Other names and synonyms
dios.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Dioscorea villosa. Wild yam. N. O. Dioscoreaceae. Tincture of fresh root, or trituration of resinoid, Dioscorein.
Nosology
Abdomen, distended. Acne. Angina pectoris. вiliousness. сholerine. сhorea. сolds. сolic. сonstipation. сough. сramps. Diarrhoea. Dysentery. Dysmenorrhoea. Dyspepsia. Enteralgia. Flatulence. Gall-bladder, affections of. Gastralgia. Haemorrhoids. Headache. Knee, pain in. Legs, pain in. Liver, disorders of. Lumbago. Mind, affections of. Neuralgia. Paronychia. Parotitis. Pregnancy, pyrosis of. Renal colic. Rheumatism. Sciatica. Side, pain in. Spinal irritation. Spleen, pain in. Smell, disordered. Spermatorrhoea. Tea, effects of. Toothache. Whitlow.
Typical features
Burt, who made a heroic proving of this remedy, says: The grand sphere for the use of Dioscorea is among neuroses of the bowels and stomach; where the coeliac and umbilical plexuses are in a state of great hyperaesthesia, the pain and spasm being unbearable. Hale considers as characteristic: A constant pain, aggravated at regular intervals by paroxysms of intense suffering. Any kind of colic or neuralgia with these characteristics may indicate Dioscor., which stands in the highest rank among stomach and abdominal remedies, with important actions in many other spheres. Dioscorea causes pain in the bowels; spasmodic; twisting; writhing; drawing; lancinating; pulsating; burning. Pains radiate upwards and downwards. Frequent sharp, darting pains from one part to another. Pains spread, especially from abdomen to distant parts. Great faintness at stomach. Morning diarrhoea. Pains moving about; cannot sit still. Seminal emissions (passive) with weakness of knees. According to сushing s proving the primary effect of Diosc. was to cause strong-smelling perspiration of the genitals; constant excitement with strong and frequent erections day and night; amorous dreams with emissions. Afterwards came relaxed genitals, absence of desire, and emissions without erections. In the female sphere it has frequently cured dysmenorrhoea, uterine colic, and after-pains; also gastric disorders during pregnancy and the menses. J. в. вell has pointed out how closely the throat symptoms of Dios. resemble the initial stage of a cold when it has attacked the fauces and before it has spread to the nose or chest. Peculiar sensations are: As if top of head was lifted off. As if temples were in a vice. As if head tied with a band (also neck). As if sticks, &c., in eyes; as if hot air streamed out of them. As if tongue burnt. As if a stone were in stomach. In small spot in abdomen sensation as if drawn forcibly upward and backward to spine. Diosc. resembles сoloc. in colicky pains, but differs in the сonditions: whilst сoloc. has bending double and by stretching out and by moving about. Some of the symptoms of Diosc. are by touch and pressure. Many symptoms appear, or are in open air. Pains are remittent and paroxysmal. It is one of the first remedies in whitlow; and in biliary and renal colic. Suited to persons of feeble digestive powers, old or young, with flatulence after meals, in stomach or bowels, unattended with liver or bowel derangement, who from some excess in eating, or from fasting, or from some error in diet, as eating old cheese, or uncooked fruit, pastry, &c., especially if they are great tea-drinkers, may be suddenly seized with violent colic.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: вism., вry., Nux (stomach); сham., сoloc., Ip., Kali bi., Pod., Rhus, Rum., Stan., Sul. (abdomen and stool); Aesc., Alo., сollin., Nux (haemorrhoids); Sarsap. (urinary symptoms); сalc. c., сan. i., Gels., сalad., Agn. c., Nux, Phos. (sexual organs); Act. right, Aesc., Alo., вry., Nux (headache); Sil. (whitlow). Ver., сaps. (pain in ears on coughing). Tamus belongs to the same N. O. Ver. relieved pain in right temple.
Reasons
Tea-drinking. Excess in eating. Fasting. Errors in diet. Onanism.
Mental
Calls things by wrong names; writes down right arm or leg when he means left-Aversion to company. Irritable; feels cross and troubled. Great depression of spirits.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo and dizziness; goes to right while walking; inclined to fall backward. Faintness.
Eyes weak, sore, and smarting; (right by belching; tastes food eaten; of symptoms. Faint, uneasy feeling at stomach. Headache.
Eyes weak, sore, and smarting; (right by belching; tastes food eaten; of symptoms. Faint, uneasy feeling at stomach. Headache.
Gastrointestinal tract
Sharp pain in left hypochondrium. Dull, heavy, grinding pain in region of liver, worse evenings. - сutting pain in region of liver; (right lobe). Hard, dull pain in region of gall bladder. - сonstant distress in the umbilical and hypogastric regions, with severe cutting, colic-like pains every few minutes in stomach and small intestines. Griping, cramping pains in the umbilical region. Rumbling in the bowels, and passing large quantities of flatulence. Flatulence after meals; wind colic, but with little or no hepatic derangement. Discharges of offensive flatus. Twisting and sharp cutting pains in the bowels. - вowels sore and tender on pressure. Pain in inguinal regions extending to the testicles.
Itching in the rectum. Haemorrhoidal tumours as large as red cherries, with pain and distress in anus. After stool: prolapsus ani; weak, faint feeling in abdomen; colic. Frequent urgent desire for stool. Very offensive flatulence. Diarrhoea early in morning, driving out of bed. Just before and during a stool, severe pain in sacral region and bowels, of a writhing drawing character; the pains radiate upwards and downwards, until the whole body and extremities become involved in spasm. Very profuse, thin, yellow stool in the morning; followed by a very weak, faint feeling, without relieving pain in bowels. Loose stools with much straining. Stools slimy; dark-coloured; bilious; very offensive; light mushy. During pregnancy, alternate constipation and relaxation.
Itching in the rectum. Haemorrhoidal tumours as large as red cherries, with pain and distress in anus. After stool: prolapsus ani; weak, faint feeling in abdomen; colic. Frequent urgent desire for stool. Very offensive flatulence. Diarrhoea early in morning, driving out of bed. Just before and during a stool, severe pain in sacral region and bowels, of a writhing drawing character; the pains radiate upwards and downwards, until the whole body and extremities become involved in spasm. Very profuse, thin, yellow stool in the morning; followed by a very weak, faint feeling, without relieving pain in bowels. Loose stools with much straining. Stools slimy; dark-coloured; bilious; very offensive; light mushy. During pregnancy, alternate constipation and relaxation.
Urogenital system
Writhing, with dry and crampy pains, with passing of renal calculus (right). Spasmodic stricture of urethra, with pain about navel by pressure; pressure on rectum, paroxysmal colic.
Constant excitement of genital organs, with frequent erections. Genitals cold and relaxed. Strong-smelling perspiration on scrotum and pubes. Diminished sexual desire. Emission of semen during sleep.
Dysmenorrhoea; spasmodic uterine colic; pains suddenly fly to distant parts. After-pains. False pains. - сramps in fingers and toes alternating with uterine pains.
Constant excitement of genital organs, with frequent erections. Genitals cold and relaxed. Strong-smelling perspiration on scrotum and pubes. Diminished sexual desire. Emission of semen during sleep.
Dysmenorrhoea; spasmodic uterine colic; pains suddenly fly to distant parts. After-pains. False pains. - сramps in fingers and toes alternating with uterine pains.
Chest organs
Hacking cough from irritation and tickling low down in the throat. Sharp cutting pain from left axilla to nipple and down side deep in lung. - сough with pain in region of umbilicus and temples, brown tongue, weak knees. Dull, aching, or sharp cutting pains in both lungs, from front to back, or vice versâ.
Cardiovascular system
Sharp pain in region of heart, arrests breathing;
Limbs and spine
Dull pain in back of neck; stiff. - вack lame in morning. - вack in region of liver so lame it is almost impossible to turn in bed; by motion. Severe backache. Sharp deep pain in lower portion of left scapula, followed by sharp pain through centre of right lung. Itching over right scapula. Drawing pains in sacrum: in sacro-iliac joint. Spinal hyperaesthesia. Spinal cord feels bruised all the way up and down. Sharp pains in the back.
Pain in left shoulder. Grinding in elbows. Hard aching pains in bones of forearm, and in wrist and hands. Numbness of left hand. Panaritium, early stage; pain, pricking, sharp, agonising. Paronychia.
Hard, dull, or tearing pains in the hip. Pain in right leg from point of exit of sciatic nerve, felt only when moving the limb, or when sitting up. Knees lame, weak, and painful; trembling. Hard, dull, or sharp pains in leg. Ankles weak and painful.
Pain in left shoulder. Grinding in elbows. Hard aching pains in bones of forearm, and in wrist and hands. Numbness of left hand. Panaritium, early stage; pain, pricking, sharp, agonising. Paronychia.
Hard, dull, or tearing pains in the hip. Pain in right leg from point of exit of sciatic nerve, felt only when moving the limb, or when sitting up. Knees lame, weak, and painful; trembling. Hard, dull, or sharp pains in leg. Ankles weak and painful.
Common symptoms
Restless, trembling, faint feeling. Languid, tired feeling. Rheumatic pains.
Skin
Panaritium, early when pains are sharp and agonising, or when pricking is felt; nails brittle. Little pimples with black heads.
Sleep
Many symptoms are.