Diosgenin

Description:

1.Botanical Sources: Dioscorea villosa/Dioscorea opposita

2.Active ingredient: Diosgenin

3.Part Used: Root.

Yam is a yam plants. The main edible part of an underground tuber. Distribution of a wide range of yam,common in tropical and subtropical regions. Among Central and South America as the most, followed by subtropical region and Africa. The annual production of yam in the tropics is second only to cassava and sweet potato, but more than their nutritional value. 

Specification: 

Function: 

-Diosgenin has the function of anti-fatigue, anti-inflammatory,

anti-stress, hypocholesterolemic, and estrogenic effects.

-Diosgenin as an antispasmodic, and could be helpful for nausea

of pregnant women (morning sickness), spasmodic hiccough and

asthma.

-Most women experience lack of progesterone, not estrogen.

-Natural progesterone supplements are used to balance estrogen.Natural progesterone has a structure similar to

that of human progesterone and is made form plant fats;

-One of such fats is diosgenin. It is rich in diosgenin,

so diosgenin became the most popular source of natural  progesterone.

Application:

-Diosgenin is a remedy used to relieve intestinal colic, to soothe diverticulitis, ease dysmenorrhoea and ovarian and uterine pains.

-Diosgenin is also used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, especially the acute phase where there is intense inflammation.