day.
Herbalists of the past and present combine the root in many formulas for a variety of ailments. It
stimulates the removal of accumulated wastes and congestions in the system, relieving pain and joint
stiffness. Nature’s Healing Agent, by C. Clymer, recommends the following:
Tincture of burdock root (Arctium lappa), 10–40 drops
Tincture of black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa), 2–15 drops
Tincture of motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca), 10–20 drops
Tincture of rheumatism root (Dioscorea villosa), 20–40 drops
In water three or four times a day.In large doses wild yam is regarded as diuretic and as an expectorant. For this it is always best to
combine with other material of a similarly excellent character. Valued in hepatic congestion and rheumatic
pains.
DOSE: Of the decoction, 2–4 ounces; of the tincture, 20–60 drops; dioscorein, 1–4 grains.
HOMEOPATHIC CLINICAL: Tincture of fresh root, or trituration of resinoid, dioscorein, for abdomen
(distended), acne, angina pectoris, biliousness, cholerine, chorea, colds, colic, constipation, cough,
cramps, diarrhea, dysentery, dysmenorrhea, dyspepsia, enteralgia, flatulence, gallbladder (affection of),
gastralgia, hemorrhoids, headache, knee (pain in), legs (pain in), liver (disorders of), lumbago, mind
(affection of), neuralgia, paronychia, parotitis, pregnancy (pyrosis of), renal colic, rheumatism, sciatica,
side (pain in), spinal irritation, spleen (pain in), smell (disordered), spermatorrhea, tea (effect of),
toothache, whitlow.