Saw Palmetto (25% Free Fatty Acids)

History:

Saw Palmetto is a low-growing palm tree native to the West Indies and the southern Atlantic coast of the United States, and Serenoa repens is the sole species currently classified in this botanical genus, Serenoa, which is named after the nineteenth-century botanist, Serano Watson. It has also been known by a number of synonyms, including Serenoa serrulata, under which name it may still be found in alternative medicine. The plant grows from six to ten feet with a high crown of leaves forming a circular fan-shaped outline, and the berries are used for therapeutic purposes. Its flowers are yellowish-white, produced in dense compound panicles, and the fruit is a large reddish-black drupe that is not only an important herbal preparations, but it is also an important food source for wildlife (including butterflies). Its trunk is sprawling, and it grows in clumps or dense thickets in sandy coastal lands or as undergrowth in pinewoods or in hardwood forests above marshlands, especially in the southeastern United States and most commonly along the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains. Saw Palmetto is extremely slow growing, but long lived, with some plants, especially in Florida, living for over seven hundred years. American Indians used Saw Palmetto fruit for food and for genitourinary tract health, a reproductive system support problems, a tonic to support the body nutritionally and as a "love potion." European Colonists soon learned of the use of Saw Palmetto, and it was used as a crude extract for at least two hundred years as a health tonic for convalescents and urogenital support. Saw Palmetto was at one time included in the National Formulary; and in 1898, King's American Dispensatory noted Saw Palmetto as "an expectorant.... however, its most pronounced effects appear to be those exerted upon the urino-genital tracts of both male and female, and upon all the organs concerned in reproduction...." The fruits of the Saw Palmetto are highly enriched with saturated and unsaturated fatty acids (oleic, capric, caprylic, lauric, cis-linoleic, myristic, palmitic and stearic acid), essential oils, steroids (including beta-sitosterol, campesterol, cycloartenol, lupeol, lupenone and stigmasterol), polyprenic compounds (arabinose, flavonoids, galactose, glucose and uronic acid), tannins, carotenes, phytosterols, polysaccharides and lipase. The lipid soluble compounds are thought to be its major pharmacological components.

Recommended Dosage:
Take two (2) capsules, two (2) times each day with water at mealtimes.

Contraindications:
Men taking the prescription drugs Propecia® and Proscar® should inform their doctors if they are also taking Saw Palmetto Herbal Supplement. Saw Palmetto may counter the efficacy of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and birth control pills. Pregnant women should not use Saw Palmetto. Saw Palmetto may have additive anticoagulant effect and prolong bleeding time. Thus, it is not wise to take with blood-thinning medication (aspirin, warfarin/Coumadin®, etc.) without first speaking with a physician.

Capsule Information:
Our Saw Palmetto (25% Free Fatty Acids) supplements are encapsulated in 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose, Certified Kosher, size "00" Capsules.(click here for size comparison) Each capsule contains approximately 600 mgs.

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