Use of barberry in the treatment of jaundice
Barberry is one of the native medicinal plants of Kermanshah province that has beneficial therapeutic effects and is used in the treatment
of jaundice and jaundice.
Barberry is one of the native medicinal plants of Kermanshah province,
whose roots and stem skin are considered as bitter medicines and have a tonic, biliary and laxative effect in relatively large quantities.
Barberry root and stem bark in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders of hepatic or renal origin,
as well as in the treatment of chronic indigestion associated with anorexia, constipation, hepatic and renal colic, jaundice, biliary fever, gout,
rheumatism Infectious and typhoid fever are used.
Barberry leaves are used in dehydration of tissues and scurvy (side effects of vitamin C deficiency in the body) because chewing its leaves causes
hardening of the gums in scurvy. In the past, barberry fruit, which is rich in acids,
was made into a type of lemonade that was used in infectious diseases and typhus.
This medicinal plant has thorny shrubs with a height of approximately one to three meters and has fragile branches;
The height of some of its specimens in favorable environments reaches 6 meters. Barberry wood is yellow.
The fruit is small, red, elliptical, 7 to 10 mm long and 3 to 4 mm wide, and has a mild sour taste;
Inside there are two seeds and rarely three small and elongated seeds.
Roots, roots and stems, leaves, flowers and fruits, parts of barberry are used as a medicinal plant,
which is often used as a decoction and decoction.
The intervals between July and December are the time of harvest of this medicinal plant in the wild.
Barberry with the scientific name Berberis belongs to the genus Berberidaceae.