DIOSCOREA VILLOSA


Homeopathic remedy Dioscorea Villosa drug symptoms and indications from Condensed Materia Medica by Constantine Hering, published in 1877….


      Wild Yam. Cushing. Dioscoreaceae.

Mind

      Irritable. Depressed in spirits :.

Calls things by names.

Sensorium

      Dull, confused, dizzy; mouth dry and bitter.

Inner Head

      Dull pains worse after dinner.

Sharp pains over the eyes.

Squeezing pains in head; temples as if in a vise; nausea, dry mouth.

Eyes

      Eyes weak, sore, smart; lids gummed together.

Feeling as of a round substance, or as of sticks in the eyes.

Ears

      Pains in the ears, worse blowing the nose.

Pains sharp, or dull, squeezing before and behind ears, extending to the angles of the jaws.

Nose

      Bad smelling in nose as if bilious.

Nose stopped up, dry; or watery discharge. (See Throat).

Tongue etc.

      White, dry yellow-white; brown and sore on the tip, worse in the morning.

Bites the tongue; spasmodic closure of the jaw.

Taste : bitter, nasty; rough; or flat, pappy.

Mouth

      Dry, yet full of sticky mucus; no thirst.

Throat

      Fauces dry, burning, smarting, sore.

Eating and Drinking

      After excess in eating, errors in diet, or in tea drinkers, excessive flatulent colic. After dinner :.

Nausea and Vomiting

      Belching large quantities of wind, tasteless, sour, bitter, or like rotten eggs, with only partial relief of pains.

Stomach

      Distress, with frequent sharp pains; must unfasten clothing; distress and burning in the morning; belching relieves.

Hard pain in region of stomach.

Sharp, cramping pain in pit of stomach, then belching of enormous quantities of tasteless wind; hiccough and discharge of flatus from bowels.

Hypochondria

      Cutting pains in stomach and region of gall-bladder; gastrodynia.

Sharp pains in the liver, extending to the nipple.

Abdomen

      Faintness at epigastrium.

Steady, twisting pains in the bowels, worse lower, constantly changing; worse lying down.

Gripping in the umbilical region; constant dull aching with sharp, cutting pains all through intestines.

Rumbling in the bowels; passes large quantities of flatus; severe pains.

Constant distress in naval and hypogastric regions; cutting colicky pains; belching.

Colic bends him double; worse lying down; better by stretching, or by rising and walking; a constant pain, worse at intervals. Flatulent spasm.

Flatulence after meals; wind colic, but with little or no hepatic derangement.

Pains begin in a small spot and radiate thence upward and downward; may, early in the attack, extend to stomach, liver, spleen or uterus; often the pains jump from place to place, especially to a distant part.

Stool etc.

      Sudden urging to stool, especially in the morning. Expulsion of flatus difficult and with violence; often with watery evacuations, but only with partial relief of pains.

Stool in the morning, followed by protrusion of hemorrhoids, with pain in distress.

Sensation as if the feces were hot; hot flatus.

Profuse, thin yellow stool in the morning; doses not relieve pains in bowels; stools offensive, bilious; faintness.

Male Sexual Organs

      Constant excitement of genitals; frequent erections.

Sexual desire diminished.

Emissions during sleep without erections, genitals cold, relaxed; weakness, especially weak knees; afterwards depressed in spirits, Pains in the inguinal region extending into the testicles.

Strong-smelling sweat on scrotum and pubes.

Cough

      Hacking cough from tickling low down in throat.

Lungs

      Pains in the region of the nipples.

Pains through the lungs to the back and vice versa.

Tightness across upper part of chest; distressed feeling.

Heart Pulse

      Sharp pains arresting breathing and motion, with faintness.

Neck Back

      Lame and stiff; weakness in small of back.

Dull pain in lumber region, worse bending the spine; sharp, extending to the testicles.

Lower Limbs

      Pain in right leg from point of exit of sciatic nerve, felt only when moving the limb, or when sitting up.

Limbs in General

      Sharp pain in various parts of the body and limbs; darting from place to place.

Limbs feel weak, worse at the knees :.

Position etc.

      Pains, except headache, are usually relieved by motion, stooping, bending :, Motion : Lying down : Sitting up : Stretching : Walking : Blowing nose :.

Nerves

      Strengthens nerves; later, trembling, languor, faintness, numbness and tingling.

Acts, probably, chiefly upon the nerves, especially upon the solar plexus and upon the spinal nerves, causing pains over the body and in the viscera, also reflex pains.

Time

      Morning :, 7,.

Temperature and Weather

      Generally better in open air.

Chill Fever Sweat

      Chilliness : with bitter mouth; with aching bones, backache, pains in lungs, sore throat.

Cold extremities, feeble pulse, but no fever; with the colic.

Sweats easily, while chilly.

Sides

      Pains spread upward and downward; especially from abdomen to distant parts : Right : Below upwards :.

Tissues

      Joints painful; weak, worse knees :.

Skin

      Nails seem unusually brittle.

Itching, burning of various parts.

Panaritium, early when pains are sharp and agonizing, or when the picking is felt; nails brittle.

Relationship

      Camphor. seems to increase its effects.

Compare with : Coloc. (in latter colic is less continuous and is better from pressure and bending double).

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.