Yucca filamentosa
Remedy of bilious headache and liver torpor. Sick headache with frontal pain and bilious vomiting. Despondent, gloomy. Portal congestion. Jaundice. Flatulence. Sore throat with yellow coating.
Source
Prepared from the root of Yucca filamentosa (Asparagaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Bilious sick headache — frontal, dull, with bilious vomiting. Liver torpor with jaundice and despondency. Portal congestion. Flatulence. Sore throat with dryness and yellow coating. Despondent, gloomy outlook with liver symptoms.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Despondent, gloomy. Dull. Cannot concentrate.
General Symptoms
Liver and GI. Worse from morning, eating, motion. Better from rest, open air.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Bilious headache — frontal, dull, aching. With nausea and bilious vomiting.
Throat
Dry, sore with yellow coating. Constriction.
Stomach
Bilious vomiting. Nausea. Flatulence. Eructations. Heaviness.
Abdomen
Liver torpid. Portal congestion. Jaundice. Bloating, flatulence.
Rectum
Constipation alternating with diarrhea. Light-colored stool.
Modalities
Better From
Rest, open air
Worse From
Morning, eating, motion
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Used for bilious headache and liver torpor.
Clinical Indications
Bilious headache, liver torpor, jaundice, flatulence, portal congestion, bilious vomiting
Comparative Materia Medica
Chelidonium has liver with right scapular pain. Nux vomica has bilious headache with irritability. Iris versicolor has periodic bilious headache with burning.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Yucca root contains saponins. Used traditionally by Native Americans and in modern herbal medicine. Low toxicity. Can cause GI irritation in large amounts. Safe in all potencies.
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