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Dioscorea villosa has antispasmodic and anodyne actions on gastro-intestinal tract. In sudden spasmodic gripping pain in the stomach and bowels it acts similarly to colocynth, but it is more certain in the more severe cases. It is specific in bilious colic (spasmodic abdominal pain), in the pain of the passing of gall stones, in mild cases and is valuable in spasmodic colic of any kind. Spasmodic pain yields to it readily, but it is much more certain in pain and muscular spasms of the intestine. In neuralgic dysmenorrhea, in ovarian neuralgia, cramp-like pains in the uterus at any time, and in severe after-pains it often acts satisfactorily, quickly relieving the muscular spasm. The recommended dose is 1 - 40 minims or 65 - 2600 mg (1).*

 

The rhizome of Dioscorea villosa is a favorite therapeutical agent among Eclectic physicians, who have used it for more than 60 years. This agent is not only of value in bilious colic, but in all forms of colic and other painful abdominal neurosea, and all forms of gastro-intestinal irritations. It has also proved valuable in painful cholera morbus attended with cramps, in neuralgic affections, in irritable conditions of the nervous system, especially when attended with pain or spasms, in painful vomiting and gastralgia (2).*

 

Wild yam root is expectorant, diaphoretic and antispasmodic. The recommended dose is 15 - 60 grains (1 - 4 g) (3).