Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) •Prostate conditions, male-pattern baldness, sexual dysfunction

Serenoa repens also known as Saw Palmetto is a tree that grows up to 10 feet tall with palm tree like thorn-shaped leaves arranged like a fan. It’s ripe fruit is used to make medicine.

The berries were a staple food & medicine for the Native Americans of the southeastern United States. In the early 1900s, men used the berries to treat urinary tract problems, and even to increase sperm production and boost libido.

Saw palmetto helps to lower the amount of pressure on the tubes that carry urine in males. Saw palmetto also might prevent testosterone from being converted to a more potent form called dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Reduced levels of DHT might help prevent some types of hair loss. 

Saw palmetto also helps aids with enlarged prostate an called benign prostatic hypertrophy. Saw palmetto is also used to prevent complications from prostate surgery & for treating other prostate conditions, male-pattern baldness, sexual dysfunction.