Wild Yam For male enhancement
However, wild yam root contains other active compounds that are responsible for its effects, such as beta carotene and phytosterols. Also known as colic root and rheumatism root, wild yam has a long history of use by women for various gynecological complaints. In ovariectomized mice, 20-40mg/kg of the wild yam constituent diosgenin, injected subcutaneously each day for 15 days, was found to stimulate mammary gland epithelial growth without observed progestinic effects.
Because of the growing trend of applying medications cutaneously and our beliefs about absorbing nutrients through the skin, we decided to put wild yam root into a cream. This product contains the whole wild yam root and all its bio-constituents plus wild yam root extract made with sugarcane alcohol. Wild Yam can have beneficial effects on menopausal symptoms of the skin, especially those that affect the skin, such as reddening, flashing, thinning skin, brown spots, and exceptionally dry skin, especially vaginal horney goat weed amazon uk dryness.
Contains the herbs Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa) and Marigold (Calendula officinalis). In Traditional Chinese Medicine, wild yam root is used as a traditional women's herb. It is used for herbal preparations and body care products.
In addition, Mexican yam and wild yam products are said to boost progesterone effects that fall during the last half of the month. The wild yam (Dioscorea villosa ) is a climbing plant that is native to the southeast United States and Canada Such wild yam species as Dioscorea floribunda as well as Dioscorea villosa are native to Mexico. A compound in wild yam, called diosgenin, is used as the basis for synthesizing several steroids, including progesterone and estrogen.
Though DHEA has been sythnesized from wild yam extract in the lab, it's not clear if the human body can convert diosgenin into estrogen. It is not clear whether Dioscorea villosa (wild yam) lowers blood sugar levels. Wild yam was believed in the past to have properties similar to the reproductive hormone progesterone, but this has not been supported by scientific studies.
Rubbing the skin with Dioscorea batatas (a yam species related to Dioscorea villosa) has been reported to cause allergic rash. Specially formulated to support women experiencing menopause, Piping Rock's soothing Wild Yam Cream is a must-have when Mother Nature steps in. Experience the soothing comfort and lend yourself to age-old skin nourishment as you gently massage the cream into your underarms, breasts, lower back and tummy... and continue to live your life happily and comfortably during those monthly and midlife changes! There may be a value to taking progesterone in cream form, but the wild yam part of the product seems to be misleading.
An interesting point is that some wild yam products do contain progesterone. Studies involving cells in a test tube have found that wild yam does not act like estrogen or progesterone. Thus, any product that claims to contain "natural progesterone from wild yam" is misleading.
However, just because chemists can make progesterone out of diosgenin does not mean that the body can do the same.
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