Materia Medica de A a Z

YUCCA FILAMENTOSA (yuc)

So-called bilious symptoms, with headache. Despondent and irritable.

Head

Aches as if top of head would fly off. Arteries of forehead throb. Nose red.

Face

Yellow; tongue yellow, coated, taking imprint of teeth (Merc; Podo; Rhus-t).

Mouth

Taste as of rotten eggs (Arn).

Throat

Sensation as if something hung down from posterior nares; cannot get it up or down.

Abdomen

Deep pain in right side over liver, going through back. Stool yellowish brown, with bile.

Male

Burning and swelling of the prepuce, with redness of meatus. Gonorrhoea [Cann; Tussil (Tus-p)].

Skin

Erythematous redness.

Dose

Tincture, to third potency.