by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
get on hands and knees to urinate; pains go into glans and thighs. Bursting feeling in bladder or glans. Dysuria. Urine contains thick, stringy, white mucus or red sand. Renal colic. Enlarged prostate.
Related: Berb. Med.
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Pareira Brava appears in 7 of the 13 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.
“Virgin-vine (CHONDRODENDRON TOMENTOSUM) The urinary symptoms are most important. Useful in renal colic, prostatic affections, and catarrh of bladder. Sensation as if bladder were distended, with pain. Pain going down thigh . Black, bloody, thick mucous urine. Constant urging; great straining; pain down thighs during…”
“CALCULI, atheroma, etc.”
“brava. Cessampelos pareira. Velvet Leaf. Virgin Vine. N. O. Menispermaceæ. Tincture of fresh root. Bladder, catarrh of / Calculus / Dysuria / Gonorrhœa / Leucorrhœa / Prostate, enlargement of / Renal colic / Urine, slimy Pareira is a climbing plant, a native of the West Indies, Central America, and India. The root has…”
“Virgin Vine. Menispermaceæ. A climbing plant, native of the West Indies and South America. The tincture is prepared from the fresh root. Proving by Foss, Med. Adv., Dec., 1885, from A. H. Z., vol. 113, p. 71. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Renal colic (six cases), Turrel, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 442 ; B. J. H., vol. 33, p. 591 …”
“Micturition difficult, with much pressing and straining only in drops, with the sensation as if the urine should be emitted in large quantities. Violent pains in the bladder, and at times in the back; the left testicle is painfully drawn up; pain in the thighs, shooting down into the toes and soles of the feet…”
“Constant urging to urinate; goes down on his knees with straining; pain runs down thighs.”
Kent's Repertory lists Pareira Brava in 81 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in BLADDER (28), URINE (11), KIDNEYS (10), URETHRA (10), MALE GENITALIA (8).
