Submitted by: Admin   Title:   Berberis vulgaris     Description:     Common name: Barberry Family: Berberidaceœ [Foreign name: Fr.:L’Epine vinette; Ital.: Crespino; German.: Sauerdorm; Dut.:Berberis Russ.:Barbarriss. ]. Distribution: The Berberis vulgaris is indigenous in Great Britain (in woods and hedges and on bushy calcareous hills) and other parts of Europe. The genera, in Europe, Asian and American. Rare in South America. Description: A bushy shrub, from three to six fit high; in a cultivated state often much higher; Branches alternate, flexible, angular, with a yelowwish-bown bark. The leaves are small oval, 2-5 cm long and 1-2 cm broad, with a serrated margin, they are borne in clusters of 2-5 together, subtended by a three-branched spine 3-8 mm long. Flowers May and June, of a bright yellow color, with red glands. The fruit is an oblong red berry 7-10 mm long and 3-5 mm broad, ripening in late summer or autumn; they are edible but very sour, and rich in Vitamin C.       Part used: Branches / bark of the root. It is a Lt sided drug, acts especially upon the kidney. Also acts upon Urinary bladder, Liver and Gall bladder. All the symptoms are worse from motion, jar and touch.