Dioscorea Villosa


Dioscorea Villosa homeopathy medicine, complete details of homeopathic remedy Dioscorea Villosa from Keynotes and Characteristics by H C Allen…


Dioscorea Villosa suited the Persons of feeble digestive powers, old or young.

Flatulence after meals or after eating, especially of tea-drinkers; are often subject to violent colic.

Griping pains in abdomen about umbilicus.

Violent twisting colic, occurring in regular paroxysms, as if intestines were grasped and twisted by a powerful hand.

Dioscorea Villosa Colic pains: < from bending forward and while lying; > on standing erect or bending backwards (rev. of Colocynthis ).

Emissions during sleep; vivid dreams of women all night ( Staphysagria ); knees weak; genitals cold; great despondency ( Staphysagria ).

Felons; early when pains are sharp and agonizing, when pricking is first felt; nails brittle.

Disposition to paronychia ( Hepar ).

Dioscorea Villosa Relations. – Compare: Colocynthis, Phosphorus, Podophyllum, Rhus, Silicea

Aggravation. – Lying; sitting; bending double.

Amelioration. – Motion; walking difficult, compelled to walk even though tired.

H. C. Allen
Dr. Henry C. Allen, M. D. - Born in Middlesex county, Ont., Oct. 2, 1836. He was Professor of Materia Medica and the Institutes of Medicine and Dean of the faculty of Hahnemann Medical College. He served as editor and publisher of the Medical Advance. He also authored Keynotes of Leading Remedies, Materia Medica of the Nosodes, Therapeutics of Fevers and Therapeutics of Intermittent Fever.