Saw Palmetto

Saw Palmetto is one of the best natural prostate remedies for Prostate Health and BPH!

Saw palmetto is an extract of fruit of Serena repens. Native Americans value it highly as a natural remedy for its beneficial effect in urinary and sexual problems.

The Plant of Serena repens:

Serena repens is a small palm tree that reaches a height of 6-12 feet. It is common in Southeastern United States, particularly along Atlantic and Gulf costal plain area.

The Traditional Uses:

According to documented records, people have benefited from it for more than 200 years. It is consumed as edible fruit; and as expectorant, nervine, sedative, and tonic herbal remedy in sexual and urinary disorders.

The Eclectics used it as far back as 1898 for enlargement of prostate and other disorders.

Prostate Health Improving Phytochemicals:

It is rich in fatty acids and phytosterols that make it a good natural remedy for prostate and urinary problems.

Saw Palmetto For Prostate Health:

Now many researches also favor its role for prostate health. Some studies showed its efficacy at par with medical drug Finasteride in reducing the symptoms of BPH or Benign Prostate Hypreplasia.

Its main benefits over medical drugs make it one of the foremost natural prostate and BPH remedy...

Cheaper alternative herbal natural remedy
Very effective for improving prostate health and reducing BPH symptoms
The side effects are not significant like drugs

Effect on BPH Symptoms:

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center conducted a three month study to find out the benefits of natural therapies like saw palmetto, beta sitosterol, cernitin and Vit. E in BPH symptoms.

They evaluated the symptoms of BPH on the basis of American Urological Association. The reported benefits were reduction in urine frequency both during day and night, and overall improvement of oher BPH symptoms.

Benefits For Prostate and BPH:

Researcherr Di Silverio undertook a long term study how long term treatment with Serena repens affect the growth factors in Benign prostate hyperplasia. He studied the distribution of androgens and other growth factors for prostate in BPH.

He demonstrated what is called Multispecificity in herbal medicine. Herbs usually don't benefit along one line of mechanism like drugs. It benefits in BPH along several lines - by relaxing smooth muscle tissue, by acting like a phytoestrogen, by inhibiting enzyme 5-alpha-reductase, and by interfering with binding of dihydrotestosterone to androgen receptors.

So, you can see now how herbs provide multiple benefits even if modern scientists pursue the line of medical researchers to get the 'magic molecule of medical drug' in a natural remedy.

Meta-Analysis Data of Its Researches and BPH:

T. J. Wilt published an analysis of earlier researches of saw palmetto in JAMA 1998. After thorough analysis, he noticed that its extract is found to be more effective than placebo and its beneficial effects. And its efficacy was at par with two medical drugs of BPH.

The Dosage:

As a natural prostate remedy, you can take 160-320 mg standardized extract (containing 85-95% sterols and lipids) in a day. It is available in liquid extract, capsules and tablet form.

Traditionally it is consumed in many ways - ripe fruit, ground and dried fruit, whole berries and infusion or tea.

Safety of Saw Palmetto:

The profile of its side effect is very mild in comparison to drugs. Some men reported mild nausea and loss of libido.

Serena repens extract is generally safe. When it is taken in large dosage for longer periods, its primary active beta-sitosterols might interfere with cholesterol metabolism. No drug interactions are reported in research studies.