I read that it is supposed to decrease all symptoms of the prostate, does any one know if this is true?
There are 76 hits for "rape flower" and "prostate" on Yahoo, so it seems that there is some research… the first couple hits point out it’s use for Prostatitis, too. My search was at http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22rape+flower%22+prostate&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701 but I know that the more common uses for the seed/pollen would be for respiratory health (asthma, hay fever, etc). I would have pointed out the specific links, but as Dave pointed out, I would hate to post spam.
That being said, there are other herbs that have been shown to help the health of the prostate like Saw Palmetto, Pygeum, Pumpkin Seed Oil, Beta Sitosterol, and some other basic nutrients. You could try any combination of those that have more of a history and verifiable proof of helping the prostate.
Good luck and I hope I helped!
November 21st, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Sounds like some enterprising person is using the huge amount of rape seed that’s now being farmed to make a bit of extra income! Now we just need someone to tell us that stone age man used it to cure brain tumours or something.
Have you got a link for us? That doesn’t go to a product selling website?
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November 21st, 2009 at 10:18 pm
There are 76 hits for "rape flower" and "prostate" on Yahoo, so it seems that there is some research… the first couple hits point out it’s use for Prostatitis, too. My search was at http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22rape+flower%22+prostate&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701 but I know that the more common uses for the seed/pollen would be for respiratory health (asthma, hay fever, etc). I would have pointed out the specific links, but as Dave pointed out, I would hate to post spam.
That being said, there are other herbs that have been shown to help the health of the prostate like Saw Palmetto, Pygeum, Pumpkin Seed Oil, Beta Sitosterol, and some other basic nutrients. You could try any combination of those that have more of a history and verifiable proof of helping the prostate.
Good luck and I hope I helped!
References :
Health/nutrition classes, personal research in my role as a Product Specialist for a vitamin company, and a quick search on Yahoo