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Juniperus monosperma | One seed juniper | Medicinal Uses

View photos of the medicinal plant Juniperus monosperma (One seed juniper), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest.

A passage from Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest:

Use it in chronic cystitis and painful urination accompanied by mucus in the urine. Although alcoholic preparations tend to extract Juniper’s volatile constituents more completely, the leaf/berry tea is just as useful as a urinary tract antiseptic (both fungal and bacterial strains are inhibited).