Articles by Steena Barnett - Medical Herbalist

 

Prostate Health

 

Statistics show the main users of alternative medicine to be women but there are increasing volumes of men seeking to take control of their health using natural treatments.

The centre has received many queries regarding prostate health both for benign prostate hyperplasia
(BPH) and for prostate cancer.

 

And so here is a run down of the most up to date resources for prostate problems.
Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer for men (after skin cancer).

 

The incidence of prostate cancer is high but the mortalitiy rate is much lower indicating a majority of these affected will die with prostate cancer and not from it.

No one herb is going to offer a cure despite many adverts on the internet.

A total lifestyle, nutritional and herbal regime would offer the best hope to combat the illness whilst working
alongside orthodox regimes.

 

Herbs that seem to be offering good results are nettle root, saw palmetto and red clover along side a diet which includes good quantities of cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cabbage.
The use of soy products in the diet such as tofu and fermented soy such as tempah have shown to be of assistance to both prostate cancer and BPH.

 

Zinc is also important to prostate health, but sometimes not well absorbed... try chewing pumkin seeds ..

 

 

 

 

Copyright
Steena Barnett, M.N.I.M.H, M.N.H.A.A., Cert Phyt (1990)