{"id":762,"date":"2012-11-07T00:56:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T00:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=762"},"modified":"2013-01-27T04:55:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T04:55:17","slug":"barberry-berberis-vulgaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=762","title":{"rendered":"Barberry ~ Berberis vulgaris"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Berberis-vulgaris.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1281\" title=\"Berberis vulgaris\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Berberis-vulgaris-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Berberis-vulgaris-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Berberis-vulgaris-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Berberis-vulgaris-332x334.jpg 332w, https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Berberis-vulgaris.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>Barberry<\/h2>\n<p>Latin name: Berberis vulgaris<\/p>\n<p>Family: Berberidaceae<\/p>\n<p>Part used: bark of stem and root (mainly); root, ripe berries<\/p>\n<p>Habitat: native to Europe, naturalized in N. America<\/p>\n<p>Main constituents: isoquinoline alkaloids (berberine, berbamine, etc.), chelidonic acid, resin, tannins<\/p>\n<p>Energetics: bitter, cooling<\/p>\n<p>Main herbal actions: hepatic cleansing action, anti-hemorrhagic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, cholagogue, anti-emetic, stimulating hypotensive<\/p>\n<p>Minor herbal actions: increases platelet and white blood cell counts in leukocytopenia, sedative, antipyretic<\/p>\n<p>Main medicinal uses: bacterial infections, gall bladder inflammation or stones, hepatic congestion, liver tumors, dysentery<\/p>\n<p>Minor medicinal uses: malaria, enlarged spleen, pyorrhea<\/p>\n<p>Preparations: tincture: 1-2 ml tid; decoction: 1 heaping tsp boiled in 8 oz water for 10-15 min, tid (note possible discrepancies for doses of different preparations)<\/p>\n<p>Contraindications: pregnancy (possible), children under 2 years (possible)<\/p>\n<p>Toxicity: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, faintness, convulsions, hazardous drops in blood pressure, and depression of the heart rate and breathing.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: Wren, R.C. Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations; http:\/\/www.holistic-online.com\/Herbal-Med\/_Herbs\/h73.htm; http:\/\/www.herbalists.on.ca\/resources\/freeman\/BERBERIS.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barberry Latin name: Berberis vulgaris Family: Berberidaceae Part used: bark of stem and root (mainly); root, ripe berries Habitat: native to Europe, naturalized in N. America Main constituents: isoquinoline alkaloids (berberine, berbamine, etc.), chelidonic acid, resin, tannins Energetics: bitter, cooling Main herbal actions: hepatic cleansing action, anti-hemorrhagic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, cholagogue, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[193,192,34,94,39,40,37,36,111,32,194,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-emetic","category-anti-hemorrhagic","category-anti-inflammatory","category-antiseptic","category-bitter","category-cholagogue","category-cooling","category-energetics-taste","category-hepatic","category-properties","category-stimulating-hypotensive","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":764,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions\/764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}