作者：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.
Pareira Brava 出现在 Similia 的 13 部经典著作中的 7 部。每部书的写作目的各不相同 — 以下是每部书对该药物的补充内容，以及其条目的开头。
“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.”
肯特《症状汇编》在 81 个症状条目中列出了 Pareira Brava。 这些是其级别最高的条目 — 即肯特认为最具特征性的症状。 其中大多数位于 BLADDER (28), URINE (11), KIDNEYS (10), URETHRA (10), MALE GENITALIA (8)。
