Meanings of wild yam in English

Please be aware that some " wild yam" products may not contain any progesterone.

From a herbal perspective, wild yam (plant-based progesterone) may be protective.

You may have heard that black cohosh, wild yam root, dong quai, and evening primrose oil can help relieve your symptoms.

It does not matter whether the progesterone cream is made from wild yam or soy-whenthey come out of the lab, they're both progesterone.

Some put their faith in wild yam or vitamin E. Belinda Carlisle, the singer from the Go-Go's, favours keeping a magnet in your knickers.

The New Yorker, May 3, 1941 P. 18 Wreaths of dry vines of wild yam clambering over alders; View Article

The connection between wild yams and steroid hormones is not new.

One day they cooked some wild yams, but never offered her a share.

The rebels live in the jungles of CAR surviving on wild yams, stolen cattle and drinking from rivers.

Heaps of wild yams, white starchy breadroots, and potatolike groundnuts boiled gently in skin pots slung over fires.

Interest in "natural alternatives" to pharmaceutical steroid hormones grew rapidly, with wild yams becoming popular in liquid preparations and as creams.

In a time of scarcity, for instance, he led them to some place in the bush where they could dig up plenty of wild yams.