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Saw Palmetto Helps With Hair Loss - Native Indian Remedy


By John Farikani

Hair loss and Saw Palmetto have struck up a good relationship. Also known as 'seronoa repens', this powerful little herb is good for lots of things, not just hair loss. It's dark red berries have been a medicine of the Indian natives for many decades. Being an anti-androgen, it attacks one of the major causes of hair loss. Scientists haven't exactly nailed down how it does it, but they know it works.

The berry of the Saw Palmetto plant is loaded with phytonutrients. These work like interrupters of the hormonal process that enlarge the prostate. So for many men today, this is good news. They also take it for erectile dysfunction. The uses for this little plant just go on and on, with a wide range of maladies on it's list of things that it can help.

Alopecia, or hair loss, has been treated by a product known as Propecia. Scientists noticed that the Saw Palmetto acted in the same way in the body, so they ran some tests to see how it did, and they found they had some good results with the Saw Palmetto berry on hair loss. It helped people who had 'androgenetic alopecia'. And the successful use of Saw Palmetto for treating hair loss began.

If you check the market today, you'll find hundreds of different herbs that are being marketed for hundreds of different ailments. But not all have had the luxury of being tested in a clinical trial. The Saw Palmetto berry has had this luxury. And after the tests were concluded, satisfactory results were found. The only time any side effects were found was if it was taken without eating something. It does work by affecting the hormones. Women who are nursing or pregnant should not take it.

DHT, or (dihydrotestosterone), is the hormone that, when it's overproduced, causes hair loss. It happens in the scalp, and when there's too much DHT, then it sticks to the follicles and then is able to cut off the nutrient flow from the bloodstream. This in turn makes the hair shrink and get thin and weak. So the Saw Palmetto works to counter-act this hormonal overload.

If you were to check the rankings of the top herbs used medicinally in the United States, today you'd find that the Saw Palmetto berry rates at a solid #5. But being an herb that affects the hormones, anyone who takes any kind of hormonal therapy or treatment should have a sit-down with their family doctor before starting with Saw Palmetto supplements.

Hair loss and Saw Palmetto are matched in just one of the wars that this plant is engaged in. From sex drive to bladder control, this powerful berry can help you with your ailments. It's extremely popular over in Europe, and widely used here in the U. S. I can see why the pioneers of long ago used to make teas and drinks out of it. No doubt they learned of its' benefits even way back then.

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