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Stubborn acne is a repetition of terms, since all acne is stubborn. They just won’t go away. Almost every American teenager has been through the terrible acne stage in life, and all too often the victim tries several types of cures, creams and procedures. If you have not tried saw palmetto for acne, you should. Saw palmetto extracts are widely sold in groceries, health food stores and online. It’s most popular medicinal value is as treatment for an enlarged prostate. Just how it could cure acne is a stretch, but a number of users say it works.
Herbal medicine existed in almost all countries around the world for as long as man existed. Without the aid of hi-tech scientific equipments or measures, ancient medicine-men somehow knew which kind of herb could treat what kinds of diseases. The case of the saw palmetto berry extract in its natural habitat in North America is not any different. Aboriginal herbalists in Florida somehow knew that saw palmetto berries worked for soothing a swollen prostate. The idea of using it to remove acne came a little later.
Saw palmetto is a dwarf palm tree that naturally grows in the southeastern states of South Carolina, Texas and Florida. It enjoys the sandy coastal land that is never touched by snow or that never freezes. Historical records show that Juan Ponce de Leon himself was surprised to see tiny palm trees taking up most of the terrain when he discovered the state of Florida. Today, however, there aren’t as many palmetto trees as modern buildings and infrastructure have taken over the land, although Florida is still the best known state for growing saw palmetto.
At the turn of the century, more and more medicinal practitioners recognized the value of this tiny palm tree. In 1898, a book about his plant was written and simply titled, “Saw Palmetto”. The author, Edwin M. Hale talked about crushing the saw palmetto berries (fruits) to produce medicine as relief for a swollen prostate. The book also claimed that the herb had aphrodisiac qualities.
Another book published in the same year enumerated the many uses of saw palmetto. It said, “(Saw Palmetto) is also an expectorant, and controls irritation of mucous tissues. It has proved useful in irritative cough, chronic bronchial coughs, whooping-cough, laryngitis, acute and chronic asthma, tubercular laryngitis…. Upon the digestive organs it acts kindly, improving the appetite, digestion, and assimilation. However, its most pronounced effects appear to be those exerted upon the urino-genital tracts of both male and female, and upon all the organs concerned in reproduction. It is said to enlarge wasted organs, as the breasts, ovaries, and testicles, while the paradoxical claim is also made that it reduces hypertrophy of the prostate. Possibly this may be explained by claiming that it tends toward the production of a normal condition, reducing parts when unhealthily enlarged, and increasing them when atrophied.”
The saw palmetto berries are a wonder drug of sorts, but still there are no records to prove when it was first used to cure acne or how people learned about its efficacy. Yet, using saw palmetto for acne seems to work, perhaps due to the presence of testosterone in the extracts. Instead of spending thousands of dollars on other cures and creams, saw palmetto is safe and cheap. There is no reason not to try it for acne.
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