1) Saw palmetto P.E.
2) Botanical name: sabal serrulata
3) Specifications: 25%, 45% fatty acid
Functions and applications:
It has long held a reputation as a sexual stimulant and aphrodisiac. The largest use today is as a supplement for reducing enlarged prostate glands, treating urinary tract problems and for improving body strength, diuretic, sedative and tonic. It is milder and less stimulant than cubeb or copaiba, or even sandalwood oil. Like these, it has the power of affecting the respiratory mucous membrane, and is used for many symptoms which are accompanied by chronic catarrhal. It has been claimed that sabal is capable of increasing the nutrition of the testicles and mammae in functional atomy of these organs. It probably acts by reducing catarrhal irritation and a relaxed condition of bladder and urethra. It is a tissue builder.
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