Berb, Berberis Vulgaris

Berb triad

• Radiating pain
• Cold agg is very sharp. The more pain, the colder the patient.

• Lethargy: Radiating pain, Lethargy and chilliness make Berb triad.

Berb in brief

• Berb is a an Acute/ Flare up medicine.
• Berb is the best acute complementary remedy for Lyc in painful states. (Berb ₳ Lyc)
• Its most important symptom is pain esp radiating pain
• Pain is not psychosomatic and there is a distinct pathology behind his pain

Radiating pain

• He shows the starting point of pain and the direction of radiation.
• Sharp, stinging and severe pains without a clear/fixed pattern

  Generals - RADIATING, pain (Berb, Hyper)

  Kidneys - COLIC, kidney, pain - kidney stone, during passage of

  Kidneys - CUTTING, pain - cutting, ureters

  Kidneys - DIGGING, pain - digging, region of, pressure agg.

  Kidneys - SHARP, pain - radiating

Direction of radiation

Kidneys - PAIN, kidneys, region of - extending to - thighs

Kidneys - PAIN, ureters - extending to - urethra, into

Kidneys - PAIN, ureters - radiating from renal region

Kidneys - SHARP, pain - extending to - down ureters (Kali-bi, Lyc)

Genito-Urinary tract

Cystitis

• In Berb the pathology is in internal organs (Kidneys, Colic, Cystitis) or neuralgia (Back, Joints)
• Pain before and after urination / Urging

Urogenital disorders - cystitis - plan of action - remedies Berb, Canth, Lyc, PULS, Uva

• Sediment: Yellow/ Turbid/ Thick / Gelatinous / Clay-colored / Cloudy / Flocculent / Mealy / Whitish-gray / Red - bright urine

  Urine - CLOUDY - passed, when - soon after (Chel)

Urine - SEDIMENT, urinary - clay-colored (Zinc)

Urine - SEDIMENT, urinary - gelatinous (Coloc)

• Renal colic: Berb is a useful remedy in acute Renal colics

  Urogenital disorders - renal colic - plan of action - localization - l- sided colic berb._k canth._k lyc._k nux-v._k

Kidney stones

• Kidney stone which results in Nephritis: Berb, Nux-v
• Painful stones (Canth)

  Kidneys - STONES, kidney (Benz-ac, Calc, Lith-c, Pareir, Sars, Urt-u)

SRP

• Bubbling / Numbness

Kidneys - BUBBLING, sensation in, region of

Kidneys - NUMBNESS, region of

Nephritis

Kidneys - INFLAMMATION, kidneys (Apis, Canth, Lyc)

Kidneys - NEPHRITIS, infection - parenchymous, acute

Concomitant symptoms

• Urinary incontinence
• Urine sedimentation
• Decreased Sexual Desire and Performance (Contrary to Canth)
• Severe thirst
• Anxiety and restlessness

Testis

• Testicular pain spreading along the spermatic cord to the testicles

Back pain

• Radiating pain around the abdomen,
• Similar to sciatica
• Agg by
  • Lying down
  • Getting up from a sitting position

Back - CRUSHED, as though, lumbar region (Chin)

Back - LAMENESS, pain

Back - NUMBNESS - numbness, lumbar region (Acon, Plat)

Back - PAIN, back - rising, from sitting

Back - PAIN, lumbar - extending to - abdomen - around

Back - PAIN, lumbar - extending to - pelvis - posterior portion and thighs

Back - PAIN, lumbar - extending to - thighs

Back - PAIN, lumbar - extending to - thighs - posterior portion of

Back - PAIN, lumbar - lying, while (Rhus-t)

Back - PAIN, lumbar - rheumatic

Back - PAIN, lumbar - sitting, while (Agar, Rhus-t, Valer)

Back - PAIN, spine - extending, down

Back - RHEUMATIC, pain - rheumatic, lumbar (Bry, Cimic, Nux-v, Rhus-t)

Back - SHARP, pain

Back - SHARP, pain - sharp, lumbar

Back - SHARP, pain - sharp, lumbar - extending to - outward around abdomen

Back - SHARP, pain - sharp, lumbar - radiating

Back - SHARP, pain - sharp, spine (Agar)

Back - SHARP, pain - sharp, spine - extending, down small of back to region of Back

Left-sided

He has pain both in right and left, but always from right to left when radiating from one direction to another.

Kidneys - PAIN, kidneys - left, in

Kidneys - NEPHRITIS, infection - left kidney, intense pain

Kidneys - PAIN, ureters - left side

Others

Migratory arthritis (Puls, Form, Kali-bi, Kali-s)