I want to stop taking HRT and seek natural alternatives. Could you tell me it if it is advisable to take wild yam root in conjunction with thyroxine?
A. There will be no problem at all with the thyroid dosage while taking wild yam. We must point out, though, that there seems to be no reliable evidence that the active principle of wild yam, diosgenin, will undergo any useful change to progesterone. We would recommend that progesterone made from wild yam into a trans dermal cream (by a simple process), is every bit as natural, and likely to be very much more effective. We have found a great number of ladies respond well to one called Serenity (Wellsprings Trading, Guernsey).
