perspire and a draught or cold conditions at this time will only delay treatment.
Galen mentions the berries wonderfully helping all colds and rheumatic distillations from the brain to the eyes, lungs and other parts. Dr. O. P. Brown tells us,“ the wax possesses mild astringent with narcotic properties”. Dose: 1 teaspoonful to 1 cup of boiling water. Of the tincture, ½-1 fl. dram. Externally: For nasal stoppage or inflammation, sniff, holding one side of the nose and then the other. Gargle the solution for sore throat and spongy bleeding gums. Skin ulcers and all kinds of sores, boils, carbuncles will all benefit greatly if bathed often with the freshly prepared solution. Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture of fresh bark of root— Catarrh, Conjunctivitis, Heart( affections of), Jaundice, Leucorrhoea, Liver( affections of), Pharynx( affections), Tendo-achillis( pain in), Throat( sore), Urticaria.
BEARBERRY Arctostaphylos uva ursi, Spreng.( N. O.: Ericaceae)
Common Names: Upland Cranberry, Arberry, Mountain Cranberry, Mountain Box. Features: Found in dry, sterile, sandy soil and gravely ridges of North American south to Mexico in 3000 – 9000 ft. altitudes. The perennial evergreen shrub is recognized by large mats of low-growing ground cover. The urn-shaped flowers are white and sometimes tinged with red, flowering from June to September, followed by red lustrous berries of the winter season. The green leaves should be picked and dried in the autumn.
The name is also applied to other plants, such as Ilet decidua, a shrub of southern United States. Medicinal Part: The leaves. Solvents: Alcohol, water. Bodily Influence: Astringent, Diuretic, Tonic. Uses: The leaves were mixed with smoking tobacco leaves by the Indians and they called it Kinnikinnick. More important was their use as medicine to treat inflammations of the urinary tract, especially cystitis.
Bearberry is among the herbs useful in diabetes for excessive sugar. Particularly useful in chronic diarrhoea, dysentery, profuse menstruation, piles, spleen, liver and the pancreas. The outstanding results of curative influence for diseases of the urinary organs, more especially in chronic affections of the kidneys, mucous discharges from the bladder and all derangements of the water passages, it is undisputed. Old cases of leucorrhoea and chronic urethritis will be relieved by its use, a valuable assistant in the cure of gonorrhoea of long standing, whites, ulceration of the cervix uteri( neck of the womb), pain in the vesicle region, etc. Can be used internally and also as a douche.
Cover and steep 1 heaped teaspoonful in 1 pint of boiling water for 30 min., cool, strain and use warm as a douche for the above mentioned. If too strong, dilute as required. Dose: Can be taken internally as follows. Soak the leaves in sufficient alcohol or brandy to cover, for one week or more. Place 1 teaspoonful of the soaked leaves in 1 cup of boiling, or cold, water, drink 2 – 3 cups a day. Quantity of the tincture to be given in the same manner, 10 – 25 drops in water three or more times a day, according to symptoms. The tea can be made without the brandy or alcohol, if desired, preparing as you would ordinary tea. Effective if mixed with tincture of Quaking aspen( Populus tremuloides) 2 – 15 drops, tincture of Bearberry( Arctostaphylos) 10 – 20 drops.