She is an evergreen who feels at home way up high on the African continent, any place 3,000 feet or higher. She first gained the respect of European travelers when they learned from African tribes that she cured ?old man's disease.? And, she can help stop hair loss.
Her formal name is Pygeum Africanum, a member of the Rosaceae family. Her bark has been used in Europe since the early 1960's for men who have BPH, Benign Prostate Hyperplasia, or enlargement.
Oh, yes, let us mention that she is pedigreed, at up to 150 feet tall. Many double-blind studies have proven her effectiveness in the treatment of BPH. But she hasn't been tested yet for her effectiveness in correcting Hair Loss. It looks like the scientific community has been a little slow to pick up on the possibility of her likely effectiveness in stopping hair loss.
Alternative medical practitioners are now procuring her bark extract and adding it to their purely natural treatments for hair loss in men. They are getting good results.
How can it possibly be that every natural herbal drug that is effective in the treatment of BPH will be equally effective in treating Hair Loss?
Well, it might not possibly be. But it might. And the reason this ingredient might work to stop hair loss is strictly a chemical performance on the part of the African Plum Tree. She is complicated, no surprise. And her mechanism can inhibit DHT, dehydrotestosterone, which is a cause for Male Pattern Hair Loss. Although her pattern of effectiveness is ?unclear,? it is also real.
Here is how she works: the active constituents, or ingredients in her bark extract include a fairly powerful measure of Phytosterols. These inhibit the production of prostoglandins that cause BPH, the prostate ailment. But wait, there's a connection coming up.
She reduces Prolactin levels and reduces the accumulation of Cholesterol in the prostate, the very cholesterol that increases binding sites for DHT. Could that be DHT anywhere it decides to form and wreak havoc?
Yes, it could be. It happens this way with other treatments for the enlarged prostate, ?the old man's disease? the African tribes spoke of.
Laboratory drugs and some natural ingredients grown from Mother Earth have reduced cholesterol and dismantled the binding sites for DHT, which are, in some cases, the hair follicles and roots. This is the case in many examples of Male Pattern Hair Loss.
When you order this natural drug to treat your hair loss, consider it an experiment that could work to your advantage. The brightest thing you could do is search for an innovative hair loss complex that has Pygeum Africanum coupled with some other herbal ingredients for greater effectiveness.
Alice Hunter is a freelance writer who became extremely interested in the subject of hair after her husband started losing his. This has lead her to conduct thorough and exhaustive research. Be sure to check out her other articles at http://www.hairgrowthportal.com if you'd like to learn more about natural hair growth methods. | |
