This herb is BULK DISCOUNTED in our 10 lb & 25 lb bulk packs. To find the bulk packs, just copy and paste the herb name into our Search, or refer to our Bulk By The Kilo & Ton category. We use only 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose ”00” capsules for all of our encapsulated products. We offer both bulk powder and capsules. Obviously our bulk bottles are bulk powder, not capsules, but the capsule weight is included to give you a way of judging the recommended dosage. Saw Palmetto – Standardized Extract — Approximately 600 mg. each capsule. 1/2 teaspoon of powder is about equal to one capsule. Powder can be consumed by sprinkling it over your food or mixing it with a syrup such as maple or chocolate. You could also mix it with orange juice. The citric acid in the orange juice will help to mask any unpleasant powder tastes. Other common names: Pan Palm, Dwarf Palmetto, American Dwarf Palm Tree, Cabbage Palm, Sabal, Serenoa, Palmetto Berry For a healthy prostate, many men have been enjoying the benefits of Saw Palmetto. The herb is said to be helpful in treating many prostate disorders, including prostate enlargement and the discomforts of frequent urination. As an overall tonic for good health, Saw Palmetto is helpful for those who are convalescing or who suffer from wasting diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, and it is an expectorant and an old-time remedy for bronchitis and asthma. Many herbalists consider Saw Palmetto to be an aphrodisiac for both men and women. History: Saw Palmetto is a low-growing palm tree native to the West Indies and the southern Atlantic coast of the United States, and Serenoa repens is the sole species currently classified in this botanical genus, Serenoa, which is named after the nineteenth-century botanist, Serano Watson. It has also been known by a number of synonyms, including Serenoa serrulata, under which name it may still be found in alternative medicine. The plant grows from six to ten feet with a high crown of leaves forming a circular fan-shaped outline, and the berries are used for medicinal purposes. Its flowers are yellowish-white, produced in dense compound panicles, and the fruit is a large reddish-black drupe that is not only an important herbal medicine, but it is also an important food source for wildlife (including butterflies). Its trunk is sprawling, and it grows in clumps or dense thickets in sandy coastal lands or as undergrowth in pinewoods or in hardwood forests above marshlands, especially in the southeastern United States and most commonly along the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains. Saw Palmetto is extremely slow growing, but long lived, with some plants, especially in Florida, living for over seven hundred years. American Indians used Saw Palmetto fruit for food as a treatment for genitourinary tract disturbances, a remedy for reproductive system problems, a tonic to support the body nutritionally and as a love potion. European colonists soon learned of the us