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SAW PALMETTO (Serenoa repens (W. Bartram) Small) +++Synonyms: Chamaerops serrulata Michx., Corypha repens W. Bartram, Sabal dealbata hort. ex
L. H. Bailey, Sabal serrulata (Michx.) Nutt. ex Schult. & Schult. f., Serenoa serrulata (Michx.)
G. Nicholson.
For Native American ethnobotany, see EB52:381. Moerman reported no Native American uses.
Eclectics (FEL) used it for many of its modern usages, more than 100 years ago.
Activities (Saw Palmetto) — Alpha-Reductase Inhibitor (2; MAB; PH2; SHT); Anabolic (1; BGB;
CAN); Antiallergic (1; APA); Antiandrogenic (2; APA; BGB; CAN; MAB; KOM; PHR; PH2);
Anticancer (1; CRC; FNF; EB52:381); Anticatarrhal (f; EB52:381); Anticholinergic (1; PH2);
Antiedemic (1; MAB; SHT); Antiestrogenic (1; PH2); Antiexudative (1; BGB; KOM; PHR; PH2);
Antihistaminic (1; CRC; FNF; PED); Antiinflammatory (2; CRC; HHB; MAB; PH2; SHT); Anti-
oxidant (f; SHT); Antiseptic (f; EB52:381); Antispasmodic (1; MAB; PH2); Aperitif (f; EB52:381);
Aphrodisiac (1; APA; MAB; PED; EB52:381); Aromatase Inhibitor (1; BGB); Bitter (PED); Cancer
(f; JLH); Cyclooxygenase Inhibitor (1; PH2); Decongestant (f; MAD; EB52:381); Digestive (f;
EB52:381); Diuretic (f; APA; BGB; PNC); Expectorant (f; FAD; MAD); Estrogenic (1; APA; CAN;
PH2); Immunostimulant (1; APA; CAN; CRC); 3-Ketosteroid-Reductase Inhibitor (1; PH2); 5-
Lipoxygenase Inhibitor (1; PH2); Mastogenic (1; APA; CRC; HAD; EB52:381); Narcotic (f;
EB52:381); Nervine (f; EB52:381); Secretolytic (f; EB52:381); Sedative (f; CRC; FAD; EB52:381);
Stimulant (f; CRC); Testicular Atrophy (f; CAN); Tonic (f; CRC); Urinary Antiseptic (1; CAN);
Uterotonic (f; FAD); Vasoconstrictor (f; EB52:381).
Indications (Saw Palmetto) — Adenopathy (f; CRC); Allergy (1; APA); Alopecia (2; JAD;
MAB); Anorexia (f; EB52:381); Asthma (f; CRC; FAD; FEL); Bite (f; CRC); BPH (3; FAD;
PHR; SKY); Bronchosis (f; FAD; MAD; EB52:381); Cachexia (f; CRC); Cancer (1; CRC; FNF;
EB52:381); Catarrh (f; BGB;. CAN; FEL); Cholecystosis (2; PHR; PH2); Cold (f; FAD);
Congestion (f; MAD; EB52:381); Cough (f; FAD; PH2); Cramp (1; MAB; PH2); Cystosis (1;
APA; CAN; MAB; MAD; PH2); Debility (f; PNC); Diarrhea (f; EB52:381); Dysentery (f; BGB;
CRC); Dyspepsia (f; CRC); Dysuria (1; MAD; SHT; EB52:381); Eczema (f; PH2); Edema (1;
CRC; FNF; HH2; MAB; SHT); Enuresis (f; PH2); Epididymosis (f; CRC; EB52:381); Frigidity