What is Wild Yam Extract?

Name: Wild Yam Extract

Specification:6% 16% 20%

Active Ingredients:Diosgenin

Appearance:White or off-white powder

Description:

Wild yam is a plant. It contains a chemical, diosgenin, which can be made in the laboratory into various steroids, such as estrogen and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). The root and the bulb of the plant are used as a source of diosgenin, which is prepared as an "extract," a liquid that contains concentrated diosgenin.

Diosgenin or wild yam is often promoted as a "natural alterative" to estrogen therapy, so you will see it used for estrogen replacement therapy, vaginal dryness in older women, PMS (premenstrual syndrome), menstrual cramps, weak bones (osteoporosis), increasing energy and sexual drive in men and women, and breast enlargement. Wild yam does seem to have some estrogen-like activity, but it is not actually converted into estrogen in the body. It takes a laboratory to do that.

Similarly, you will also see wild yam and diosgenin promoted as a "natural DHEA." This is because in the laboratory DHEA is made from diosgenin, but this chemical reaction is not believed to occur in the human body. So taking wild yam extract will not increase DHEA levels in people. Individuals who are interested in taking DHEA should avoid wild yam products labeled as "natural DHEA."

Wild yam is also used for treating a disorder of the intestines called diverticulosis, gallbladder pain, rheumatoid arthritis, and for increasing energy.

Wild Yam extract with blood circulation, gas pain, may spleen, lungs, Gu Shen, essence, for spleen diarrhea, dysentery, coughing, diabetes, nocturnal emission, vaginal discharge, frequent urination.

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