Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), oo ay adeegsadaan in ka badan 2 milyan oo rag ah oo ku nool Mareykanka

Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) waxaa isticmaala in ka badan 2 milyan oo rag ah oo ku nool Mareykanka si loogu daaweeyo qanjirka 'prostatic hyperplasia' (BPH), balaarin aan kansar lahayn oo ku saabsan qanjirka 'prostate'. Daraasado dhowr ah ayaa soo jeedinaya in geedo yaryar ay waxtar u leeyihiin daaweynta calaamadaha, oo ay ku jiraan kaadida oo aad u soo noqnoqota, dhibaato ku qabashada bilaabista ama joogteynta kaadida, iyo u baahan tahay inay kaadiso inta lagu jiro habeenkii. Laakiin daraasad si wanaagsan loo qabtay oo lagu daabacay daabacaadii Febraayo 9, 2006 ee New England Journal of Medicine ayaa ogaatay in aragtida Palmetto aysan ka fiicneyn placebo si loo yareeyo calaamadaha iyo astaamaha BPH.