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Traditional Uses
Native Americans have used Wild Yam for birth control.
It has also been used traditionally for rheumatism, menstrual pain and complications during childbirth.
Current uses
Wild yam has been used for menstrual cramps or pain, menopausal symptoms , rheumatic conditions, and gallbladder complaints,bilious colic and nausea.
Wild yam is sometimes suggested as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy but (as one might imagine) there is much debate about that.
News Comment
Healing Stress With Herbs
50 Connect, UK - May 2006
... The herbs prescribed were Valerian (smooth muscle relaxant and nervine tonic), Skullcap (for the nervous system), Lobelia and Wild Yam (anti-spasmodics), and ...
Boost libido, fertility and cure hypertension with yam
Nigerian Tribune, Nigeria - May 2006
... Kome Saroff PA and other researchers in the journal, Climacteric assessing the effect of wild yam extract on menopausal symptoms, lipids and sex hormones in ...
HRT: the fears, the facts
Saga Health News, UK -May 2006
... An increasingly popular alternative is natural progesterone cream, made from wild yam and soy. The late Dr John Lee, a family doctor ...
Precautions and side effects (refer also to statements below)
Wild Yam usage may be contraindicated for women taking progesterone and/or estrogen. Otherwise there are no consistent reports of adverse side effects.
Research
Research has shown that wild yam contains steroidal saponins, mainly dioscin, which can be used to manufacture progesterone, and other steroid drugs used for contraception and problems related to the genitary organs.
It should noted, however, that the body does not convert dioscin to progesterone