Optimize Your Health with the Healing Powers of Saw Palmetto!

Saw palmetto, best known today for easing prostate discomfort, has been used for generations to treat a vast array of ailments in men and women. This powerful herb boosts the immune and endocrine systems and combats male and female infertility, ovarian pain and cysts, urinary tract and lung problems, weak libido, anorexia, cystic acne — even male baldness.

Nationally known clinical herbalist David Winston, AHG, an herbal practitioner and educator for 30 years, separates fact from fiction for health-conscious consumers and clinicians. He documents saw palmetto's value for a range of maladies, sharing his latest clinical results as well as those of other well-known herbalists and naturopaths, and offers his special formulas for making saw palmetto remedies at home.

David Winston, Herbalist AHG, shares the results of clinical studies of saw palmetto and his formulas for using this powerful herb to treat enlarged prostate (BPH) and many other health conditions.

The results of clinical studies of saw palmetto and formulas for using it to treat enlarged prostate (BPH) and more.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-104) and index.

A founding member of the American Herbalists Guild, author and nationally known herbalist David Winston has been an educator and herbal/clinical consultant to the medical industry for 30 years. He is trained in Cherokee, Chinese, and Eclectic/Western herbal traditions. He has written for the American Herb Association Quarterly, Herbalgram, and other magazines. A contributor to many books, David has authored Storey's Saw Palmetto for Men and Women. David is president of Herbalist and Alchemist, Inc., an herbal extract producer. Additionally, he is Dean of the Herbal Therapeutics School of Botanic Medicine in New Jersey, where he resides.

Acknowledgments

1 Why Consider Herbal Medicine?

2 An Introduction to Saw Palmetto: Getting to Know the Plant

3 Herbalists' First-Hand Experience

4 Folk and Native Traditions in North America

5 Using Saw Palmetto for Prostate Health: Approaches and Formulas

6 Using Saw Palmetto for Other Health Conditions

Converting to Metric Measurements

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Sources of Saw Palmetto

Where to Find a Competent Herbalist

Herbal Organizations

Herbal Journals

Herbs Electronic: Good Resources on the World Wide Web

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