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APA; MAD; PH2); Dyspepsia (1; APA; BGB; KAB; KOM; PH2); Dyspnea (f; CRC; DEM);
Dysuria (f; CEB; MIC); Edema (1; FNF); Encephalosis (f; KAB); Enterosis (f; CEB; CRC; FAD;
KAB); Enuresis (f; MAD); Epilepsy (f; CEB); Eructation (f; PHR); Fever (f; CEB; CRC; DEM;
KAB; MAD); Fistula (f; MAD); Flu (f; DEM; MIC); Fungus (1; BGB; CAN; KAP; MPI);
Gallstone (f; MAD); Gas (1; APA; BGB; CAN; CEB; FAD; KAB; LAF; MAD; PNC; SUW);
Gastrosis (f; CRC; MIC); Gleet (f; CRC; FEL; KAP); Gonorrhea (f; CRC; FEL; KAP); Gout
(1; APA; PH2); Gravel (f; CRC; MAD); Halitosis (1; PH2); Heart (f; DEM); Heartburn (1; APA;
DEM; PHR); Hemicrania (f; KAB); Hepatosis (f; CEB; JLH; KAB); Herpes (1; BGB; CAN;
FNF; MAD); High Blood Pressure (1; CAN; DEM; PHR; PH2); Hydrocele (f; KAB); Hysteria
(f; CRC); Induration (f; CRC; JLH); Infection (1; APA; BGB; CAN; KAP); Inflammation (1;
APA; BGB; PH2; PNC); Insomnia (f; CEB; DEM); Jaundice (f; MAD); Kidney Stone (f; MAD);
Leukorrhea (f; CRC; DEP; FEL; KAP); Low Blood Presssure (1; CAN); Lumbago (f; CRC);
Malaria (1; ABS; FNF; MAD); Mange (1; MPI); Myalgia (f; CAN; DEM); Mycosis (1; BGB;
CAN; KAP; MPI); Nephrosis (f; BGB; CRC; FEL; MIC); Nervousness (f; CEB; DEM); Neuralgia
(f; APA); Neurasthenia (f; APA); Neurosis (f; APA); Odontosis (f; CEB); Ophthalmia (f; DEM);
Otosis (f; KAB); Pain (1; APA; DEM; JBU; KAB; PH2); Palsy (f; CEB); Polyp (f; CRC; JLH);
Psoriasis (f; PED); Pulmonosis (f; CRC; MAD); Pyelosis (f; CRC; FEL); Rheumatism (1; BGB;
FAD; CAN; CRC; KAP; MAD; PED; PH2); Rhinosis (f; CRC); Scabies (f; MAD); Scrofula (f;
CRC); Snakebite (f; CRC; FAD); Sore (f; CEB; FAD; MIC); Sore Throat (f; CEB; DEM);
Splenosis (f; CEB; JLH; KAB); Sprain (f; MIC); Stomachache (f; APA; DEM; FAD); Stone (2;
PHR); Strangury (f; KAB); Swelling (1; BGB; CAN; CRC; KAP; MAD); Tenesmus (f; CRC);
Tonsilosis (f; DEM); Toothache (f; CEB; KAB); Tuberculosis (f; CEB; CRC); Tumor (1; CRC;
FNF); Urogenitosis (f; CRC); Ulcer (f; CEB; DEM); Urethrosis (f; CEB); UTI (2; FAD; PHR;
SKY); Uterosis (f; CEB; MAD); Vaginosis (f; KAB); VD (f; CRC); Virus (1; BGB; FNF; PH2);
Wart (1; CRC; FNF); Water Retention (1; APA; FAD; FEL; KAB; MAD; PH2; SUW); Worm
(f; APA); Wound (f; DEM; MIC); Yeast (1; FNF; PED).
Dosages (Juniper) — 56–74 ml tea (KAP); 10–15 berries/cup tea (MAD); 1 tsp (2–3 g) berries/150
ml water 3–4 ×/day, for up to 4 weeks (SKY); 1–2 g fruit several ×/day (MAD); 1–2 g fruit or
equivalent 3 ×/day (CAN; SKY); 2 tsp (9.8 g) fruit in cold infusion (MAD); 1 tsp fresh fruit (PED);
0.5–1 g dry fr (PED); 1 g dry fruit:5 ml alcohol/5 ml water (PED); 100 ml dried fruit infusion
(1–20 in boiling water) 3 ×/day (CAN); 2–10 g dry fruit (corresponding to 20–100 mg EO) (KOM);
1–3 g powdered fruit (KAP); 2–4 ml liquid fruit extract (1:1 in 25% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 1–2
ml fruit tincture (1:5 in 45% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN; SKY); 1–2 (-6) minims juniper oil (KAP);
0.03–0.2 ml juniper EO (CAN; PNC); 0.3–1.2 ml spirit of juniper (PNC); 1 tbsp juniper syrup
morning or night (APA).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Juniper) — Class 2b, 2d. Contraindicated in
nephrosis and pregnancy (CAN). Not for continuous use beyond 4–6 weeks (AHP). Berry permitted
for oral use. Commission E reports contraindications: pregnancy, nephrosis; adverse effects: pro-
longed use or overdosing may lead to renal damage. Other sources report contraindication: pyelitis
(AEH). CAN caution that the volatile oil can be abortifacient and irritant. Because it is reputed to
be abortifacient and to affect the menstrual cycle, and because there is confusion of whether the
oil is toxic, its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided. “Excessive doses of terpinen-4-ol
may irritate the kidneys. External application of EO can cause burning, edema, erythema, and
inflammation with blisters” (CAN). Long-term use can cause hypocalemia. May also potentiate
diuretics and hypglycemics (CAN). Overdose can cause hematuria, priapism, strangury, and uremic
convulsions (MAD). “Canadian regulations do not allow juniper as a non-medicinal ingredient for
oral use products” (Michols, 1995). “Herbs with diuretic properties, such as juniper and dandelion,
can cause elevations in blood levels of lithium” (D’epiro, 1997). As an occasional gin imbiber, I
found the following of interest, “Normally avoided during pregnancy, mainly because of the
notorious reputation of gin, of which juniper is the main flavor ingredient” (PNC). Tisserand (1995),