- The strawberry tree sheds its bark annually, which gives the signature of its use in skin cases.
- Arbu is one of Dr.
- Cooper's remedies.
- He cured several cases of eczemaItchy, inflamed skin conditionAn inflammatory skin rash causing dry, red, itchy, and sometimes cracking or blistered skin patches. with it and observed that it produced pains in the joints of a gouty or rheumaticRelating to joint or muscle painDescribe pain, stiffness, or inflammation affecting joints, muscles, or connective tissues. character.
- Noting these symptoms, he was led to give it in certain inveterate cases of arthritisJoint inflammation causing pain and stiffnessPainful inflammation and stiffness of the joints, often worsening with age..
- For eczema associated with gouty and rheumatic symptoms.
- Arthritis, especially larger joints.
- LumbagoPain in the lower back regionA general term for acute or chronic pain in the lower back or lumbar region..
- Symptoms shift from skin to joints.
- One patient who was bene fited by the remedy had worse in North - East winds.
- The larger joints are principally affected and the slightest movement sets up inflammation.
- Bladder symptoms.
- In one case, the patient noticed that it “cleared his urine.” Arbutin has a reputation among the allopaths as a urinary remedy.
- Arbutus is allied to Uvaursi, which belongs to the Ericaceae