrhea painless
Clay-colored diarrhea
Burning diarrhea
Smarting in anus and perineum
Tearing around anus
Fistula in ano
Burning pains in urinary system
Sensation as if some urine remained after urinating
Urine with thick mucus
Urine with bright-red mealy sediment
Bubbling sore sensation in kidneys
Pain in bladder region
Pain in the thighs and loins on urinating
Frequent urination
Urethra burns when not urinating
Neuralgia of spermatic cord and testicles
Smarting burning stitching in testicles prepuce and scrotum
Pinching constriction in mons veneris
Vaginismus
Contraction and tenderness of vagina
Burning and soreness in vagina
Desire diminished
Cutting pain during coition
Menses scanty
Gray mucus in menses
Pain in kidneys during menses
Chilliness during menses
Pain down thighs during menses
Leucorrhea grayish mucus
Painful urinary symptoms with leucorrhea
Neuralgia of ovaries and vagina
Hoarseness
Polypus of larynx
Tearing stitches in chest and region of heart
Stitches in neck and back
Stitches in neck and back worse respiration
Sticking pain in region of kidneys radiating thence around abdomen to hips and groins
Numb bruised sensation in back
Stitches from kidneys into bladder
Tearing sticking with stiffness making rising difficult involving hips nates limbs with numbness
Lumbago
Metatarsus and metacarpus feel sprained
Post-operative pain in lumbar region
Soreness with sharp pain following course of circumflex iliac nerve to bladder with frequent urination
Rheumatic paralytic pain in shoulders arms hands and fingers legs and feet
Neuralgia under finger-nails with swelling of finger-joints
Sensation of cold on outside of thighs
Heels pain as if ulcerated
Stitching between metatarsal bones as from a nail when standing
Pain in balls of feet on stepping
Intense weariness and lameness of legs after walking a short distance
Flat warts
Itching burning and smarting skin
Skin symptoms worse scratching
Skin symptoms better cold applications
Small pustules over whole body
Eczema of anus and hands
Circumscribed pigmentation following eczematous inflammation
Cold sensation in various parts as if spattered with cold water
Warmth in lower part of back hips and thighs
Urinary complaints worse motion
Urinary complaints worse standing

Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

Biliary colic
Bilious attack
Bladder affections
Calculus
Duodenum, catarrh of
Dysmenorrha
Fevers
Fistula
Gall-stones
Gravel
Herpes
Irritation
Jaundice
Joint affections
Knee, pain in
Leucorrha
Liver disorder
Lumbago
Ophthalmia
Oxaluria
Renal colic
Polypus
Rheumatism
Sacrum, pain in
Side pain
Spermatic cords, neuralgia of
Spleen, affections of
Tumours
Urine, disorders of
Vaginismus
Coldness of body with hot face
Burning heat in afternoon
Ague with enlargement of spleen
Spleen pains
Movement aggravates complaints
Stitches
Bubbling sensation
Tearing, burning pains or bubbling sensation in joints
Indifference
Apathy
Melancholy
Inclination to weep
Aversion to darkness
Terrifying apparitions in the twilight
Vertigo
Heaviness
Darting and shooting pains often changing their localities
Open air ameliorates
Heat of head after dinner or in afternoon
Puffy feeling in head
Scalp tense
Pale face
Dingy grey tinge
Sunken cheeks
Deep-set eyes
Bluish and blackish grey border around eyes
Dry and sticky mouth
Painful white blisters on tip of tongue
Puffed up pit of the stomach
Sticking pain in region of liver and gall-bladder shooting up to left shoulder
Pressure aggravates
Gall-stone colic, followed by jaundice
Gnawing pain in right hypochondrium, shooting up to left scapula
Pains shoot down from tenth rib to navel
Burning in either inguinal region
Constipation
Sheep-dung stools
Diarrhea
Symptoms about the anus
Hemorrhoids, with itching or burning, particularly after stool
Hard stool covered with blood
Fistula in ano with painful pressure in perinum, extending deep into pelvis
Pains in thighs and loins during urination
Lancinating, or tearing, bubbling pains in region of kidneys
Stooping and rising again aggravate
Sitting or lying aggravate
Standing ameliorates
Violent sticking pains in bladder, extending from kidneys into urethra, with urging to urinate
Renal colic
Frequent urging to urinate
Dark yellow urine
Red urine
Turbid urine
Copious urine
Mucous sediment in urine
Transparent, jelly-like or reddish, bran-like sediment in urine
Slimy urine when passed, depositing copious loamy yellowish sediment
Greenish urine depositing mucus
Burning in urethra during urination
Pressure in bladder during urination
Cutting, burning, or stitches in urethra during urination
Dragging or lancinating pains in spermatic cord, extending into testes
Cold feeling in prepuce, glans, testes, and scrotum
Absence of pleasurable sensation during coition
Uterine symptoms and leucorrha associated with painful urinary symptoms
Pains radiating in all directions down thighs during dysmenorrhea
Intensely painful and reddened vagina
Violent pain in back, with scanty menses
Pains extend from back, round body, down leg in lumbago
Red sediment in urine
Numbness, stiffness, and lameness in kidney region
Old troubles in the back
Sufferings aggravated by fatigue
Aching in small of back, aggravated by sitting or lying, in the morning on awakening
Neuralgia under finger-nails
Rheumatic pains in legs
Loss of walking power
Intense weariness, heaviness, lameness, and stiffness of legs after walking a short distance
Legs feel sore as if bruised
Cutting, burning pains in the balls of the feet on stepping
Standing with most of the weight on the heels relieves pain
Sensation in soles as if stepping on needles on rising in morning
Great weakness, like fainting, after a walk, with perspiration and heat on the upper part of the body
Cold, pale, sunken face
Oppression of breathing
Great relaxation, with disinclination to do anything
Polypus of vocal cords, red, with a sessile base
Lumbar region affected
Kidneys affected
Uterus affected
Pain somewhere in the back and shoots up the back
Pain shoots into the spermatic cord, or testes, bladder, buttocks or legs
Pain may shoot up or down, or both ways
Pains may be felt all over the body, emanating from the back
Pains are of a sticking, pricking, lancinating, or jerking character, flying about now here and now there
Bubbling sensation in the region of the kidneys
Great sleepiness during day and after dinner
Great sense of weakness in kidney region after riding
Suited to bilious diathesis
Cases where renal or vesical symptoms are prominent
Careless, calm, apathetic humour
Ill-humour
Disgust to life
Melancholy, inclination to weep, with dislike to conversation
Anxiety
Great fear
Disposition to take fright
Objects seem larger in the twilight
Intellectual labours are performed with difficulty and prove fatiguing, esp. in the morning
Vertigo, with sensation as in fainting, and great weakness
Vertigo on stooping and on making use of the arms
Feeling of intoxication
Giddiness
Confusion and heaviness of the head, often with pressure, dejection, ill-humour and shiverings, commencing in the morning, after waking
Head confused, as before a coryza
Sensation, as if the size of the head were increased
Sensation of swelling in the head
Aching, tensive pains in the forehead, in the temples, and in the eyes
Cephalalgia in the forehead and in the temples, as if from pressure from the inside outwards
Headache aggravated by movement
Headache ameliorated in open air
Acute, shooting pains in the forehead and in the temples
Darting and shooting pains in the head after changing the locality
Teguments of the head as if they were stretched and swollen
Head feels full and heavy, as if a cap were pulled hard down on head
Heat in the head after dinner and in the morning
Sweat after exertion, on stooping, and on standing for any time
Small red spots in the forehead and in the cheeks
Itching or gnawing shootings in the teguments of the head and of the face
Pustules in the teguments of the head and in the face
Eyes sunk, with a blue or dirty grey circle
Aching and sensation of burning in the eyes
Painful sensibility of the eyes on reading by candle-light
Sensation of stiffness, with pressure in the eyes
Shootings in the eyes, originating in other parts, and extending towards the eyes, and thence to the forehead
Burning and dryness in the eyes, which are dull
Dryness of, or biting-burning, or itching sensation in the eyes
Itching in the canthi, eyebrows, and eyelids
Redness of the conjunctiva, with confused sight, as if there were a veil before the eyes, in the morning after rising
Ophthalmia, with the characteristic flying pains from the back
Sensation as if sand were between lids and eyes
Bubbling in eyes
Indistinct sight, better near than at a distance
Sensibility of the eyes to the brightness of the sun
Sharp pains in the ball of the eye, and in the eyelids
Heaviness in the eyelids during motion
Burning or gnawing pains in the eyelids
Convulsive movement of the eyelids when reading by candle-light
Itching, sometimes gnawing, sometimes burning, sometimes shooting, sometimes with small pustules in the exterior parts of the ears
Small tumour, size of hazel-nut, under and behind ear, apparently enlarged gland
Acute and shooting pains in the interior of the ear and in other parts
Stitches in the ear
Sensation of coldness in ear
Bubbling in ear
Dryness in the nose
Coryza, with secretion, at first of yellowish serum, afterwards of purulent, whitish, yellowish, or greenish mucus, esp. in the morning
Crawling or gnawing pains in the nostrils
Heat, and bluish colour of the interior of the lower lip
Dryness of the lips, and exfoliation of the epidermis, with a flat, brownish crust upon the edges
Sensation of burning on the exterior of the lips
Sensation of tingling on the lips
Small pustules in the lips
Acute aching or acute shooting pains in the cheek-bone and in the jaw
Great paleness of face, dirty grey complexion, with hollow cheeks and sunk eyes, surrounded by a bluish or dark grey circle
Aspect, one of great and prolonged dejection
Feeling as if cold drops spurted into face on going into open air
Acute drawing pains and shootings in the teeth, with a sensation as if the teeth were set on edge, or too long or too large
Great sensibility of the teeth to the fresh air, esp. in the afternoon and at night
Ulcer in the gums
Small white painless nodes in the gums
Dirty red colour of the edges of the gums
Bleeding of the gums
Painful sensibility of the tongue to the touch and to motion
Stiffness and sensation of swelling at the end of the tongue
Painful, whitish vesicles at the end of the tongue
Sensation of dryness, clammy taste in the mouth, more disagreeable in the morning after rising, with harshness of the mucous membranes, and white tongue
Diminution of the secretion of saliva, or viscid, frothy saliva
Inflammation of the tonsils and pharynx, with swelling and fiery redness, and a sensation as if a lump were lodged in the side of the throat
Expectoration of a quantity of thick, yellow, jelly-like mucus
White, sticky tongue, viscid saliva resembling soap-suds
Tonsillitis, with sensation of something rough there; stiff-neck; feeling of a plug in the throat
Taste bitter
Acid, bitter taste, esp. after a meal
Thirst and dryness of the mouth
Burning and acrid taste in the mouth and in the throat, as if from pyrosis
Excessive appetite, almost like bulimy
Want of appetite, with bitter, bilious taste
Food appears insipid
Nausea before breakfast, better after
Nausea and inclination to vomit before dinner
Risings alternately with yawning
Bilious risings
Shiverings in the epigastrium
Aching, with shooting pains in the epigastrium
Burning, shooting pains in the stomach, sometimes extending to the pharynx
Sticking pain in gastric region
Whirling pain in gastric region
Cramp-like pains under the navel
Shooting, aching pains in the hepatic region, increased by pressure
Pressure in the region of the liver
Burning under the skin, in the l. side of the abdomen
Bubbling externally in abdomen
Violent burning, under the skin; in l. side of abdomen
Drawing, acute, and shooting pains in the region of the l. hypochondrium
Sensation of tension in the groins, as if hernia were about to protrude, esp. when walking or standing
Aching pains in the region of the inguinal glands, which are painful on being touched, as if they were going to swell
Pain, with throbbing shootings in the groins, esp. when walking and standing, extending to the testes, the thighs, and the loins
Varicose veins in the groins
Hard stools like sheep dung
Soft, easy stools, with burning in anus
Burning, smarting pains in the glans
Sensation of cold in the glans and in the prepuce, sometimes with sensation of torpor
Cold feeling in the prepuce and scrotum
Sensation of weakness and insensibility in the external genital parts
The penis seems to be shrivelled and retracted
Burning pain in penis
Aching, drawing, contractive pains in the testes and in the spermatic cords, with contraction of the scrotum, which appears cold and shrivelled
Pains, as from excoriation in the scrotum
Movement excites or aggravates the majority of the symptoms in the genital parts
Smarting, burning, shooting, drawing, or squeezing pains in the spermatic cords, extending to the testes
Swelling of the spermatic cord, with pains verging towards the testes
Sensation of great weakness of the genital parts after coition
Diminution of sexual desire
Premature emission in coition
Tardy enjoyment in women, during coition, and often accompanied with incisive or shooting pains
Sensation of burning and excoriation in the vagina, extending to the labia
Pale catamenia, composed of serous blood
Menses, consisting of grey mucus or brown blood
Suppressed menstruation
During the catamenia, pains in the genital parts and in the loins, or violent pains in the head, with sensation of fainting
Catamenia insufficient, with acute drawing pains in the whole body, painful inflation of the abdomen, pain in the loins, shootings in the chest, dejected aspect, with violent pains in the head; or with ill-humour, disgust of life, dejection, smarting pains in the vagina, sensation of burning and excoriation in the anus, and pains in the arms, as far as the shoulders and the nape of the neck
Hoarseness, with soreness or inflammation of the glands of the neck
Sensation of excoriation in the chest
Oppression of the chest, esp. at night, with violent flowing of the coryza
Shooting pains in the centre of the chest, increased deep breathing, with dry, short cough
Painful shootings in the l. side of the chest
Squeezing, with shootings, in the region of the heart
Palpitation of the heart
Drawing, acute rheumatic pains in the nape of the neck
Pustules in the nape of the neck, in groups, esp. near the scalp
Shooting pains between the shoulder-blades, increased by breathing
Acute drawing pains in the dorsal spine
Bubbling sensation in back
Stitches in the spine
Pustules in the back
Sensation of tension, of stiffness, and of torpor in the loins, as if they were swollen or benumbed
Aching, tensive, acute, drawing, or shooting pains in the loins
Sensation of tensive pressure in the loins, often with heaviness, heat, or torpor of these parts, esp. in the morning on waking, aggravated by sitting or lying, sometimes diminished by evacuations, or by the emission of wind
Pain in the small of the back; worse when sitting and lying, in the morning when awaking (during menstruation)
Sensation of lassitude, of paralysis, and of bruising in the arms, esp. during motion, provoked or aggravated by pressure
Acute pains in the arms
Pains in the shoulder, as of subcutaneous ulceration
Marbled spots on the arms, with burning itching
Cramp-like pains in the forearm
Tractive, acute pains in the forearm and in the bones, extending to the hand and the joints of the fingers, with heaviness and weakness of the arm
Burning or smarting pains in the forearm, aggravated by friction or scratching, and sometimes followed by a red spot
Small itching spots, like petechi, on the forearm and on the back of the hand near the wrist
Lymphatic swelling of the forearm, with spots like petechi and burning pains in the skin
Drawing, acute pains in the joints of the hand and of the fingers
Aching, digging, violent pains in the back of the hand, with sensation of heaviness
Urticarial spot on the back of the hand
Small warts in the fleshy part of the hand, under the thumb
Sensation in the extremity of the finger, as if caused by subcutaneous ulceration
Flat wart on the finger
Redness of the hands, with itching, as if from chilblains
Neuralgic pain under nails
Tender to touch
Sensation of weariness and pain, as of fatigue, in the legs, sometimes with heaviness, stiffness, and a sensation of paralysis, as after a very long walk, or as from dislocation in the parts affected, esp. in the soft parts, but also in the bones, and easily excited by movement
Great weakness of the legs while walking
Sensation in the legs as if they had wasted away
Tensive pains in the thighs, in the calves of the legs, and in the knees, as if tendons were too short
Drawing, tensive pains in the legs
Starting of the muscles of the legs
Sensation of cold on the outside of the thighs, as if from quicksilver circulating under the skin
Sensation of weariness, of bruising, and of paralysis in the knees while walking, and afterwards, as well as on rising after having been seated a long time
Lymphatic swelling of the tendo Achillis, with pains on lifting the foot, and a sensation as if the foot were bearing a heavy load
Swelling of the foot after movement, with sensation of burning, swelling of the heel, and cramp in the foot
Sensation of dislocation in the joints of the toes
Heels pain as if ulcerated on standing
Stitches between metatarsal bones, as from a nail when standing
Tearing in balls of feet, with pain when stepping on them
At every step stinging in the big toe
Burning pain in the soles of the feet, esp. in the evening
Drawing, acute, or burning pains in the toes
Pain of excoriation in the toes, with redness, as if from chilblains
Pulling, shooting, and gnawing pains, or pains as from fatigue in the limbs, aggravated or excited by movement
Muscular palpitations
Paralytic weakness in some parts
Lymphatic swellings
Great lassitude, increased by walking, or by remaining long in a standing posture
Sinking, after the slightest effort
Weakness, which even induces trembling
Weakness, as from fainting, with vertigo, on walking or standing for some time
After a walk, a fainting fit, with ebullition of the blood, sweat and heat of the upper part of the body, paleness of face, hollow cheeks, and oppression of the chest before going to rest
Fainting, after having been in a carriage
Sessile growths
Small pustules, red, burning, itching or shooting, and painful on being touched, upon the skin over the whole body
Pustules change into brownish spots, like large freckles
Warts: small, flat
Sleepiness during the day, esp. in the morning and afternoon; after dinner
Unquiet sleep, disturbed by burning itching of the skn, or by anxious dreams
Sleep unrefreshing
Waking in the morning between two and four o'clock, without being able to go to sleep again, with tension and congestion in the head, and thirst
Sleep greatly prolonged, with pain, as of a bruise, and pressure on the loins, and on the thighs
Frequent waking, and fatigue, as from want of sleep
Shiverings before dinner, and sometimes after, with feet icy cold, mouth dry and clammy, and pains in the l. side of the epigastrium
Shiverings in the morning in the back, in the arms and in the thighs, followed by burning heat, with giddiness and violent shooting pains in the head, and sore throat
On the third day, sweat, smelling like urine
Heat in the hands and head in the afternoon, continuing for several days
Disposition to sweat on the least exertion, esp. in the afternoon, with anxiety
Thirst, with the mouth dry, esp. in the afternoon
Pulse slow and weak, or full, hard and rapid

Allen's Keynotes

renal or vesical symptoms predominate
pain in small of back
very sensitive to touch in renal region
pain in small of back worse when sitting and lying, from jar, from fatigue
burning and soreness in region of kidneys
numbness, stiffness, lameness with painful pressure in renal and lumbar regions
pale, earthy complexion, with sunken cheeks and hollow, blue-encircled eyes
rheumatic and gouty complaints, with diseases of the urinary organs
colic from gall-stones
bilious colic, followed by jaundice
clay-colored stools
fistula in ano, with bilious symptoms and itching of the parts
short cough and chest complaints, especially after operations for fistulae
stitching, cutting pain from left kidney following course of ureter into bladder and urethra
renal colic
renal colic worse left side, with urging and strangury
rubbing sensation in kidneys
urine greenish, blood-red, with thick, slimy mucus
urine transparent, reddish or jelly-like sediment
movement brings on or increases urinary complaints
worse from motion, walking or carriage riding
worse from any sudden jarring movement

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