Botanical Profile

Barberry

berberis vulgaris

Medicinal Actions

Alterative, Amebicide, Antiacetylcholinesterase, Antialzheimeran, Antiamnesic, Antiarrhythmic, Antiarthritic, Antibacterial, Anticancer, Anticariogenic, Anticholinesterase, Anticonvulsant, Antiemetic, Antifibrillatory, Antihelicobacter, Antihemorrhagic, Antiinflammatory, Antiitch, Antimitotic, Antineoplastic, Antiperistaltic, Antipyretic, Antiscorbutic, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Antitrypanosomic, Antitubercular, Antiulcer, Astringent, Cholagogue, Choleretic, Depurative, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Expectorant, Fungicide, Hematigenic, Hepatotonic, Hypotensive, Immunostimulant, Laxative, Leucocytogenic, Mydriatic, Negative Inotropic, Parasiticide, Peristaltic, Positive Inotropic, Sedative, Tonic, Uterotonic, Colic, Renal Colic

Conditions Treated

Aperitif Bitter Collyrium Tranquilizer Vasoconstrictor Alzheimer’s Ameba Amnesia Anorexia Aphtha Arrhythmia Arthrosis Backache Bacteria Biliousness Bladder Stone Bleeding Bronchosis Calculus Cancer colon liver mouth neck stomach Cardiopathy Caries Catarrh Chlorosis Cholecystosis Cholera Cold Congestion Conjunctivosis Constipation Convulsion Cough Cramp Cystosis Debility Dermatosis Diabetes Diarrhea Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Dysuria Enterosis Eye Problem Fever Fistula Flu Flux Fungus Gall Bladder Gallstone Gastrosis Giardia Gingivosis Gout Gravel Halitosis Headache Heartburn Helicobacter Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Herpes High Blood Pressure Hypertyraminemia Immunodepression Induration Infection Inflammation Insomnia Irritation Itch Jaundice Kidney Stone Knee Pain Amenorrhea Leishmaniasis Leprosy Leukorrhea Lumbago Malaria Metrorrhagia Morphinism Mucososis Mycosis Nausea Nephrosis Nervousness Neuralgia Neurosis NIDDM Odontosis Ophthalmia Opiate Withdrawal Oxaluria Parasite Phthisis Plague Polyp Protozoa Pulmonosis Pyelosis Retinosis Rheumatism Ringworm Sacral Pain Salmonella Scrofula Sore Throat Splenosis Staphylococcus Stomatosis Streptococcus Scab Sciatica Side Pain Sore Spermatic Cords Spleen Stomachache Stone Stress Trachoma Trichomoniasis Tuberculosis Tumor Typhus Ulcer Urethrosis Uterrhagia Uterosis UTI Vaginismus Vaginosis Vomiting Water Retention Worm Wound Yeast active against Escherichia coli active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa active against Salmonella typhii active against Staphylococcus aureus active against Streptococcus viridans increases white blood cell counts in animals increases platelet counts in animals used in China for essential hypotension used for leukopenia following chemotherapy and/or radiation