Dioscorea villosa
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
OR GRINDING PAINS; that dart about or radiate; to distant parts, arms, etc.; in paroxysms; cease suddenly, then start in a different place; periodical. Shudderings, from pain, etc. .................... Nervous and easily troubled. Confused, full head. Sensation as if head were crushed down (Dio.). Eructations; with hiccough. Cardialgia. Pains shoot from liver to right nipple. Violent abdominal colic, > motion; pains go into back, chest or arms. Flatulence. Darting, from anus to liver. Piles like a bunch of cherries. Weakening morning diarrhœa, without relief. Erections lasting all night. Cold relaxed sexual organs. Atonic emissions, then weakness; < knees. Violent dysmenorrhœa. Chest or cardiac pains radiate into both arms. Felon. Burning, numb, sciatic (r) pain, < motion. Hamstrings seem too short. Cold, clammy sweat; of strong odor on genitals.
Worse
Doubling up. Lying. Tea; eating.
Better
Stretching out or bending back. Motion; in open air (Mag-c. Pul.). Hard pressure. A remedy of pains, of all kinds. UNBEARABLY SHARP, CUTTING, TWISTING, GRIPING
Region
NERVES: Cord. Abdominal. Sciatic. Navel. Gall-bladder. Right side.
Relationships
Related: Colo. Mag-c.
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 Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Dioscorea villosa — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/dioscorea-villosa. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.