24-09-2011, 04:36 AM
Good morning Susan,
Progesterone is not made from DHEA, so I can't see why maca would increase progesterone. How do you think the maca will affect the progesterone?
People thought for years that wild yam increases DHEA. The newer scientific literature says that it doesn't. Wild yam contains diosgenin, like fenugreek. I'll look into soy: I wasn't aware that it may increase DHEA. Where did you find that?
I don't understand green tea either. On the acne forum, some write it's an androgen, some write it's an anti-androgen. I haven't even looked into its other properties yet. I think there is a lot of confusion because spearmint is often called "green mint". Green tea or green mint tea? Many people will not notice the difference.
The site you linked is just trying to sell progesterone cream, I think. It is simply not true that very few herbs stimulate progesterone. Fennel, yucca, turmeric, thyme, and oregano contain phyto-progestins. Red clover and licorice contain phyto-estrogens as well as phyto-progestins. FG and WY contain diosgenin, which increases both estrogens and progesterone. I do agree that chaste tree berry (vitex agnus castus) does more to LH than to progesterone. Dong quai is also often mentioned as an herb with a progestinic effect, but I don't know how it works.
Progesterone is not made from DHEA, so I can't see why maca would increase progesterone. How do you think the maca will affect the progesterone?
People thought for years that wild yam increases DHEA. The newer scientific literature says that it doesn't. Wild yam contains diosgenin, like fenugreek. I'll look into soy: I wasn't aware that it may increase DHEA. Where did you find that?
I don't understand green tea either. On the acne forum, some write it's an androgen, some write it's an anti-androgen. I haven't even looked into its other properties yet. I think there is a lot of confusion because spearmint is often called "green mint". Green tea or green mint tea? Many people will not notice the difference.
The site you linked is just trying to sell progesterone cream, I think. It is simply not true that very few herbs stimulate progesterone. Fennel, yucca, turmeric, thyme, and oregano contain phyto-progestins. Red clover and licorice contain phyto-estrogens as well as phyto-progestins. FG and WY contain diosgenin, which increases both estrogens and progesterone. I do agree that chaste tree berry (vitex agnus castus) does more to LH than to progesterone. Dong quai is also often mentioned as an herb with a progestinic effect, but I don't know how it works.