Dioscorea Villosa
Wild Yam
Abdomen
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Pains suddenly shift to different parts; appear in remote localities^ as fingers and toes. Rumbling, with emission of much flatus. Griping, cutting in hypogastric region, with intermittent cutting in stomach and small intestines. Colic ; better walking about ; pains radiate from abdomen to back, chest, arms; worse, bending forwards and while lying. Gallstone colic. Sharp pains from liver, shooting upivard to rigfit nipple. Pain from gall-bladder to chest, back, and arms. Renal colic, with pain in
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
teria Medica. Persons of feeble digestive powers; teadrinkers, with much flatulence.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Dull pain in both temples; better pressure, but worse afterwards. Buzzing in
Heart
William Boericke 1922
Especially with flatulence and pain through chest and tightness across.
William Boericke 1922
Angina pectoris; pain back of sternum into arms; labored breathing; feeble action of
Kidneys
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StrongsmeUkug sweat on scrotum and pubes. Emissions in sleefkyi^lr from sexual atony, with weak knees.
Liver
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look like bunches of grapes or red cherries; protrude after stool, with pain in anus. Diarrhoea (worse in morning), yellowish, followed by exhaustion, as it flatus and faces were hot.
Male
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Rela ration and coldness of organs. Pains shoot into testicles from region of
Mind
William Boericke 1922
Calls things by the wrong name.
Rectum
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Haemorrhoids, with darting pains to
Stomach
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pyrosis. Pain along sternum and extending into arms. Eructations of sour, bitter wind, with hiccough. Sharp pain in epigastrium, relieved by standing erect.
William Boericke 1922
Sinking at the pit of the
William Boericke 1922
Belching of large quantities of offensive gas. Neuralgia of
Text
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As a remedy for many kinds of pain, especially colic, and in severe, painful affections of abdominal and pelvic viscera; it ranks with the polychrests of the Ma- 298
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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