Dioscorea villosa

Head.--Dull pain in forehead. Mouth and tongue dry, with bitter taste.

Gastric.--Belching of wind, bitter; sour; tasteless. Painful distress in stomach, has to unfasten clothing; relieved by raising wind; burning in stomach.

Abdomen.--Excessive pain in; cutting or dull grinding pain in region of liver. Severe colic-like, cutting pains about the umbilicus; also griping or cramping pains. Pains radiating upward and downward until the whole body, including fingers and toes, becomes involved. Flatus abundant; rumbling and rolling of; passing large quantities of, downward. Violent twisting colic, coming in paroxysms. Colic comes on or is worse while lying down, or bending double, is relieved by rising and walking.

Stool.--Diarrhœa, thin, yellow. Hard, dry, lumpy stool.

Generalities.--Dioscorea differs from the Colocynth colic in being worse from bending double (Coloc. better) and better on rising and walking (Coloc. worse). Felons, disposition to, with tendency to colic; should be taken at the first symptom of pricking in the finger, or even later on.