Uva Ursi
By Constantine Hering — The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica
Bearberry. Ericaceæ.
The tincture is prepared from the fresh leaves gathered in Autumn.
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CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Cysto-blennorrhœa , Genzke, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 4, p. 56 ; Dysuria , Hull, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 3, p. 350 ; Vesical catarrh , Nottingham, N. Y. J. H., vol. 1, p. 162 ; Urinary difficulty , Kershaw, Org., vol. 3, p. 367.
SMELL AND NOSE [7]
Fluent coryza, with rawness.
SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH [17]
Weak, sick at stomach, sore all over as if bruised.
URINARY ORGANS [21]
Hæmaturia.
Constant urging to urinate and straining, with discharge of blood and slime, or constant straining without any discharge at all, or only a few drops of urine ; after this cutting and burning in urethra, which is succeeded by discharge of blood ; hard stools.
Shooting pains from hip to hip ; bladder and urethra sensitive ; frequent urination, with pain and burning during and after urinating, relief of all symptoms when lying upon back ; tongue thick, brown coat ; pulse 110 ; great thirst, no appetite ; second day drowsy and stupid ; urine turbid and on fifth day passed blood, mucus and pus. θ Catarrh of bladder.
Man, æt. 48 ; since four months severe urinary difficulties ; emaciated, features sallow and œdematous ; frequent and severe inclination to urinate, with burning in glans when urine passes guttatim, and in small quantities, taking ten minutes and more to pass a small quantity ; before urinating frequent and continued spasm of bladder ; after great straining passes a few drops ; at all times burning and tearing pains in hypogastric region, which is warmer, swollen, and sensitive to touch ; frequent intense chills ; severe heat, but no sweat ; pulse 86 to 90, small and soft ; tenesmus of bladder robs him of sleep ; downcast, wishes to die ; no appetite ; tongue coated with mucus ; stool retarded, hard and painful ; thirst increased, but afraid to drink ; great and general languor ; unsteadiness of lower extremities ; brown, muddy, foul-smelling urine, with large deposit of greyish slimy sediment, more than one-third its quantity ; sediment showed alkaline reaction, produced flakes in boiling, and Nitric acid gave it a pink color ; membranous particles at times clogged up urethra, producing excruciating pain till they are discharged with some blood (Uva ursi) relieved greatly ; Cannabis 1, daily two doses, in weekly alternation with Uva ursi finished the cure). θ Cysto-blennorrhœa.
Pain, burning and straining, dribbling of urine, sometimes spasms of bladder, could not urinate.
Painful dysuria, with frequent but difficult discharge of thick, ropy urine of strong, pungent odor.
VOICE AND LARYNX. TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA [25]
Hoarseness with pains in bones ; stopped up in throat ; no appetite.
COUGH [27]
Throat tickles, feels like coughing all time, sore and bruised all over ; cough ; nose raw and running ; cutting and burning on urinating.
INNER CHEST AND LUNGS [28]
Pains in chest.
REST. POSITION. MOTION [35]
Lying upon back : bladder symptoms >.
SENSATIONS [43]
As if bruised all over.
Pain : in chest ; in bones.
Spasmodic pain : in bladder.
Cutting : in urethra ; on urinating.
Shooting : from hip to hip.
Tearing : in hypogastric region.
Burning : in urethra ; in glans penis, when urinating ; in hypogastric region ; in bladder.
TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES [45]
Touch : hypogastric region sensitive.
STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION [47]
Man, æt. 48, suffering four months ; cysto-blennorrhœa.
Man, æt. 70 ; dysuria, etc.
RELATIONS [48]
Compare : Secale, Cannab .