Gemmotherapy Juniperus communis (Juniper)
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Latest Edit: Iva Lloyd, ND 2014-02-22 (EDT)
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Juniperus communis or Juniper belongs to a species that can grow as tall as twenty metres high, depending on the type. Although usually found isolated, this tree is very cosmopolitan and adapts to all types of soils: from clay to siliceous limestone soils. It grows from Europe to North Africa, Asia, and North America. This particular species is a bushy shrub with very slow radial growth. The stems have prickly leaves that are short evergreen needle-shaped, with one stripe in the middle of the upper face. Its thin and rough bark is greyish-brown.[1]
Key notes
- Liver drainage[2]
- Regeneration of liver damage
- Electrolyte balance
Therapeutic actions
- Detoxifier of the liver/kidneys
- Anti-inflammatory
- Reduces cholesterol/ uric acid/ glucose levels in the blood
- Normalises the ionic balance
- Diuretic
Clinical indications
- Hepatic: indicated in hepatic insufficiency, liver failure, alcohol induced cirrhosis, portal hypertension, ascites, chronic hepatitis, drug poisoning, alcohol and toxic induced hepatitis, gallbladder detoxification, fatty liver
- Metabolic: Type II diabetes
- Renal: as a powerful diuretic, it is used in ascites and edema, hyperuricemia, ocxalic stones/ urinary lithiasis
- Cardiovascular: Hypercholesterolemia, aortic narrowing, atherosclerosis
- Musculoskeletal: Rheumatism, Osteomalacia
- Other: Allergies, also recommended in the final phase of cancer
