What is Pygeum Africanum?
also known as a tree of African plum or red stinking wood, pygeum Africanum is a tree with a proven healing value. The tree bark is a source of drug that can treat a condition called benign hyperplasia of prostrates in men, and scientists are also exploring the possibility that they can help people with sexual dysfunction. pygeum Africanum is originally from Subharish Africa, with the range of Cameroon via Ethiopia and down to South Africa. Its natural range is the mountain forests of Africa, between 5900 feet to 7200 feet (about 1800-2200 m) above the sea level. This tree prefers a lot of rain and is resistant to the middle level of frost. In addition to its wild growth, the tree is also grown as a decorative plant. Another scientific name for the tree is prunus Africana .
The tree bark is brown, gray or reddish color and has a distinctive cracked look. Small white flowers and purple red colored fruit, which looks similar to the icing, and the bark contains useful substances for medicine. ThereforeThe bark harvest naturally damages the tree, its use as a drug can be harmful to its population and since 2011 the tree has been considered endangered.
African people traditionally crushed the peel pygeum Africanum to powder and served it to people who suffer from problems with urination. Problems with fever, malaria and kidneys were different conditions for which the bark was used. Conventional European medicine has examined the effects of bark extract on a condition called benign prostate hyperplasia, causing prostate enlargement and preventing proper urine flow. The drug has shown that it works and is used as a first -line treatment for condition in certain areas of Europe.
other areas of medicine in which the bark may have an application include sexual dysfunction. Since 2011, research has been incomplete, although it seems that pygeum Africanum has a calming effect on inflammation, which could improve the dysfunction causedm area of the reproductive tract. Although scientific studies cannot definitely be that the bark is effective for the treatment of baldness in men, some of the herbal remedies contain it.