Saw Palmetto

"A powerful herbal tonic"

Saw Palmetto is a small palm tree with large leaves and deep red-black berries native to North America. It is used due to its benefits on the prostate and urinary tract. It also has therapeutic properties in relation to the neck of the bladder and the male prostate land. It is also used by both men and women as an aphrodisiac Saw Palmetto contains a variety of fatty acids, including capric, caprylic, caproic, lauric, palmitic and oleic acid, and their ethyl esters. Saw Palmetto oil is also high in phytosterols (beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, cycloartenol, lupeol, lupenone and 24-methyl-cycloartenol), as well as other volatile oils, resins, and tannin. Saw Palmetto is a seen as a general tonic for the whole body, and is one of the few herbal remedies that is considered to be anabolic i.e it has the ability to strengthen and build the body tissues.

Claims and Common Uses:

• Effective in clearing chest congestion and can be used to treat coughs, asthma, and bronchitis
• Beneficial in treating benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)
• Acts as a diuretic and to tone the bladder by improving urinary flow, and relieving strain
• Helps to reduce prostate enlargement and inflammation
• Acts as a urinary antiseptic
• Believed to enhance sexual functioning and desire
• Helps to treat infertility
• Used for treatment of enuresis, nocturia, and atrophy of the testes, impotence, and low sex drive in men
• Used for treating urinary tract problems and for improving overall body strength.
• Stimulates appetite, improves digestion, nourishes the nervous system and increases the assimilation of nutrients to
the body
• Beloved to help people suffering from thyroid deficiency