# OnCo record wild-yam-cream (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/technologies/wild-yam-cream/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "wild-yam-cream" ;
  schema:name "Wild yam and 'natural progesterone' creams"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "Dioscorea villosa"@en, "Diosgenin"@en, "Wild yam cream"@en ;
  schema:description "Wild yam creams are often sold as 'natural progesterone' for menopause. The body cannot turn the plant compound diosgenin into progesterone; it is only a raw material that laboratories use to make the hormone. A topical wild yam cream did not relieve menopausal symptoms in a trial, and because the plant has oestrogen-like effects, people with hormone-sensitive cancers should check with their team."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/wild-yam-cream/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/wild-yam> ;
  onco:status "phase-2" ;
  onco:tag "complementary", "supportive-care", "evidence:insufficient" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/technologies/chasteberry/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/dhea-supplements/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/hormonal/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/integrative-oncology/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/dietary-supplements-treatment-interactions/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/unproven-diet-claims/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-misinformation/> .