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Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:22 pm |
Dr J,
What are your thoughts on Wild Yam and Tetrahydrocurcuminoids? |
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:15 pm |
erg wrote: |
Dr J,
What are your thoughts on Wild Yam and Tetrahydrocurcuminoids? |
Wild Yam is one of those natural progestins that also has antioxidant activity. What's not to like? It's the isoflavones!
Tetrahydrocurcuminoids are interesting -- the Indonesians are promoting widely (I guess it grows there). Things that are good for food storage (natural preservatives) ought to be good for skin. Right up there with yak meat tenderizer. |
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:23 pm |
erg wrote: |
Dr J,
What are your thoughts on Wild Yam and Tetrahydrocurcuminoids? |
Not sure what you wish to use wild yam for but:
What is the history behind it?
In East Indian traditional medicine, the wild yam is used to treat sexual and hormonal problems. Chinese herbalists have long used the herb for rheumatism, asthma, and digestive and urinary complaints. Wild yam has also been used in American folk medicine to treat coughs and to induce sweating and vomiting. Some sources suggest that Native Americans and early settlers used it for its ability to relieve intestinal spasms, which is how it got the name colic root.
In the 1960s, progesterone and other steroid hormones were chemically manufactured, in part using ingredients from the Mexican wild yam. This may be the reason for the misconception that the progesterone “precursors” in wild yam could be converted into progesterone in the body.
Some wild yam creams have been found to contain added synthetic progesterone.
What is the evidence?
Contrary to claims, wild yam cannot supply the body with progesterone. The plant contains the chemical diosgenin, which can be converted into a synthetic form of progesterone through a lengthy process in the laboratory. There is no available scientific evidence that suggests the body can convert diosgenin into progesterone. Some of the chemicals in the plant resemble a weak form of estrogen, another hormone that is important in female physiology, but estrogen’s effects on the body are very different from those of progesterone. Drugs manufactured from diosgenin are used to treat asthma, arthritis, eczema, and to control fertility.
Available scientific evidence does not support claims that the wild yam can help the symptoms of menopause or premenstrual syndrome, reduce wrinkles, or enlarge breasts. However, since progesterone is absorbed through the skin and mucous membranes, a wild yam cream with added progesterone can have pharmacologic effects on the whole body.
http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/wild-yam
And:
WILD YAM OVERVIEW INFORMATION
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.
There are over 600 species of wild yam. Some species are grown specifically as a source of diosgenin for laboratories to use in making steroids. These species are generally not eaten due to a bitter flavor. Only about 12 of the 600 species are considered edible.
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.
Some women apply wild yam creams to the skin to reduce menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes.
How does it work?
Wild yam contains a chemical that can be made into various steroids, such as estrogen, in the laboratory. However, the body can't change wild yam to estrogen.
http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-970-WILD%20YAM.aspx?activeIngredientId=970&activeIngredientName=WILD%20YAM |
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