Dioscorea villosa 出现在 Similia 的 13 部经典著作中的 9 部。每部书的写作目的各不相同 — 以下是每部书对该药物的补充内容，以及其条目的开头。
- Allen HC — 将此疗剂与最相近疗剂区分开的关键症状。
“Wild Yam. (Dioscoreaceae.) Persons of feeble digestive powers, old or young. Flatulence after meals or after eating, especially of tea-drinkers; are often subject to violent colic. Griping pains in abdomen about umbilicus. Violent twisting colic, occurring in regular paroxysms, as if intestines were grasped and…”
- Allen TF — 原始药物试验记录 — 症状按验药者报告原样呈现，未经编辑。
“Dioscorea villosa, Linn. Natural Order , Dioscoreaceæ. Common name , Wild yam. Preparation , Tincture of the root (or triturations of the resinoid, Dioscorëin). Authorities.”
- Boericke — 快速临床解读 — 关键症状、加重与缓解因素，以及实际处方所针对的病症。
“Wild Yam As a remedy for many kinds of pain , especially colic, and in severe, painful affections of abdominal and pelvic viscera; it ranks with the polychrests of the Materia Medica. Persons of feeble digestive powers; tea-drinkers, with much flatulence. Gall stone colic . Calls things by the wrong name. Dull pain in…”
- Boger (Syn) — 以简短的分析画像呈现全身症状与加重缓解因素，而不是症状列表。
“NERVES: Cord. Abdominal. Sciatic. Navel. Gall - bladder. Right side. Doubling up. Lying. Tea; eating. Stretching out or bending back. Motion; in open air (Mag - c. Pul.). Hard pressure. A remedy of pains, of all kinds. UNBEARABLY SHARP, CUTTING, TWISTING, GRIPING OR GRINDING PAINS; that dart about or radiate; to…”
- Clarke — 最广泛的条目 — 来源、药物试验、临床用途、关系与解毒剂一处尽览。
“villosa. Wild yam. N. O. Dioscoreaceæ. Tincture of fresh root, or trituration of resinoid, Dioscorein. Abdomen, distended / Acne / Angina pectoris / Biliousness / Cholerine / Chorea / Colds / Colic / Constipation / Cough / Cramps / Diarrhœa / Dysentery / Dysmenorrhœa / Dyspepsia / Enteralgia / Flatulence /…”
- Hering — 分级症状，每一项都按验药者与临床实践确认的频率加权。
“Wild Yam. Dioscoreaceæ. A perennial creeper, growing wild in this country, principally in Southern States, on bushes and fences. Introduced and proved extensively by Cushing (see Monograph) ; also proved by Woods, Burt and Nichols (See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 4, p. 123 ). The tincture is prepared from the root…”
- Lippe (Red) — 关键症状，其中最受信任的标为红线症状。
“Common name: wild farn. Calls things by wrong names (C.). Irritability and restlessness (Ars., Phos.). Persons of feeble digestive powers, old or young (Ant-C., Carb-V., Lyc., Nux-V, Puls., Sep.) (A.). Belching of large quantities of offensive gas (Asaf., Carb-V., Lyc., Nat-S.) (Br.). Burning in the stomach (Ars…”
- Nash — 比较 — 将此疗剂与最常被混淆的疗剂并列对照。
“Colic pain begins at umbilicus and radiates to all parts of the body, even extremities.”
