BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM
Mountain Grape
By William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
(BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM - MAHONIA)
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.
Stomach
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 .
Dose
Tincture in rather material doses.