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Saw Palmetto Benefits: Enlarged Prostate Treatment
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Saw Palmetto Benefits:
Enlarged Prostate
Treatment
Saw Palmetto (Serenoa
repens) is a berry that grows naturally within the southeast United
States. While saw palmetto has an established reputation amongst
herbalists as an
herbal impotence cure, it also helps men with
enlarged prostate symptom by decreasing the size of the prostate (by
over 60% for some patients), reducing
prostate pain, and helping the
prostate function more effectively.
When men begin to experience difficulty in urination or more
frequent urge to urinate, this medical condition is termed benign
prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). After reviewing 21 studies involving
more than 3,000 men averaging 65 years of age, doctors reporting in
the journal American Family Physician concluded that
saw palmetto
extract is a beneficial and one of the affordable supplements for
prostate help (Gordon 2003)
Saw Palmetto berry
block the enzyme responsible for converting free
testosterone to the toxic dihydrotestosterone (DHT) molecule & it
acts as an alpha-adrenergic receptor inhibitor, reducing
frequent
nighttime urination, and inflammatory actions in the prostate gland.
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Saw Palmetto Benefits &
Effects:
a) Relieve many symptoms
of BPH including difficult urination, excessive urination (frequent
urge to urinate), nocturia (frequent urination at night), residual
urine (incomplete emptying of the bladder)
b) Improve BPH by
counteracting inflammation, muscle spasms, and edema (swelling) of
the prostate
A three-month,
double-blind clinical trial indicated that when combined with
pumpkin seed (Cucurbita pepo), the positive influence of
saw
palmetto is significantly augmented. The impact of pumpkin seed and
saw palmetto was compared with that of a placebo in 53 northern
European men between the ages of 50 and 80. Using ultrasound
technology as well as subjective reporting, the researchers noted a
significantly positive difference in seven measures of urinary
health among the men receiving the herbal combination (Carbin 1990).
Saw palmetto extract is
featured in Natural Assets'
Formula for Men and
ProstatESE
References:
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Koch E. Extracts from
fruits of saw palmetto (Sabal serrulata) and roots of stinging
nettle (Urtica dioica): viable alternatives in the medical treatment
of benign prostatic hyperplasia and associated lower urinary tracts
symptoms. Planta Med. 2001;67(6):489-500.
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Krzeski T, Kazon M,
Borkowski A, Witeska A, Kuczera J. Combined extracts of Urtica
dioica and Pygeum africanum in the treatment of benign prostatic
hyperplasia: double-blind comparison of two doses. Clin Ther.
1993;15:1011-1020.
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Pittler MH. Complementary
therapies for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia. FACT.
2000;5(4):255-257.
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Pizzorno JE, Murray MT.
Textbook of Natural Medicine. New York: Churchill Livingstone;
1999:1150.Safarinejad MR. Urtica dioica for treatment of benign
prostatic hyperplasia: a prospective, randomized, double-blind,
placebo-controlled, crossover study. J Herb Pharmacother.
2005;5(4):1-11.
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Wilt TJ, Ishani A, Rutks
I, MacDonald R. Phytotherapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Public Health Nutr. 2000;3(4A):459-472.
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