A reference was made to  using wild yam for preventing miscarriage in the
discussion of heavy periods.  Could an herbalist in the audience clarify
this?  It was my understanding that wild yam is used for laboratories to
synthesize natural progesterone from but that our bodies can not get
progesterone from the wild yam.  Are there other uses for it related to
pregnancy or breastfeeding?

-Lucy Towbin, LCSW, IBCLC

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