Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an age dependent condition that affects old men. The condition
is associated with symptoms like frequency in urination, hesistancy, nocturia, weak urine stream and sexual
dysfunction. There is thus, need for update of the medications of the disease. Most BPH patients use conventional
methods that include drugs targeting 5-alpha reductase enzyme and invasive surgery. These conventional methods
lead to severe side effects including erectile dysfunction and gynecomastia. People prefer to go for phytotherapy
for the management of the condition to avoid these adverse effects. Finasteride, for example has been found to
cause erectile disfunction unlike Serenoa repens whose side effects are infrequent and mild. This review provides
information on conventional methods of alleviating the condition as well as phytotherapy options. Alternative
medicine alleviate the symptoms of BPH but have less severe or no side effects