(21-09-2014, 09:30 PM)spoked451 Wrote: Great post Lotus.

Interesting how Peony can influence aromatase activity and inhibit prolactin. It's also interesting to note that Chaste Berry is listed in a lot of different areas.

Yeah lol, nothing is ever easy in understanding NBE. For instance, take the info below on WY, this is why I have it listed in the FAQ sections containing progesterone, better to play it under that assumption, check the labels or call the manufacture to verify. (Especially if your levels are high)

• commentary: Wild Yam and "Natural Progesterone": There has been some confusion concerning products containing Dioscorea villosa (Mexican Wild Yam) that claim to boost endogenous progesterone levels, or to be a form of "natural progesterone". To add to the confusion, some topical preparations actually contain both Dioscorea extract and pharmaceutical progesterone. The following points should be noted:
• The natural steroidal compound diosgenin is in fact estrogenic, not progesteronic.
• Diosgenin has been used as a starter compound in the laboratory synthesis of progesterone patented by Marker in the late 1940's known as the Marker Degradation Process.
• Homologous metabolic pathways do not exist humans, and diosgenin is therefore not a "precursor" for endogenous progesterone synthesis.
(Brinker F. Brit J Phytotherapy 1997;4,3:123-145; Wilbur P. Eur J Herbal Med 1996 2.2:20-26, and 1996 2.3:19-26.)