DIOSCOREA

Common Name : Wild Yam Botanical Name : Dioscorea Villosa Linn Part Used : Rhizome Drug Strength : 1:10 Physiological Actions : This agent acts through the spinal nerves and abdominal sympathetic producing an intense neurosis of the bowels characterized by severe neuralgic pains. Therapeutic Use : Persons of feeble digestive powers; tea drinkers, with much flatulence. Gall stone colic. Pricing Class : C Description : It affords prompt relief in colic, painful affections of abdominal and pelvic viscera when the pain is aggravated by lying down and doubling up and better by standing erect or bending backward. Dosage : Dioscorea vil Q 5 drops thrice daily.In acute pain 5 drops Q every 10 to 15 minutes. Group : Mother Tincture Therapeutic Index : Gall bladder Colic , Gastric Disorder: Strength : 1:10 Reference : EHP and Materia Medica