Botanical Profile

Wild Yam

dioscorea villosa

Medicinal Actions

Analeptic, Analgesic, Antiinflammatory, Antioxidant, Antirheumatic, Antispasmodic, Antiulcer, Cholagogue, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Emetic, Estrogenic, Expectorant, Hepatoprotective, Hypocholesterolemic, Hypoglycemic, Mastogenic, Myorelaxant, Colic

Conditions Treated

Bitter Angina Appendicitis Arthrosis Asthma Atherosclerosis Biliousness Childbirth Cholecystosis Cholera Conjunctivosis Cramp Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Enterosis Fever Frigidity Gallstone Gas Gastrosis Headache Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Hiccup High Cholesterol High Triglycerides Hyperglycemia Hysteria IBS Impotence Inflammation Ischiosis Jaundice Low HDL Menopause Morning Sickness Myosis Nausea Nephrosis Neuropathy Neurasthenia Pain Parturition Rheumatism Spermatorrhea Stomachache Syphilis Tenesmus Tension Ulcer VD Vomiting Water Retention