Saw Palmetto

Saw Palmetto standardized 160mg / 60 softgel capsules

Saw Palmetto is a small palm tree with large leaves and large deep red-black berries. The Native Americans use the berries for food and also to treat enuresis, nocturia, atrophy of the testes, impotence, inflammation of the prostate, and low libido inmen, and for infertility, painful periods, and problems with lactation for women. Saw Palmetto has other traditional uses as a tonic and expectorant for mucus membranes, particulary the bronchial tubes.

In modern research, the fat-soluble extract has been shown both to inhibit the conversion of testosterone to dihydro-testosterone (DHT), and to block the binding of DHT to prostate cells, thus reducing prostate enlargement. It also reduces inflammation.

Saw Palmetto berry contains an oil with a variety of fatty acids (capric, caprylic, caproic, lauric, palmitic, and oleic acid and their ethyl esters) and phytosterols (beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol cycloartenol, lupeol, lupenone, and 24-methyl-cycloartenol). It also contains volative oil, resin, and tannins.
SUPPORTIVE AGENTS
Pygeum
RESEARCH SUMMARY
• Contains a variety of fatty acids and phytosterols, volative oil, resin, and tannins
• Primarily used for prostate enlargement and inflammation
• Also used for enuresis, nocturia, atrophy of the testes, impotence, inflammation of the prostate, and low libido in men
• For infertility, painful periods, and problems with lactation for women
• As a tonic and expectorant for mucus membranes, particularly the bronchial tubes