WILD YAM Dioscorea villosa
Liquid extract of dry whole rhizome.
- Actions: Antispasmodic, especially to genito-urinary and gastro-intestinal systems.
Diaphoretic (taken in hot water).
- Uses: Relief of nervous system irritation. Abdominal cramps, pain and tenderness; spastic
colics (especially gallbladder colic); flatulent colic; spastic colitis; spasmodic pain in uterus,
cervix or ovaries; menstrual cramps; after-pains of labor. Nausea and vomiting during
pregnancy. Early stages of peritonitis.
- Dose: Take 30 to 40 drops, 2 to 5 times per day. In spastic conditions, give 20 drops in warm
water every half-hour. If relief is not seen within 2 hours the remedy is probably not going to
work.
- Cautions: None known.