Saw Palmetto Facts

Otherwise known as Serenoa repens, Saw Palmetto is popularly used in Europe for diminishing symptoms connected with benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH, a condition of enlarged prostate. In the US, it has not yet been deemed as a standard of care and has been marketed as a dietary supplement, but it is also very accepted as an herbal treatment for BPH.

Numerous methods of achievement have been suggested, and Saw Palmetto shows to possess 5-alpha-reductase inhibitory action, which prevents testosterone conversion into dihydrotestosterone. Estrogenic/hormonal effects of Saw Palmetto have also been accounted, as well as anti-inflammatory properties and immediate inhibitory effects.

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Here are the most commonly asked questions on saw palmetto. These are a compiled list of search terms submitted by actual visitors.

1) Does saw palmetto help breast development?
2) Does saw palmetto help slow baldness?
(Does saw palmetto prevent hair loss?)
(Does saw palmetto stop hair loss?)
3) Does saw palmetto lower psa?
4) Does saw palmetto work?
5) Can I eat saw palmetto berries?
6) Can I start saw palmettos from seed?
7) Can women take saw palmetto?

Many of them are already addressed on my blog already, but I will try to answer these questions as we go. Thanks for your questions!

Saw Palmetto for Hair Growth – Making Possibilities

The hair undergoes different cycles – growing, resting and shedding. Thus the reason why there are times when one sees some amount of hair falling out. Hair falls out at an average of 100 per day. As it is a cycle, one would expect that eventually those hairs that were lost would eventually be replaced.

Unfortunately, not all things wished upon happens. So as in hair regrowth, there are instances when an individual begins to see his scalp through the hair – a sign that either the hair is thinning or replacement hairs have not grown to replace those that have fell off in the course of the cycle.

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Testosterone is present to both men and women – but men have it predominantly. It is a steroidal hormone that is required for muscle mass and bone formation. It has many benefits to the body as regulating cholesterol, improving oxygen uptake and promoting a healthy cardiac function. It even affects one’s sleeping pattern and sex drive.

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For thousands of years, herbal medicine was the only cure man learned to use until the advent of scientific-based laboratory medicines. Today, only a handful of these herbs are regulated by the US FDA largely because of the lack of scientific evidence to support age-old claims about most herbs.

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