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Dioscorea villosa (Dios.)

Dioscorea villosa (Dios.) appears in 95 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, six are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and seven are small rubrics with no more than two other remedies. The most frequent main rubrics are Mistakes, makes, with sixteen rubrics, Restlessness with nine and Sadness with seven.

Looking Down

Several single-remedy rubrics link cheerfulness or sadness with looking down while walking in the street. The rubrics alternate between cheerfulness and gloom and concern the same behavior. A small rubric also summarizes the sadness in this picture.

Sensitiveness and Smell

The oversensitiveness concerns odors, especially of rotten things and of stool. A single-remedy rubric records that the smell stays in the nose for a long time. Sensitiveness is represented with five main rubrics.

Restlessness and Disgust

Restlessness is listed in the afternoon at 4 p.m. Disgust with life and with speaking appears in two small rubrics. Laziness shows itself in a small rubric after emission of semen.

Summary

In its rubrics Dioscorea villosa is characterized by the lowered gaze, sadness alternating with cheerfulness, sensitiveness to smell and restlessness. The Mistakes, as the largest group, are spread over many topics and are not very specific.

All rubrics of this remedy, the materia medica and the case work are in Rathmer’s Repertory.

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