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Herbal Remedies for Enlarged Prostate or
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH)
Natural Remedy for Prostate Care
Make a spread of Saw Palmetto, Licorice and Pumpkin Seeds. Place a half cup of fresh Pumpkin Seeds in a food processor.
Add one Saw Palmetto Capsule contents (without the capsule), and add a few drops of Licorice extract. Blend until smooth.
You may add a little Brazil Nut oil to make it spread easier. Eat a couple of tablespoonfuls every day. Make small batches at a time to ensure freshness.
Saw Palmetto for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Saw palmetto, one of the top 10 herbal remedies in the United States, can significantly improve symptoms of benign swelling of the prostate, a condition that occurs in 80% of men over the age of 40 and 95% of men over 80.
Saw palmetto oil is an accepted medical treatment for BPH in New Zealand, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and other countries, states The Natural Pharmacist, adding: "In some countries it is regarded as the 'gold standard' against which new prostate drugs must prove themselves."
Abnormal prostate growth is triggered by a mutated form of the male hormone Testosterone, called DHT (for dihydrotestosterone). An instigator enzyme called 5-alpha reductase, causes normal Testosterone to switch to DHT.
The extract of Saw Palmetto berries prevents the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) thereby inhibiting the excessive multiplication of prostatic cells which results in the condition known as BPH. The basic mechanism here turns out to be the same as in the prescription drug finasteride.
What Saw Palmetto does is:
1. Deactivates the instigator enzyme
2. Prevents DHT from acting on the prostate cells, and
3. Serves as a mild anti-inflammatory on the troubled prostate gland.Saw Palmetto berry (Serenoa repens and serrulata) has been shown to effectively diminish pain, inflammation and enlargement of the prostate. Saw palmetto has been used for centuries and is also thought to have a mild aphrodisiac effect, as well as increasing sperm production and sexual vitality.
A review of 18 placebo-controlled studies published in the November 11, 1998 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that saw palmetto was just as effective as Proscar (finasteride), the most common drug used to treat prostate enlargement, and had fewer side effects.
One of the earliest studies, by a French group, looked at the effect of Saw Palmetto extract on 94 men with the usual BPH symptoms.
They found that the herb takers
- reduced the number of times they had to get up at night by nearly half
- increased their flow rate by the same amount
- and lessened residual urine by 42 percent.
The placebo group fared much worse; their residue, for instance, actually increased by 9 percent (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, volume 18, 1984).An Italian study published in Urologia in 1988 found that with Saw Palmetto, nighttime bathroom visits decreased from an average of just over 4 per night to 1.5 after three months. The placebo group saw no improvement.
In the first American randomized clinical trial of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), the respected prostate herb proved beneficial in reducing swelling of prostate tissues in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
While numerous studies have confirmed the ability of saw palmetto extract (SPE) to reduce BPH symptoms, this is the first evidence that it actually shrinks enlarged prostate tissues (Overmyer, 1999).
This is especially good news for men because conventional drug therapy for BPH frequently causes hormonal side effects, including reduced sex drive and performance.
It should also be good news for doctors, because SPE did not affect the level of PSA in the blood. PSA tests are used to detect prostate cancer, and conventional therapy interferes with PSA testing by masking this early warning sign.
"Saw palmetto extract (SPE) should now be considered a treatment option for men with symptomatic BPH, absent complications of the disorder.
- SPE is extremely safe
- it is likely to exert positive effects
- many patients want it
- more potent remedies, i.e., drugs or surgery, are generally not required in most BPH cases.
In particular, use of the extract has not been associated with erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory disturbance, or altered libido." writes Leonard Marks, M.D. in an editorial accompanying the study.
Saw Palmetto Supplement For Men Over 40
A fast-acting, natural liquid remedy... that consistently helps support and maintain prostate health. Uses a proprietary technology to extract only the active oil portion of the Saw Palmetto berry, therefore contains the maximum amount of bioactivity from the Saw Palmetto plant.
This is unlike most other commercially available Saw Palmetto remedies, which include extracts of the whole berry, including leaves and pulp which significantly dilute the active oil portion resulting in much weaker activity.
Saw Palmetto helps to relieve the urological symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (Wilt et al. 2002; Blumenthal et al. 2000). In addition to the unusually high concentration of the active Saw Palmetto oil, this supplement also contains four carefully selected, energy-boosting vitality herbs.
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Warning: Saw palmetto should not be used without speaking to a physician if a person has a hormone-sensitive cancer like prostate cancer, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. Men should stop taking saw palmetto and consult their practitioners if they have breathing problems, tightness in the throat, chest pain, skin hives, rashes, or itchy or swollen skin.
