- Burt, who made a proving of this remedy, said “The grand sphere for the use ofDioscoreais among colic of the intestines and stomach, where the celiac and umbilical plexuses are in a state of great hyperesthesia, the pain and spasm being unbearable.” Dios, resembles Coloc in colicky pains, but is better by stretching out and by mov ing about, while Coloc is better bending double and worse by motion.
- Colic pain, better from bending backwards.
- Gallstone colic.
- Kidney colic.
- Pains are remittent and paroxysmal.
- Pains are unbearable, sharp, cutting, twisting, griping, grinding, that dart about or radi ate to distant parts.
- Pains suddenly cease in one part, then start in another part.
- Nervous shuddering from pain in the bowels, spasmodic, twisting, writhing, drawing, lancinating, pulsating, burning.
- Pains radiate upwards and down wards.
- Frequent sharp, darting pains from one part to another.
- Pains spread, especially from abdomen to distant parts.
- Flatulence after meals in stomach or bowels.
- Violent colic from fasting, some excess in eating, or some dietary error, as eating old cheese or uncooked fruit, pastry, etc., especially if they are great tea drinkers.
- Acts on the nerves, abdominal, sciatic and on spinal cord.
- Chorea with seminal emissions.
- Painful disorders of abdominal or pelvic viscera.
- Persons of feeble digestive powers, tea-drinkers with much flatulence.
- Useful for whitlow.
- COMMENTS-Hale considered as a charac teristic: “A constant pain, aggravated at regular intervals by paroxysms of intense suffering.” Any kind of colic or neuralgia with these characteristics may indicate Dios., which stands in the highest rank among stomach and abdominal remedies with import ant actions in many other spheres.
- Great faintness at stomach.
- Morning diarrhea.
- Pains worse at meals, better moving about, cannot sit still.
- Seminal emissions (passive) with weakness of knees.
- According to Cushing's proving, the primary effect of Dios, w as to cause strong smelling perspiration of the genitals, con stant excitement with strong and frequent erections day and night, amorous dreams with emissions.
- Afterwards came relaxed genitals, absence of desire and emissions without erections.
- In the female sphere it has frequently cured dysmenorrhea, uterine colic and after-pains, also gastric disorders during pregnancy and the menses.
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- Bell pointed out how closely the throat symptoms of Dios, resemble the initial stage of a cold when it has attacked the fauces and before it has spread to the nose or chest.
- Temperature-Chills with bitter mouth.
- Chills with aching bones, backache.
- Chills pains in lungs, sore throat, etc.
- Chills commences over left scapula, spreading over back.
- Chills running down back.
- Chill on rising.
- Chills, couldn't get warm.
- Colic, pains radiate from abdomen to back, chest, arms.
- Colic, worse bendingforwards and while lying.
- Colic, better bending backwards, walking about Twisting and sharp, cutting pains in bowels.
- Excessive flatulent colic, after excess in eating, errors in diet, or in tea drinkers.
- Flatulent distension after meals in persons of weak digestion.
- R umbling with emission of much flatus.
- Side pains suddenly shift to different parts, appear in remote localities, as fingers and toes.
- Pains in a small spot.
- Griping, cutting in hypogastric region with intermittent cutting in stomach and small intest ines.
- Bowels sore and tender on pressure.
- Abdomen tympanitic and very sensitive to pressure causes rumbling.
- Disgust for food, with flat, clammy, bitter orsweet taste.
- Flatulence after meals.
- Very sleepy after dinner.
- Thirst during pain in bowels.
- After eating, nausea and faintness.
- Colic, after excess in eating, errors in diet, or in tea drinkers
