As we mentioned in previous articles, infertility is defined as
inability of a couple to conceive after 12 months of unprotected
sexual intercourse. It effects over 5 millions couple alone in the
U.S. and many times more in the world. Because of unawareness of
treatments, only 10% seeks help from professional specialists. We have
spent most of the time in this series discussing the conventional and
Chinese medicine in treating fertility. I believe, it is the best time
to change the subject by discussing how to treat infertility with saw
palmetto.
I. Definition Saw palmetto is a most popular extracted form from the
fruit of serenoa repens and has been used in in traditional medicine
in treating kidney and reproductive problems.
II. How saw palmetto effects male infertility 1. Phytoesterol
Phytoesterol is the group phytochemicals which helps to lower the
cholesterol in the blood stream, thereby, preventing not only heart
diseases but also increasing blood flow to the reproductive organs
resulting in increasing the quality and motility of sperm.
2. Fatty acid Saw palmetto contains high amount of essential fatty
which is vital for liver in fat and protein metabolism, resulting in
balancing the production of certain hormones including production of
testosterone that is vital for increasing the production of sperm
quality and count.
3. Kidney Traditional Chinese medicine believes, by balancing the yin
and yang qi in the kidney and protecting the function of kidney jing,
it not only helps to eliminate the toxins in the body through urinary
extraction, but also normalize the function of kidney in regulating
production of steroid growth hormone including testosterone, thereby,
increasing sexual desire and strengthening the sperm quality.
4. 5-alpha reductase 5-alpha reductase is an enzyme produced only in
specific tissues of the male human body and presented abundantly as
men age. Researcher found that saw palmetto helps to inhibit the
levels of 5-alpha reductase, resulting in increasing the production of
testosterone thereby, lessening the risks of sexual libido and sperm
count.
5. Prostate gland It has been proven that saw palmetto helps to treat
benign prostatic hyperplasia resulting in improvement in urinary
symptoms and flow, thereby helping kidney in toxins elimination and
reducing the risk of kidney yin yang imbalance, resulting increasing
the production of sperm quality and reducing the risk of poor
ejaculation.
III. Side effects 1. No major risk 2. Mild allergic reaction 3. Mild
gastrointestinal disorder
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