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tx
urinary system
urethritis
botanicals

primary herbs

Apis mellifera (toxic): hot, dry, burning, itching or stinging pain; scanty dark red urine (Felter, p. 192)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi: chronic vesical irritation with pain and catarrhal discharge (Priest and Priest, p. 103)
Barosma betulina: discharges; acid urine; antiseptic (Felter, p. 253)
Chimaphila umbellata: dysuria, mucus, mucopus, bloody mucopus (Felter, p. 288)
Echinacea angustifolia
Equisetum arvense: (Priest and Priest, p. 103)
Erigeron canadensis: dysuria in children (Felter and Lloyd, p. 726)
Eupatorium purpurea: irritation of bladder, incontinence; painful, frequent urination with blood and mucus (Felter, p. 366)
Hydrangea arborescens: difficult urination, hematuria; with gravel (Felter, p. 408)
Piper methysticum: antimicrobial, diuretic (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 162)
Serenoa repens: (Felter, p. 628)
Thuja occidentalis: "granular urethritis"; contraindicated in acute inflammations (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1936; Ellingwood, p. 445)
Zea mays (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 239)

note: use demulcent with treatment


complementary herbs

Equisetum arvense + Zea mays or Agropyron repens for demulcent support (Priest and Priest, p. 163)
Piper methysticum + Althea officinalis (root) + Apium graveolens + Agropyron repens (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 162)


footnotes