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This plant has been used as a home remedy for enlarged prostate for centuries. However, scientists are not always open to researching home remedies.<\/p>\nThis plant has been used as a home remedy for enlarged prostate for centuries. However, scientists are not always open to researching home remedies.<\/p>\n
That all changed with a new study in the latest Journal of Ethnopharmacology<\/em> in which this plant was tested.<\/p>\n Metapanax delavayi<\/em> is a wild evergreen plant from southern China with edible leaves. Chinese people use the fresh leaves to make an herbal tea to treat prostate infections and fever.<\/p>\n The active ingredient in Metapanax delavayi<\/em> is liangwanoside II.<\/p>\n The researchers conducted experiments on rats with enlarged prostates by giving them liangwanoside II orally at different doses: 30, 60, and 120 milligrams per kilogram of body weight.<\/p>\n They then evaluated the effects by measuring the weight of the prostate, assigning a score on the prostate index scale, and checking the levels of prostatic acid phosphatase in the rats\u2019 blood. Elevated levels of prostatic acid phosphatase indicate an enlarged prostate.<\/p>\n Their findings were promising.<\/p>\n 2. It improved prostate tissue health.<\/p>\n 3. It lowered prostatic acid phosphatase levels in rats with enlarged prostates.<\/p>\n 4. There were 16 metabolites of liangwanoside II in the rats\u2019 bodies that could enter the bloodstream and reach their prostates.<\/p>\n 5. Liangwanoside II and its metabolites work together to reduce inflammation, balance hormones, reduce oxidative stress, and restore a healthy balance of cell growth and cell death.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n If these findings are correct, liangwanoside II from the Metapanax delavayi<\/em> plant can treat an enlarged prostate. Best of all, it doesn\u2019t just reduce urinary symptoms; it actually reduces prostate size.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, liangwanoside II supplements aren\u2019t readily available online or in health food stores.<\/p>\n\n