Dioscorea villosa
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
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Keynotes
Dioscorea villosa
Wild Yam. Dioscoreaceae.
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 paroxii6 ysms, as if intestines were grasped and twisted by a powerful hand.
Colic pains : < from bending forward and while lying; > on standing erect or bending backwards (rev. of Col.).
Emissions during sleep; vivid dreams of women all night ( Staph. ) ; knees weak ; genitals cold ; great despondency (Staph.).
Felons; early when pains are sharp and agonizing, when pricking is first felt ; nails brittle.
Disposition to paronychia (Hep.).
Aggravation.: — Lying; sitting; bending double.
Amelioration. — Motion ; walking difficult, compelled to walk even though tired.
What the other books say about Dioscorea villosa
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Dioscorea villosa in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Dioscorea villosa in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Dioscorea villosa — Keynotes, p. 112. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/dioscorea-villosa. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.