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Opuntia Ficus Indica L. powder

Hrbamed Ltd. has developed a nutrition additive based on dried and ground Opuntia ficus-indica L. flowers grown in Israel, against Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH), with clinically proven health benefits. Two independent trials were conducted

Clinical Studies

Study 1

Effect of Opuntia ficus indica L. powder on urodynamic parameters

Figure 1. Evaluations of Opuntia ficus - indica L. flowers in treatment benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). 58 patients precipitated in this trial and were treated three timed per day with 2 capsules containing 250 mg each of dried flowers from Opuntia ficus-indica L. The trial lasted six to eight months.

Study 2

Effect of Opuntia ficus indica L. powder on urodynamic parameters

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Figure 2. Evaluations of Opuntia ficus - indica L. flowers in treatment benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). 30 patients participated in this trial

and were treated three times per day with two capsules containing 250 mg each of dried flowers from Opuntia ficus-indica L. The trial lasted two months.

Results of the clinical trials

Opuntia flower treatment reduced:

• Urgency of urination.

• Emergency of urination.

• Feeling of fullness of the bladder.

• Dropping after voiding.

Summary

Clinical studies indicated that a dry flower preparation of the cactus Opuntia ficus indica L.(cactus grown in Israel) improved subjectively the discomforts associated with BPH.

Our product enriched with zinc. Zinc appears to play an important role in maintaining prostate health. Zinc has been shown to reduce the size of the prostate and BPH symptoms. Zinc inhibits 5-alpha-reductase, the enzyme that converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone.

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