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 (GA) — 此疗剂归属于哪些全身总类目 — 分析性的框架。
“AIR Open, Amel.:- IN ROOM, agg., air hunger, etc. BORING, grinding, etc. CALCULI, atheroma, etc. CRAMP, colic, etc. CUTTING DIRECTION of sensations, Radiating FLATULENCE, Left INCONTINENCE, stool, urine, sexual, etc. NERVE PAIN PAROXYSMS, repeated (Comp. Spasmodic.) PRESSURE, Amel.; Lying on painful or affected side…”
- 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.”
