RENAL-URINARY

SYMPTOM
CONDITION
SUB-CONDITION
HERB
ALBUMINURIA
Renal, subacute
 
Chimaphila, Pyrola
 
Toxic
 
Echinacea
 
Chronic renal weakness without inflammation
 
Juniperus
 
with inflammation
 
Agropyron repens
 
Early or incipient
 
Chimaphila
CYSTORRHEA
General
 
Agrimonia, Anemopsis, Eryngium, Piper methysticum, Uva Ursi, Zea
 
Acute with urethral discharge Agropyron with mucus and gravel
 
Xanthium
 
Chronic Cubeba, Urtica with acid pH Barosma smelly
 
Agrimonia
 
without active inflammation
 
Juniperus
 
without active inflammation, in exhausted, feeble states
 
Commiphora
 
with sense of fullness, blockage
 
Eupatorium purpureum
CYSTITIS/URETHRITIS
General, for pain
 
Agropyron, Althea, Cannabis, Piper methysticum, Zea
 
Acute, general
 
Althea, Malva, Zea
 
with aching in loins. frequent burning and scanty urination
 
Eryngium, Piper methysticum, Populus, Salix
 
with mucus in urine
 
Anemopsis, Eriodictyon
 
with mucus in urine, backache, cramps
 
Agropyron
 
with ammoniacal, purulent urine
 
Gaultheria oil
 
with cloudy, smelly urine
 
Agrimonia
 
with inflammation and irritation
 
Ephedra viridis, Equisetum
 
with inflamed urethral opening
 
Anemopsis, Salix
 
with relaxed, inflamed urethral opening and mucus discharge
 
Uva Ursi
 
Irritability, more than pain
 
Argemone, Cannabis
 
Acid pH, frequent urination, little relief
 
Barosma
 
with pain from gravel and alkaline, phosphatic urine
 
Agropyron, Hydrangea
 
with pain from gravel and acid, urate urine
 
Eupatorium purpureum and Hydrangea
 
with systemic infections, fever
 
Astragalus, Galium
 
Chronic, with mucus
 
Cubeba, Xanthium at menses Cubeba
 
with prostatitis
 
Cupressus, Gaultheria, Serenoa, Thuja
 
with brick (urate) dust, scanty urine
 
Capsella, Chimaphila
 
with dark or mucopurulent urine and strained urination
 
Capsella, Collinsonia, Eupatorium purpureum
 
with relaxed, inflamed urethra and mucus discharge
 
Uva Ursi
 
with acid pH, frequent urination, little relief
 
Barosma
 
without active inflammation
 
Bursera, Commiphora, Juniperus
DYSURIA
with dysmenorrhea
 
Mitchella
 
with partial impotence
 
Serenoa, Tribulus
 
with congestive prostate enlargements in sedentary males
 
Fouquieria, Mitchella, Ptychopetalum
 
with incontinence from movement, during menses, after coitus or in menopause
 
Eryngium
 
From heavy sexual activity
 
Capsella. Piper methysticum, Santal, Serenoa
 
Non-inflammatory recurring dysuria after "surgical" menopause
 
Juniperus
 
When spasms occur after urination
 
Populus
 
Concurrent with systemic, febrile infections
 
Galium
 
Acute, initial stages
 
Althea, Zea
 
with pain in back, difficult urination
 
Agropyron
 
from sphincter irritation
 
Gaultheria, Salix
 
from alkaline urine and passage of phosphatic urine
 
Hydrangea, Zea
 
Chronic acidic
 
Buchu, Verbascum
 
for pain
 
Cannabis, Piper methysticum, Verbascum
 
with mucopurulent, scanty urine
 
Chimaphila, Uva Ursi
 
with dark or milky urine
 
Eupatorium purpureum
GLYCOSURIA
From hepatic hyperglycogenolysis or diet
 
Brickellia, Chionanthus, Vaccinium
 
Renal
 
Chimaphila, Vaccinium
HEMATURIA
General
 
Capsella, Eryngium, Trillium
 
with pain on urination
 
Achillea, Agropyron, Hydrangea, Xanthium
 
with sediment in urine
 
Capsella, Hydrangea, Trillium
 
Chronic, passive
 
Eupatorium purpureum, Lycopus
INCONTINENCE
General
 
Agrimonia, Krameria, Verbascum (root), Zea
 
While sleeping, from chronic cystitis
 
Equisetum and Rhus aromatica, Verbascum (root)
 
Menstrual, menopausal, aggravated by movement
 
Eryngium
 
Recent sexual activity in sedentary, previously abstentious males
 
Angelica sinensis and Eryngium
 
From chronic nephritis or acute lower urinary tract infections
 
Agrimonia, Pulsatilla
 
In aged males with enlarged prostate, poor bladder control
 
Equisetum, Thuja
 
Functional and occasional from sympathetic enervation and poor bladder tone
 
Verbascum (root)
LITHIASIS
with irritation, inflammatory pain
 
Agrimonia, Althea, Capsella, Malva, Zea
 
with clonic spasms
 
Dioscorea, Hydrangea
 
with hematuria, especially from lower tract
 
Capsella, Eryngium
 
Acidic, muddy, or with "brick dust"
 
Buchu and Uva Ursi
 
With hyperuricemia
 
Arctium, Capsella, Eupatorium purpureum, Harpagophytum
 
Preventative for alkaline, phosphatic stones
 
Berberis, Eupatorium purpureum, Mahonia
NEPHRITIS
General
 
Althea and Zea
 
with edema
 
Equisetum
 
and arthritis or auto-immune type syndromes
 
Chimaphila (fresh tincture)
 
Acute, mild, with fine hyaline casts
 
Gaultheria
 
Subacute, mild, with moderate hematuria
 
Uva Ursi
 
Chronic without active inflammation
 
Commiphora, Juniperus
 
to lessen the tendency to sclerosis
 
Lespedeza
 
Deep-seated kidney pain accompanying primary treatment
 
Agropyron, Hydrangea, Solidago
PAIN
In lumbar region, flanks to navel
 
Agrimonia, Krameria
 
Lumbar region only
 
Hydrangea
 
Sacral and lower lumbar with urethral mucus discharge
 
Agropyron, Solidago
 
Renal and bladder colic
 
Dioscorea, Hydrangea, Melilotus
PHOSPHATURIA
General
 
Medicago, Zea
 
with vesical irritation
 
Cannabis, Capsella
 
with pain in kidneys
 
Agropyron, Erigeron, Hydrangea
 
Mucopurulent
 
Zea
 
Aggravated by cold, damp weather or present only in winter
 
Aristolochia serpentaria
POLYURIA
From urethritis or prostatitis
 
Eryngium, Mitchella
 
During or after cold weather
 
Aristolochia serpentaria
 
Frequent, low specific gravity urine
 
Salvia (cold infusion), Vaccinium
PYELITIS
Acute, initial stages with painful urination
 
Zea
 
from ascending cystitis with boggy mucosa
 
Chimaphila, Uva Ursi
 
Chronic, with colic
 
Agropyron, Dioscorea
 
with mucopurulent, acidic urine
 
Barosma
 
with mucopurulent, alkaline urine
 
Chimaphila, Zea
 
post-lithiasis, painful urination
 
Eupatorium purpureum, Piper methysticum, Solidago, Zea
 
With mucopurulent urine with RBC's and leukocytes
 
Chimaphila, Pyrola
STRANGURY
General
 
Althea, Malva, Uva Ursi, Zea
 
Antispasmodic
 
Cannabis, Eschscholzia
URETERALGIA
 
 
Agropyron, Dioscorea, Equisetum, Hydrangea, Piper methysticum, Uva Ursi, Zea

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