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DIOSCOREA VILLOSA
Wild yam
Clinical Picture:Persons with feeble digestion, of all ages.
Flatulence after eating, especially of tea drinkers; often subject to violent colic.
Griping pains in the abdomen around the umbilicus.
Violent twisting colic in regular paroxysms, as if the intestines were grasped and twisted.
Colicky pain; increases on bending forwards and while lying; decreases on standing erect or bending backwards (reverse Colocynthis).
Modalities:
Worse:
LyingBetter:
Sitting.
Bending double.
Motion.
In open air.
Pressure.
Walking is difficult.
Compelled to walk even though tired.
Summary of Indications:
Digestive disorders - colic.
Antidotes:
Nux vomica