Wild Yam P.E. (plant extract)

Description: Dioscorea is an herbaceous twining perennial common in the eastern and central United States. Twining in hedges, and over bushes and fences, the thin, woolly, reddish-brown stem grows up to 6m long. The slender, tuberous rootstock is crooked and laterally branched. Broadly ovate and cordate, the leaves are from 5-15cm long and 3-12cm wide, glabrous on top, and finely hairy underneath. They are usually alternate, but the lower leaves sometimes grow in twos and fours. The small, greenish-yellow flowers bloom during June and July, the male flowers in drooping panicles, the female in drooping, spicate racemes. The fruit is a three-winged capsule containing winged seeds.
Appearance:Fine Powder

Specification:Diosgenine(by HPLC) 7%

Therapeutics and Pharmacology: Dioscorea has traditionally been used for easing menstrual cramps and for threatened miscarriage. Its antispasmodic action makes it good for flatulence and colic caused by muscle spasm. The herb also promotes the flow of bile and is sometimes used to ease the colic of gallstones. It's anti-inflammatory action is due to the steroidal saponins, and it is often used for the inflammatory stage of rheumatoid arthritis. It has a diuretic effect which, combined with its antispasmodic action, makes it useful in painful conditions of the urinary tract. Its antispasmodic action also makes it useful for treating poor circulation and neuralgia. It is given for intermittent claudication (pain in the calves caused by spasms in the blood vessels supplying the leg muscles). Dioscorea contains hormonal substances very similar to progesterone.

Actions: spasmolytic, mild diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory (possibly steroidal), antirheumatic, cholagogue, diuretic, expectorant, relaxant for smooth muscle, mild peripheral vasodilator

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