Medical Condition Hyperestrogenism

Source:

2009 icd-9-cm diagnosis 256.0 - hyperestrogenism

Active Ingredients used for Hyperestrogenism:

Wild Yam

Active Ingredient	Uses based on scientific evidence	Grade*
wild yam (dioscorea villosa)	despite popular belief, no natural progestins, estrogens, or other reproductive hormones are found in wild yam. its active ingredient, diosgenin, is not converted to hormones in the human body. artificial progesterone has been added to some wild yam products. the belief that there are hormones in wild yam may be due to the historical fact that progesterone, androgens, and cortisone were chemically manufactured from mexican wild yam in the 1960s.	d

*Key to grades
A: Strong scientific evidence for this use;
B: Good scientific evidence for this use;
C: Unclear scientific evidence for this use;
D: Fair scientific evidence against this use;
F: Strong scientific evidence against this use.