Phytopharmacological and ethnomedicinal uses of the Genus Berberis (Berberidaceae): A review
Journal: Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Year: 2016

Plants belonging to Berberis are reported in several folklore medicinal pharmacopeias and are used in traditional medicines in Asia and European countries. The plants have been used in the preparation of various traditional and synthetic medicines since pre-historic times for wound healing, fever, eye disease, jaundice, vomiting during pregnancy, rheumatism, kidney and gall balder stones, and several other illnesses. Their healing properties are appear to be due to the presence of secondary meta