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Juniperus Communis

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Common Juniper · Juniper Berries · "The Urinary Kidney Juniper"
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🎯 Acts primarily on the kidneys and urinary tract to treat inflammation, fluid retention, and respiratory congestion.
📖 Boericke writes:
Catarrhal inflammation of kidneys. Dropsy, with suppression of urine. Old persons, with poor digestion and scanty secretion of urine. Chronic pyelitis.
👤 Constitution
Elderly persons with poor digestion and a tendency toward fluid retention and scanty urine.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Cough with sneezing.
respiratory
Tightness across chest.
respiratory
Whooping-cough.
respiratory
🩺 Systems & Indications
💧Urinary
Used for kidney inflammation, fluid retention, and urinary tract issues characterized by scanty or bloody urine.
Strangury; bloody, scanty urine, violet odor (Tereb).
Weight in kidney region.
Prostatic discharge.
Renal hyperaemia (Eucalyptol).
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
💊 Dosage & Potency
Infusion
Other
🕒As directed
📝One ounce to a pint of boiling water. Dose, one-half to two ounces.
Primary Dosage
1-10 drops
Mother Tincture
🕒As directed
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Sabina
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

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