Sabal serrulata
The great prostate remedy. Prostatic enlargement with difficult urination, frequent nightly urging, dribbling. Sexual debility. Wasting of testes. Underdeveloped breasts in women.
Source
Prepared from the fresh ripe berries of Serenoa repens (Arecaceae/Palmae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Prostatic enlargement — the chief indication. Frequent desire to urinate, especially at night. Difficult urination, has to wait, then dribbles. Smarting, burning in urethra. Cold feeling in prostate. Sexual debility with loss of sexual power. Wasting of testes and breasts. Epididymitis.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Irritable. Dull. Indifferent. Fear of going to sleep.
General Symptoms
Primarily a genito-urinary remedy. Worse from cold, dampness, sympathy. Better from warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Male Genitalia
Prostatic enlargement — the primary indication. Frequent nightly urination. Difficult starting stream, dribbling. Burning in urethra. Cold feeling in prostate. Epididymitis. Wasting of testes. Loss of sexual power. Premature ejaculation. Pain in spermatic cord.
Female Genitalia
Underdeveloped breasts. Ovarian pain. Painful menses.
Urinary
Cystitis. Difficult urination. Must wait long for stream to start. Dribbling. Frequent urging at night. Enuresis.
Head
Dull headache.
Stomach
Belching. Flatulence.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth
Worse From
Cold, dampness, sympathy, night
Constitutional Type
Elderly men with prostate enlargement. Those with sexual debility. Women with underdeveloped breasts or ovarian conditions.
Clinical Indications
Prostatic hypertrophy, cystitis, sexual debility, testicular atrophy, difficult urination, enuresis, epididymitis, underdeveloped breasts
Comparative Materia Medica
Conium also has prostate enlargement but with more induration and ascending paralysis. Staphysagria has prostate and urinary symptoms from sexual suppression. Thuja has prostate symptoms in sycotic constitutions.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Saw palmetto is one of the most widely used herbal supplements for prostate health. Non-toxic. Mild GI upset in some individuals. Safe in all potencies and mother tincture.
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