Active Ingredient Pygeum (prunus Africanum, Pygeum Africanum)

the pygeum africanum (african plum) tree is a tall evergreen of the family rosaceae found in central and southern africa. its bark has been used medicinally for thousands of years. traditional african healers have used the bark to treat bladder and urination disorders, particularly symptoms associated with benign prostatic hypertrophy (bph), which is an enlarged prostate. historically, the bark was powdered and used to make a tea, which was taken by mouth for these conditions.

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Medical Condition	Uses based on scientific evidence	Grade*
hypertrophy (benign) of prostate	pygeum ( p . africanum bark extract) has been observed to moderately improve urinary symptoms associated with enlargement of the prostate gland or prostate inflammation. numerous human studies report that pygeum significantly reduces urinary hesitancy, urinary frequency, the number of times patients need to wake up at night to urinate, and pain with urination in men who experience mild-to-moderate symptoms. however, pygeum does not appear to reduce the size of the prostate gland or reverse	b

*Key to grades
A: Strong scientific evidence for this use;
B: Good scientific evidence for this use;
C: Unclear scientific evidence for this use;
D: Fair scientific evidence against this use;
F: Strong scientific evidence against this use.