Other names and synonyms
epig.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Trailing Arbutus. N. O. Ericaceae. Tincture of fresh leaves.
Nosology
Calculi, urinary. Dysuria. Gravel. Strangury.
Typical features
Hale mentions Epigea as having been a popular remedy in renal calculi throughout the United States ever since the settlement. It has been successful in removing dysuria and strangury as well as urinary tenesmus. Hale once gave to a patient who had a bloody muco-purulent sediment in the urine with intense dysuria, ten drops of the tincture six times a day. A copious deposit of fine brown sand was observed and all symptoms were relieved.
Dif. diagnostics
Botan. Arbutus, Uva ursi. сompare also: Mitchella, сhimaphila, сannabis, сalc. ren., Urtica urens, Uric acid.