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DIOSCOREA VILLOSA

DIOSCOREA VILLOSA
diosPolychrestPlantCommonPsoric
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🎯 A powerful remedy for severe, shifting abdominal and pelvic pains, particularly colic and neuralgic conditions.
About: Dioscorea villosa is primarily used for intense, cramping pains that radiate to other parts of the body. It is especially suited for individuals with weak digestion and flatulence. It is a key remedy for gallstone colic and severe abdominal distress.
👤 Constitution
Persons of feeble digestive powers, often tea-drinkers who suffer from significant flatulence.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Pains that shift suddenly to remote parts of the body.
Boericke
Severe abdominal colic relieved by standing erect.
Boericke
Sharp pain from the liver shooting to the right nipple.
Boericke
Angina pectoris with pain radiating to the arms.
Boericke
Early stage of felons when pricking is felt.
Boericke
Sinking sensation at the pit of the stomach.
Boericke
Hemorrhoids resembling bunches of grapes.
Boericke
Sexual weakness with coldness of organs and weak knees.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Used for mental confusion where the patient misidentifies objects.
Confuses the names of objects.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Better from
💊 Dosage & Potency
Tincture
Mother Tincture
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
3rd
Decimal
🕒As directed
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
CHAMOMILLACAMPHORA
🔄 Compare With
COLOCYNTHISNUX VOMICACHAMOMILLABRYONIA ALBA
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's KeynotesPhatak's Concise MM

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DIOSCOREA VILLOSA — Homeopathy Materia Medica