Saw Palmetto 160 mg

Saw Palmetto

The Number One Selling in Natural Prostate Remedies!

Total retail sales in the year 2000 was over $43 million! This made it sixth in total herb sales over all other herbal supplements!

What is saw palmetto?

Saw palmetto comes from a palm-like plant that grows in the southeast United States. The berries of this plant are used to make the capsule form of saw palmetto.

Saw palmetto blocks certain effects of certain hormones in the body and also has some anti-inflammatory actions.

Saw palmetto has been used to treat symptoms of enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hypertrophy, or BPH), such as increased night-time urination or decreased urinary flow.

Saw palmetto has been used historically to treat stomach or intestinal problems, bladder irritation, and bronchitis.

Saw Palmetto, whose botanical name is Serenoa repens, is marketed to the general public mainly as a treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia or BPH. In the USA, Saw Palmetto's genus/species name is referred to as Serenoa repens. Elsewhere in the world it is referred to as Sabal serrulatum, Sabal serulata, Sabalis serulata, Sabalis serulatae, Serenoa serrulata, Serenoa serrulatae and many other genus/species synonyms. Saw Palmetto, the common name, is referred to as Sabal, Sabal Fructus, Fructus Serenoae, Sägepalme, Sägepalmenfrüchte, and other synonyms around the world. For purposes of this website, we will use the common name Saw Palmetto, and the genus/species name Serenoa repens. Saw Palmetto is a small, low-growing, dwarf-palm tree, native to southeastern North America, particularly Florida.

The Medicinal Parts of Saw Palmetto are the fresh ripe berries (fruit) and dried ripe berries. The berries, when ripe are a bright orange to purple almost black ovate, 3 cm long, 1 seeded berry containing:

Sterols: including beta-sitosterol, beta-sitosterol-3-O-glucosides, beta-sitosterol-O-diglucoside, beta-sitosterol-fatty acid esters and their glucosides, for example beta-sitosterol-3-O-myristate, beta-sitosterol-3-O-(6-O-myristyl-beta-glucosides)

Flavonoids: including isoquercitrin, kaempferol-3-O-glucosides, rhoifolin

Water-soluble polysaccharides (galactoarabane with uronic acid)

Fatty oil: free fatty acids

The benefits of Saw Palmetto can be traced back centuries where the aborigines of Florida depended upon the berries as a staple food item and was included in the Indian medicine mans array of healing herbs. In a book titled "Saw Palmetto", written by Edwin M, Hale, M.D. (1898) and published by Boericke & Tafel, Philadelphia, he describes the medicinal value of Saw Palmetto as tinctures of the berries (fruits) and crushed seeds being used for the relief of prostate gland swelling and various aphrodisiac qualities.

Uses of Saw Palmetto

Saw Palmetto is mainly used for the treatment of conditions associated with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). Several factors are recognized as playing a major role in the development of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). First, functioning testes and a critical level of androgens are essential to the development of BPH. Second, a change in prostatic androgen metabolism occurs that favors the accumulation of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), and third, an increase in the ratio of plasma estrogens to androgens.

Recent clinical research appears to have proven that Saw Palmetto extract is beneficial in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). Its mechanism of action in the treatment of BPH is reported that Saw Palmetto inhibits the conversion of testosterone to DHT, the agent thought to be responsible for the enlargement of the prostrate. In addition Saw Palmetto extract inhibits the binding of DHT to receptors thus blocking its action. It has also been shown to have an inhibitory effect both on androgen and estrogen nuclear receptors. This is accomplished without interfering with testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormone, or luteinizing hormone levels. Most importantly, Saw Palmetto does not affect PSA levels, thus it does not mask the ability of PSA tests to detect cancer. the Wilt meta-analysis reported in J.A.M.A. and the Carraro study published in Prostate) Dr. Leonard Marks of the urological sciences research foundation in his research confirms this.

Today, Saw Palmetto remains the leading selling of natural prostate remedies.Total sales of Saw Palmetto in mainstream retail stores in the US were over $43 million, ranking Saw Palmetto sixth in total herb sales in 2000 (Blumenthal et al., 2001) In Europe saw palmetto extract is the most commonly used phytotherapeutic agent for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) (Di Silverio et. al., 1993)

Other popular uses of Saw Palmetto include:

Saw Palmetto for women in , a type of herbal viagra.

Saw Palmetto for Hair Loss

Recently an ever increasing number of companies are marketing Saw Palmetto in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia. The mechanism of action is thought to be that by preventing or slowing down the breakdown of testosterone to Dihydrotestosterone, one can prevent or minimize premature male pattern baldness. Saw Palmetto is now in the form of shampoo to stop hair loss and promote hair regrowth.