Barberry

berberis vulgaris

bulk

root bark
Summary
System Affected   liver, skin, arthritis, digestion, pain
Properties   good for arthritis, digestion, stomach, skin very good for liver, spleen typhoid fever, diarrhea, indegestion pain,soreness, burning along bileducts, urinary tracts bronchial secretions, tuberculosis syphilis, antiseptic
Description   bark, berry, rootbark of shrub
Notes   taken as a drink
Toxicity   large doses may cause diarrhea with stomache pain
Warning

Not to be used during pregnancy or when nursing.

Barberry is best known as an herbal antibiotic because it contains berberine, a compound also found in Goldenseal.barberry

Berberine also helps prevent and treat ventricular (cardiac) arrhythmias, according to Melvyn Werbach, M.D., assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, School of Medicine and author of Nutritional Influences on Illness.

In one Chinese study, berberine reduced ventricular arrhythmias by more than 50 percent in more than half of the people who used it. In addition to Goldenseal, another herb with berberine is Oregon Grape.

 

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