{"id":2118,"date":"2013-04-30T00:55:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T00:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2013-06-30T15:14:28","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T15:14:28","slug":"wild-yam-dioscorea-villosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2118","title":{"rendered":"Wild Yam ~Dioscorea villosa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wild Yam<\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Latin name<\/em>: Dioscorea villosa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family<\/em>: Dioscoreaceae<\/p>\n

Part used<\/em>: root<\/p>\n

Habitat<\/em>: North America<\/p>\n

Main constituents<\/em>: diosgenin, phytosterols<\/p>\n

Energetics<\/em>: bitter, cooling, bitter<\/p>\n

Main herbal actions<\/em>: autonomic nerve relaxant<\/p>\n

Minor herbal actions<\/em>: hypoglycemic<\/p>\n

Main medicinal uses<\/em>: pain that is spasmodic, shooting, shifting, and aching; conditions related to low progesterone\/high estrogen related problems, dysmenorrhea, spasmodic diarrhea<\/p>\n

Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: inflammation of large joints<\/p>\n

Preparations<\/em>: decoction: 1 tsp\/cup water; 1:2.5 dry strength liquid extract: 20-60 drops 1-4 times daily; tincture: 45% EtOH 3-5 ml tid, capsules: 6 grams per day (Khalsa)<\/p>\n

Contraindications<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n

Toxicity<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n

Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Bastyr U. monographs<\/p>\n

Module 3<\/span><\/h2>\n

Native Americans used it but it was over harvested.\u00c2\u00a0 Found in other countries like Mexico – plenty left.<\/p>\n

Source of plant hormones used in the original birth control pills. Not a source of viable hormones if eaten in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

In the lab, it has to be processed to make the hormones bio-available.\u00c2\u00a0 Progesterone is made in the lab of Wild Yam.<\/p>\n

In TCM, it is a Liver support\u00c2\u00a0 remedy – therefore used as a stomach distress, gas, indigestion.<\/p>\n

In TCM, the liver support indirectly supports menstrual cramps.<\/p>\n

Popular Wild Yam cream – it is the soy based cream that has progesterone, but not the Wild Yam.\u00c2\u00a0 Soy has compound that are similar to steroid hormones in the human body, but are not directly – not bio-identical directly.\u00c2\u00a0 Conversion is done in the lab.<\/p>\n

Sweet Potatoes are in the Morning Glory Family, and Yams are in the\u00c2\u00a0Dioscorea Villosa family.<\/p>\n

Diosgenin<\/h3>\n

Diosgenin is the steroid sapogenin<\/strong> found in Wild Yam
\nFrom tubers of Dioscorea wild yam
\nAglycone, diosgenin
\ncommercial synthesis of cortisone, pregnenolone, progesterone, other steroids<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wild Yam Latin name: Dioscorea villosa Family: Dioscoreaceae Part used: root Habitat: North America Main constituents: diosgenin, phytosterols Energetics: bitter, cooling, bitter Main herbal actions: autonomic nerve relaxant Minor herbal actions: hypoglycemic Main medicinal uses: pain that is spasmodic, shooting, shifting, and aching; conditions related to low progesterone\/high estrogen related …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[518,39,37,87,1,512,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autonomic-nerve-relaxant","category-bitter","category-cooling","category-hypoglycemic","category-module1","category-module-3","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2118"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2120,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}