More information on WIld Yam Root as a birth control method for women

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After the discussion of Wild Yam Root yesterday, I wanted to

elaborate about the pros and cons of it and add some more details.

 

So again:

 

There is a little booklet available called, " Wild Yam Root, Birth

Control Without Fear " by Willa Catha. She is a midwife in Texas.

 

Willa Catha says that if you take 1600mg of fresh ground Wild Yam

Root 2 times per day for 2 complete monthly cycles before it is

effective, and continue it 2 times per day everyday thereafter, you

cannot get pregnant. You still have to use some other birth control

method during the 2 complete cycle waiting period of waiting for the

Wild Yam Root to become completely effective. You can stay on the

Pill during this time if you are already taking it.

 

You can start taking the Wild Yam Root anytime during your cycle, but

starting it in the middle of a cycle does not count as a full cycle.

This can mean close to 3 months of waiting for it's effect depending

on when you start taking it, so be on the safe side of waiting for

it's effectiveness to work. Keep notes of your dates.

 

This 2 times per day dosage (12 hours apart) of 1600mg of Wild Yam

Root makes a woman's eggs sterile. It causes a progesterone effect.

It is safe for the body. If you want to get pregnant, stop taking

it, and in approximately 2 months you will be fertile again.

 

Wild Yam Root powder can be purchased freshly ground from an herb

company like http://www.herbspicetea.com Do not buy C/S (cut and

sifted). Click on the herb bag " Botanicals by the pound "

or " Capsules " and look the herbs up alphabetically to get the links I

posted below.

 

Herbspicetea.com does grind it fresh for you the day they send it out

to you. The herb looks like small stones in its un-ground form. It

has to be ground fresh to get the full potency and you should be able

to smell it's freshness and bitterness when you open the bag. You

can encapsulate the fresh Wild Yam Root yourself, whether the Mexican

or American variety.

 

http://www.herbspicetea.com/scripts/silverware.exe/catalog@d:/elevclie

nts/sfherbtea/elevator.prg?SEARCH_RELITEM=C1726

 

Or, Herbspicetea.com sells 1000 gelatin capsules of Wild Yam Root for

$27.30. The convenience is you save the time of encapsulating. I

would elect this option if they could tell me they were encapsulated

recently (within a month) for potency and were size " 00 " capsule. Do

not buy Wild Yam Root as a birth control method if they can't tell

you when it was encapsulated.

 

http://www.herbspicetea.com/scripts/silverware.exe/catalog@d:/elevclie

nts/sfherbtea/elevator.prg?

SEARCH_PAGENO=0 & SEARCH_LETTER=W & CATEGORY=SINGLE

 

So, if it is more cost effective and potent encapsulating it

yourself, 1 pound of their American Wild Yam Root powder costs $5.75

and is enough to fill over 1000 capsules. They have

gelatin " 00 " capsules costing from $2.75 upward for 100. If you

purchase capsules elsewhere, make sure they do not contain urethane.

Theirs do not contain it. So the main cost is in the " 00 " capsules.

 

Their encapsulator costs $8.09. I have seen the same one for $12.00

and $15.00. It looks like a plastic square sieve with 50 holes which

you each fill with the bottom longer half of an empty size " 00 "

capsule.

 

When you encapsulate Wild Yam Root yourself, one " 00 " capsule will

contain about 400mg so you take 4 in the morning to get 1600mg, and

you take 4 in the evening to get 1600mg. 12 hours apart.

 

In one week you will have taken 56 capsules (8X7), 224 capsules in 4

weeks, or 1 month. 1,344 in 6 months.

 

You spoon the Wild Yam Root over the surface of the capsule-filled

encapsulator filling the empty bottom half of the capsule. Tap the

encapsulator a couple of times to shake the herb down and then add a

bit more herb on top to leave a little mound before you remove the

support bar to put the top half of the capsule on. Make sure each

capsule is as full as you can get it. You will have 400mg of Wild

Yam Root in one " 00 " capsule.

 

I checked the price of Wild Yam Root in a health food store (years

ago) and it was $12.00 a bottle for 100 capsules that were machine

pressed but I don`t remember their mg amount.

 

You can only encapsulate 50 capsules at once with the 50-hole

encapsulator. Putting the top half of the capsule on is the time

consuming part that takes about 10 minutes per batch. Your take

those finished capsules out of the encapsulator and then encapsulate

your next batch. Keep the Wild Yam Root double bagged and cool, and

try to get it encapsuled in a month to retain the potency.

 

Always eat when taking the capsules so you don't upset your stomach

with the bitterness of Wild Yam Root.

 

Herbspicetea.com want an order over $40.00. One pound of American

Wild Yam powder @ $5.75, i.e. 7 bags containing 200 each of size " 00 "

vegetarian capsules @$4.50 each which equals $31.50, and an

encapsulator @ $8.09 all equal $45.34. Add shipping. This is for 6

months of birth control.

 

If you come short of $40.00 in following orders, you can order

more " 00 " capsules, or some other herb you use frequently.

 

I would not order more than 1 pound of Wild Yam Root powder or 1000

capsules at a time just to make sure the powder is potent.

 

If you are taking The Garlic Recipe, take the Wild Yam Root 3 hours

apart from the garlic.

 

Vanessa

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Wowser, bowser!! This certainly answered my questions. Thank you.Tammi U.On 7/19/06, v_kyama <v_kyama

> wrote:

 

 

 

 

After the discussion of Wild Yam Root yesterday, I wanted to

elaborate about the pros and cons of it and add some more details.