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Juniperus Communis

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Common Juniper · Juniper Berries · "The Urinary Kidney Juniper"

juni-c.PlantUncommonPsoric

🎯 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.

🩺 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).

💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

Infusion

Other

📝One ounce to a pint of boiling water. Dose, one-half to two ounces.

Primary Dosage

1-10 drops

Mother Tincture

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Sabina →Terebinthina →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Juniperus Communis is listed in 13 rubrics across 3 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 5 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Urinary System10 Generalities2 Male Sexual System1