Barosma crenulatum

Buchu

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

(BAROSMA CRENATA)

Marked specific effects on genito-urinary system; muco-purulent discharges . Irritable bladder, with vesical catarrh; prostatic disorders. Gravel. Leucorrhœa.

Relationship

Compare: Copaiva; Thuja; Populus; Chimaph . See Diosma.

Dose

Tincture or tea from leaves.

Barosma crenulatum across the other classic books

Barosma crenulatum appears in 3 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“B. betulina, B. crenulata, B. sanatifolia. Buchu (South Africa). N. O. Rutaceæ (Genus, Diosmeæ). Tincture of dried leaves. Bladder, affections of / Calculus / Catarrh / Gravel / Leucorrhœa / Prostate, disorders of The leaves of several species of Barosma contain in vittæ a volatile oil, having a warm camphoraceous…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Buchu.) Botanical Description. — It is a slender, smooth, upright, perrenial shrub, between two and three feet in height, with twiggy, somewhat angular branches, of a brownish purple color, growing in various parts of South America. Officinal Preparation — Tincture from the leaves, with dilute alcohol. Analogues. …”

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