Berb, Berberis Vulgaris

Pain

• 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
• There is a distinct pathology behind his pain
• Pain is not psychosomatic

Radiating pain

Point and 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)

This would be like hyper which is caused by neural damage. But here in Berb the pathology is in internal organs (Kidneys, colic, cystitis) or neuralgia (back, joints)

Cold agg

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

Lethargy

Radiating pain, Lethargy and chilliness make Berb triad.

Genito-Urinary tract Pathologies

Cystitis

Pain before and after urination

Sediment

Yellow, turbid, thick and gelatinous urine

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

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

Urine - SEDIMENT, urinary - cloudy

Urine - SEDIMENT, urinary - copious

Urine - SEDIMENT, urinary - flocculent

Urine - SEDIMENT, urinary - gelatinous (Coloc)

Urine - SEDIMENT, urinary - gray - whitish-gray

Urine - SEDIMENT, urinary - mealy

Urine - SEDIMENT, urinary - mucus

Urine - SEDIMENT, urinary - red - bright

Urine - SEDIMENT, urinary - white

Bladder - PAIN - burning

Bladder - STONES in Bladder

Bladder - URGING to urinate

Berb is suggested as good remedy for cystitis by radar

Urogenital disorders - cystitis - plan of action - remedies berb._k canth._k lyc._k PULS._k uva_k

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

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

SRP

Kidneys - BUBBLING, sensation in, region of Kidneys - NUMBNESS, region of

Radiating pain

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)

left-sided

Kidneys - PAIN, kidneys - left, in

Kidneys - NEPHRITIS, infection - left kidney, intense pain

Kidneys - PAIN, kidneys - radiating

Kidneys - PAIN, ureters - left side

Kidneys - SHARP, pain

Kidneys - SORE, pain

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Kidneys - SORE, pain - sore, region of

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Kidneys - TEARING, pain

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Nephritis

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

Kidneys - NEPHRITIS, infection - parenchymous, acute

Concomitant symptoms of urinary pain:

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

Testis

Testicular pain spreading along the spermatic cord to the testicles

Back pain

Radiating pain around the abdomen, similar to sciatica and aggravated by lying down, getting up from a sitting position

The most important 3+ back rubrics:

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

Back - LAMENESS, pain

Back - NUMBNESS - numbness, lumbar region (Acin, Berb, 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 propagating from one direction to another.

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