Guest guest Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Steven Buhner is a great thinker and writer... which book does that info come from? K On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 3:44 PM, npregozen <npregozen wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone out there have any info on the TCM energetics of Pine Pollen, > any experiences to share about using it, and any quality sources for > ordering it? Stephen Buhner highly recommends it for male reproductive > health and I'm wondering what others have seen, heard, etc? > > Thank you, > Neil Pregozen > > > -- Turtle Island Integrative Health 3280 Adeline St. Berkeley CA 94703 510/ 387-8678 TCM Review director www.tcmreview.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 John, Buhner strongly recommends Pine Pollen in his book " The Natural Testosterone Plan " . He says that it's strongly androgenic and is used in TCM as a health restorative and longevity tonic. High in amino acids and vitamins; the list goes on and on, however, I haven't heard of its use prior to reading his book. I am interested in anyone else's experience. Neil Pregozen , <johnkokko wrote: > > Steven Buhner is a great thinker and writer... which book does that info > come from? > > K > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 3:44 PM, npregozen <npregozen wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Does anyone out there have any info on the TCM energetics of Pine Pollen, > > any experiences to share about using it, and any quality sources for > > ordering it? Stephen Buhner highly recommends it for male reproductive > > health and I'm wondering what others have seen, heard, etc? > > > > Thank you, > > Neil Pregozen > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Turtle Island Integrative Health > 3280 Adeline St. Berkeley CA 94703 > 510/ 387-8678 > > TCM Review director > www.tcmreview.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 I have heard that from Buhner too. My experiments with pine pollen tincture, available from Woodland Essence, haven't been all that notable but I haven't used it much. I have heard that the Koreans sell it in baking powder sized boxes and use it for baking some kind of new years cakes. Despite a sizable Korean population here, I haven't found it. I believe I got a small amount from Kamwo Herbs in NYC, but not enough to use as he suggests. Buhner also suggested that most any pollen will work when I spoke to him. Sperm is really pollen rather than a semen, because it only carries the male essence, and he suggests that lily pollen has similar effects to pine pollen. I have used cattail pollen- don't know if it affects testosterone or just thins the blood and boosts flavanoids, but guys do well with it. One caveat, Buhner is a fascinating thinker but he is not a clinician, and advice on this (or Lyme disease) is theoretical. Karen S. Vaughan, L.Ac., MSTOM Registered Herbalist (AHG) Creationsgarden1 253 Garfield Place Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 622-6755 See my Acupuncture and Herbalism website at:_http://www.byregion.net/profiles/ksvaughan2.html_ (http://ksvaughan2.byregion.net/) Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining: _www.Ilovemountains.org_ (http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/appvoices/campaign.jsp?campa\ ign_KEY=14105 & t=i LoveMountainsMAIN.dwt) **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Fairweather Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 In my experience, pine pollen works more like the best adaptogen and tonics, rather than a medicine to "treat" and acute illness. And this is, in a way, backed by what Buhner has written--that you have to give the pine pollen time (2-3 months) and not expect overnight results. I find this approach to be the most healing and the most nutritive, and in like with a lot of the plants out there which build our systems rather than treat illness. Pine pollen is a supportive plant. For system building, I find a combination of the raw pollen and the tincture to be the best, taken every day for at least a month. This will produce noticeable changes in an adaptogen kind of way. Given time, pine pollen will become a daily standby. In my recovery from acute illness (a year on antibiotics and antiprotozoas in the treatment of Lyme Disease), I found pine pollen to be remarkable. So often in illness treated by Western Medicine, once the patient is "cured" they are kicked out of the office and left to fend for themselves. The problem with this, is that people are left feeling less well then before they were sick--this is an inexcusable option for me. The drugs I was taking, as all seem to be coming from conventional medicine, break down the system. That is how they work. You treat cancer by killing it, you treat infections by killing it. The problem is that these drugs and procedures are not highly targeted mechanisms, and they everything they come into contact with. For many, this is acceptable, and produces the intended results. They SAVED my life. However, I had, and continue to have, rebuilding to do. And for this rebuilding, pine pollen is integral, and I highly recommend it to anyone. As a huge disclosure, I like pine pollen that I'm now supplying it (not for profit), so my opinion is biased. I love it and I want everyone to take it. I hope this personal account sheds some light on the discussion. Ryan Fairweather RAW Forest Foods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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