A Phytopharmacological Review on a Medicinal Plant: Juniperus communis

Table 1

Traditional uses of J. communis L. plant.

Part	Traditional use	Reference
Berries	Carminative, urinary antiseptic, diuretic, emmenagogue, sudorific, digestive, and anti-inflammatory.	[7, 13]
Aerial parts	Used for acute and chronic cystitis, albuminuria, catarrh of the bladder, renal suppression, leucorrhoea, and amenorrhoea.
Fruit	Used as antiseptic, stimulant, disinfectant, styptic, chronic Bright’s disease, migraine, dropsy, rheumatic and painful swellings, piles, and infantile tuberculosis.	[7, 14]
Bark	Nephrotic dropsy of children, asthma, gonorrhoea, pulmonary blennorrhoea, arthritis, respiratory affections, diabetes, bladder affections, chronic pyelonephritis, cough, abdominal disorders, and skin affections.