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Wild Yam
Important safety information: Do not use as hormone replacement. Avoid pregnancy, breastfeeding and hormone-sensitive conditions without professional advice; products may be substituted with other Dioscorea species.
Herbal actions
- Antispasmodic traditionally
- digestive bitter traditionally
- historical menstrual support
Traditional and practitioner uses
These uses are presented for historical and educational context. They are not treatment claims.
- Traditional digestive-spasm use
- Historical menstrual discomfort use
- Not a natural progesterone replacement
Main constituents
Steroidal saponins including dioscin, diosgenin precursors, starch and tannins
Preparation overview
Tea: Not recommended for routine self-dosing. The body does not convert wild-yam diosgenin into progesterone; pharmaceutical conversion requires laboratory processing.
Liquid extract reference: No evidence-based universal dose
Preparation strengths are not interchangeable. Open the interactive guide for the complete evidence notes and sources available for this herb.
Herbilous provides educational information only. It does not diagnose, prescribe, or replace professional medical advice. Seek urgent care for severe or worsening symptoms.