Wild Yam Dioscorea Villosa wild crafted product from the US.
Dioscorea oppositae, the Latin botanical name for the organic product cultivated in China
Common Names: Colic root, china root, devil’s bones, rheumatism root, yuma, wild yam root
Wild Yam Root Herb
Wild Yam Root is the source of steroid like substances that have been used by the pharmaceutical industry as a starting point in the laboratory synthesis of human sex hormones, and the steroid cortisone.
Wild Yam Uses: In modern herbal medicine wild yam continues to be used for treating menstrual cramps, nausea associated with pregnancy, rheumatoid arthritis, and intestinal spasms, bilious colic, spasmodic hiccough and spasmodic asthma, gallbladder disorders, stimulates bile flow, hypoglycemia, irritable bowel syndrome, kidney stones, neuralgia, and dilates blood vessels. Promotes perspiration and relaxes muscle spasms. Wild yam contains compounds similar to the hormone progesterone.
Wild Yam Root For Breast Enlargement
Wild Yam Herb is reputed to having estrogenic effects, practicing herbalists say that they have made salves out of wild yam. Herbalists maintain that women who use this salve gain the desired effects of breast enlargement. To make wild yam salve shave of the outer bark of the root and reduce the inner root bark to paste in a blender.
You can buy Wild Yam Root available in two varieties, Dioscorea oppositae, the Latin botanical name for our organic wild yam cultivated in China, and Dioscorea villosa, a wild crafted wild yam root from the US.
Wild Yam Root Herb Dosage And Side Effects
Wild yam (Mexican Wild Yam) is available in natural progesterone creams, but wild yam root can be purchased in tablets, capsules, tinctures and teas.
Some wild yam products are standardized for diosgenin, the precursor to progesterone. the dosage of wild yam may vary depending on the form in which the wild yam root herb is sold, and the manufacturer of the products. Pills and tinctures should be taken with food to reduce the risk of stomach irritation and nausea.
Wild yam contains a potentially toxic substance known as dioscorin, take the herb only within recommended limits. Wild yam can interact with prescription hormones such as estrodiol.
