{"id":16177,"remedy_name":"Dioscorea","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Sycotic Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Evening","keynote_indications":"Burt, who made a proving of this remedy, said \u201cThe grand sphere for the use ofDioscoreais \namong colic of the intestines and stomach, where the celiac and umbilical plexuses are in a state of great \nhyperesthesia, the pain and spasm being unbearable.\u201d \nDios, resembles Coloc. in colicky pains, but is better by stretching out and by mov ing about, while Coloc. is \nbetter bending double and worse by motion. Colic pain, better from bending backwards. Gallstone colic.  \nKidney colic. \nPains are remittent and paroxysmal. Pains are unbearable, sharp, cutting, twisting, griping, grinding, that \n \n \ndart about or radi ate to distant parts. Pains suddenly cease in one part, then start in another part. Nervous \nshuddering from pain. \nPain in the bowels, spasmodic, twisting, writhing, drawing, lancinating, pulsating, burning. Pains  radiate \nupwards and down wards. Frequent sharp, darting pains from one part to another. Pains spread, especially \nfrom abdomen to distant parts. \nFlatulence after meals in stomach or bowels. Violent colic from fasting, some excess in eating, or some dietary \nerror, as eating old cheese or uncooked fruit, pastry, etc., \nespecially if they are great tea drinkers. \nActs on the nerves, abdominal, sciatic and on spinal cord. Chorea with seminal emissions. Painful disorders \nof abdominal or pelvic viscera. Persons of  feeble digestive powers, tea-drinkers with much flatulence. Useful \nfor whitlow.","modalities":"Better from stretching out. Better standing erect. Better bending back.  Better motion, hard \npressure. Better open air. Worse from tea. Wors e eating. Worse night. Worse lying down.  Worse evening. \nWorse bending forwards. Worse seminal emissions.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Cross, nervous and easily troubled. Depressed after seminal emissions. Uses wrong words, opposite, \nputting right for left or vice versa. Calls things by wrong names. \nConversation aggravates. Fear in a crowd. Fear of people. Aversion to women. Rest lessness better walking. \nFeels tired, yet still keeps walking around room. Cross, nervous and easily troubled. Depressed after seminal emissions. Uses wrong words, opposite, \nputting right for left or vice versa. Calls things by wrong names. \nConversation aggravates. Fear in a crowd. Fear of people. Aversion to women. Rest lessness better walking. \nFeels tired, yet still keeps walking around room.","Vertigo":"Vertigo and dizziness, goes to right while walking. Vertigo inclined to fall backward. Faintness, worse \nsitting up in bed. Vertigo with numbness, worse lying down. Vertigo from onanism. Vertigo with heat in head, \nwith sharp pains in forehead extending to ears. \nCOMMENTS - Hale considered as a charac teristic: \u201cA constant pain, aggravated at regular intervals by \nparoxysms of intense suffering.\u201d Any kind of colic or neuralgia with these characteristics may indicate Dios., \nwhich stands in the highest rank among stomach and abdominal remedies with import ant actions in many \nother spheres. \nGreat faintness at stomach. Morning diar rhea. Pains worse at meals, better moving about, cannot sit still. \nSeminal emissions (passive) with weakness of knees. \nAccording to Cushing's proving, the primary effect of Dios, w as to cause strong smelling perspiration of the \ngenitals, con stant excitement with strong and frequent erections day and night, amorous dreams with \nemissions. Afterwards came relaxed genitals, absence of desire and emissions without erections.  \nIn the female sphere it has frequently cured dysmenorrhea, uterine colic and after-pains, also gastric disorders \nduring pregnancy and the menses. \nJ. B. Bell pointed out how closely the throat symptoms of Dios, resemble the \ninitial stage of a cold when it has attacked the fauces and before it has spread to the nose or chest.","Head":"Dull pain in both the temples. Temples as if squeezed in a vice, better pressure but worse afterwards. \nSharp pain in temples. Head feels as if tied with a band. Sensation as if head were crushed down. Digging, \ncutting pain in the temples \nin occiput, over eyes. Buzzing in head. Confused, full head. Fullness in head speedily followed by spasmodic \npains in abdomen. Dull pain in both the temples. Temples as if squeezed in a vice, better pressure but worse afterwards. \nSharp pain in temples. Head feels as if tied with a band. Sensation as if head were crushed down. Digging, \ncutting pain in the temples \nin occiput, over eyes. Buzzing in head. Confused, full head. Fullness in head speedily followed by spasmodic \npains in abdomen.","Eyes":"Eyes weak, sore and smarting. Sharp pain from right eye to occiput. As if a round ball or stick in the \neyes. Hot air steaming out of them. Lachrymation, hot tears, smarting, wants to keep lids closed. Eyelids stiff \nin morning. Agglutination of the lids mornings.","Ears":"Dull, pressing pains in front of both ears. Both ears feel suddenly stopped up, and are sore to touch. \nSharp pain in front and behind the ears. Pains in ears, worse blowing nose or coughing. Itching in internal \nears, worse right. Nausea felt in ears. Small balls of wax fall out. Buzzing noise in head. Ringing, buzzing, \nduring headache.","Face":"Full, grinding, drawing, digging or sharp, darting pains at angle of left lower jaw. Spasmodic closing of \njaws, biting tongue when neither eating nor drinking. Lips dry, commissures sore. Little pimples with black \nheads. Corners of mouth sore. Soreness and sharp aching pain in both parotid glands.","Mouth":"Mouth dry and bitter in morning. Bitter, bad taste. Dry mouth, but full of sticky mucus, no thirst. Saliva \nruns out while asleep. Soreness of gums and roof of mouth. Spasmodic closure of the jaw. \nNose - Soreness of nostrils. Irritation of nasal passages with much sneezing. Nose stopped up, dry. Discharge \nof bright red blood from left nostril. Watery discharge. Any bad smell remains in the nose f or a long time. \nOffensive, bad smell in nose as if bilious. \nPerspiration - Sweats easily when chilly. Sweat, cold, clammy or of strong odor, on genitals. Sweats from \nleast exertion. Cold, clammy sweat, all over, in angina pectoris.","Throat":"Irritation, burning and smarting in throat and fauces. Fauces rough, dry, frequent inclination to \nswallow, but it causes nausea and shudderings. Belching gas, but throat so dry it prevents the escape of gas. \nConstricted feeling as from some thing tight about neck, makes breathing difficult. Itching in left tonsil. Sharp \npain in tonsil up to ear. Left tonsil smarts and itches, with inclination to cough. Constant desire to swallow, but \nit causes nausea and irritated feeling in throat, left side. \nTongue - Heavy brown coating on the tongue, in mornings, no thirst. Sides of tongue sore as if burnt. Bites \nthe tongue, when not eating or drinking. Tip of tongue sore and brown, worse morning.","Chest":"Angina pectoris with labored breathing and feeble action of the heart. Chest pains radiate to both the \narms. Pain along sternum and extending into arms. Tight feeling all along sternum. Chest doesn't seem to \nexpand on breathing. Burning behind top of sternum. \nConstitutions - Suited to persons of feeble digestive powers, old or young. \nCough - Hacking cough from irritation and tickling low down in throat. Cough with pain in epigastrium. Cough \nwith dull pain in temples, brownish-yellow tongue, weak knees. Angina pectoris, pain back of sternum into arms, labored breathing. Feeble action of heart.  Pain \nthrough chest and tightness across, especially with flatulence. Sharp pain in region of heart, arrests breathing, \nworse lying left side. Pulse intermitting. \n \n \nKidneys - Kidney colic, pain extending to testicles and the limbs. Writhing with crampy pains with passing \nof kidney stone. Spasmodic stricture of urethra with pain about navel, better by pressure, pressure on rectum, \nparoxysmal colic. Constant desire to pass urine. Tight feeling all along sternum. Chest does not seem to expand on breathing. Short-winded. Dyspnea \nfrom slight exertion. Hacking cough from irritation and tickling low down in the throat. Cough, with pain in region \nof umbilicus and temples, brown tongue, weak knees. Dull, aching or sharp, cutting pains in both lungs from \nfront to back or vice versa. Sharp cutting pain from left axilla tonipple and down side deep in lung.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Dyspepsia of a flatulent character, resulting from tea, after excess in eating, errors in diet. Belching \nof large quantities of offensive gas, sour, bitter gas. Heartburn. Burning in the stomach. Burning, aching pains \nin stomach during pregnancy. Heartburn in pregnant women. Violent, colicky pains, causing desire to bend \ndouble, which makes him worse, must walk erect.  Painful cramps in stomach. Hiccoughs. Neuralgia of \nstomach. Faint, uneasy feeling at stomach. Sinking at the pit  of the stomach. Sensation as if a stone in \nstomach. Sharp cramping pain in the pit of the stomach, then belching, hiccough and passing flatus, better \nstanding erect. Gastrody nia. Nausea. Vomiting, heartburn and gastralgia during menses. Vomiting and \npurging. \nTeeth - Pains in front teeth. Sharp aching pain in an upper right molar. Toothache, as if the bare nerve was \ntouched. Soreness of gums. Gums on inner side of front upper teeth swollen. \nTemperature - Chills with bitter mouth. Chills with aching bones, backache. Chills pains in lungs, sore throat, \netc. Chills commences over left scapula, spreading over back. Chills running down back. Chill on  \n \n \nrising. Chills, couldn't get warm. Colic, pains radiate from abdomen to back, chest, arms. Colic, worse bendingforwards  and \nwhile lying. Colic, better bending backwards,  walking about. Twisting and sharp, cutting pains in bowels. \nExcessive flatulent colic, after excess in eating, errors in diet, or in tea drinkers. Flatulent distension after meals \nin persons of weak digestion. R umbling with emission of much flatus. Side pains. Pains suddenly shift to \ndifferent parts, appear in remote localities, as fingers and toes.  Pains in a small spot. Griping, cutting in \nhypogastric region with intermittent cutting in stomach and small intest ines. Bowels sore and tender on \npressure. Abdomen tympanitic and very sensitive to pressure. Pressure causes rumbling. Disgust for food, with flat, clammy, bitter orsweet taste. Flatulence after meals. Very sleepy after dinner. \nThirst during pain in bowels. After eating, nausea and faintness. Colic, after excess in eating, errors in diet, or \nin tea drinkers.","Urinary & Genital":"Relaxation and coldness of organs. Pains shoot into testicles from region of kidneys. Strong \nsmelling sweat on scrotum and pubes. Pain and spasm of \nspermatic cord. Erections lasting all night. Diminished sexual desire. Emission of semen during sleep. Seminal \nemission without erection, then weakness, especially in the knees. Constant excitement of genitals. Violent dysmenorrhea, pains radiate from the uterus.  Dysmenorrhea, spasmodic uterine colic, \npains suddenly fly to distant parts. False labor pains. After -pains. Cramps in fingers and toes alternating with \nuterine pains. Pregnancy with severe pain with cramps in fingers and toes, alternating with false labor pains.","Extremities":"Aching and stiffness in joints. Cold limbs during colic. Sciatic pain (right) shoot down the thighs with \nburning or numbness worse motion, sitting up, better standing on toes, lying still. Limbs feel weak, especially \nknees, after seminal emission. Hamstring seems too short (Cimx.). Cramps in flexors of fingers and toes.  \nNumbness of left hand. Pain in left shoulder. Grinding in elbows. Panaritium, early stage, pain, pricking, sharp, \nagonizing. Paronychia. Felons in beginning, when pricking is first felt. \nLiver - Sharp pains from liver, shooting upward to right nipple. Gallbladder colic, pain extending to the \nchest, back and arms. Gallbladder colic worse bendingforward, better bending backwards.","Neck & Back":"Lameness in back, in morning. Lame ness worse stooping. Dull pain in back of neck, stiff. Severe \nbackache. Sharp pains in the back. Spinal cord feels bruised all the way up and down. Spinal hyperesthesia. \nItching over right scapula. Drawing pains in sacrum, sacroiliac joint. \nBreasts - Pain in region of nipples. \nCausations - Ill effects of excessive eating, tea drinking, fasting. Masturbation. Errors in diet.","Skin":"Itching and burning of various parts. Little pimples with black heads. Panaritium, early when pains are \nsharp and agonizing or when pricking is felt. Brittle nails.","Sleep":"Sleeplessness from too intent think ing. Restless after 2 a. m\u201e must move, yet it hurts, he is so sore. \nFirst sleep late, wakes early. Many symptoms are worse after sleep, bitter mouth, pains in bowels, hard beating \nof heart. Aroused suddenly with slow, but hard beating of heart. Vivid dreams. Dreams of women. Dreams all \nnight. Dreams with seminal emissions.","Generalities":"As if top of head was lifted off. As if temples were in a vice. As if head tied with a band (also \nneck). As if sticks, etc. in eyes, as if hot air streamed out of them. As if tongue burnt. As if a stone were in \nstomach. In a small spot in abdomen sensation as if drawn forcibly upward and backward to spine."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}