Pine Pollen Data [from Chinrese WWW]

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Hi All, & Neil,

 

Neil wrote:

> 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?

 

I found the Pine Pollen data below on Chinese WWW sites today.

 

I found no reference to it on the Chinese sites as regards

reproductive health BUT some commercial sites in English include it

in male formulas to Tone KI / Tone Yang / Boost Erection

 

Pinyin Name: Songhuafen; Songhua, Songhuang; Songshuhuafen

 

English Name: Pine Pollen

 

Latin Name: Pollen Pini massonianae / tabulaeformis;

 

NATURE: Warm; Non-Toxic; Sweet; Bland

 

CHANNELS: LV; SP

 

DOSE: As Oral Dec / after soaking in wine / mixed in water: 3-6g; As

Topical: qs, sprinkled as dry powder on lesion

 

ACTIONS: Dry Damp (Zaoshi); Astringe / Arrest Discharge; Haemostat~

Astringe; Dispel Wind Damp + Nourish Qi; Moisten HT-LU; Nourish Qi;

Cool Xue; Clear Alcohol Toxin; Tx Pox (Zhidou);

Pine Pollen Wine is great to Nourish Xue & Calm LV Wind; Px Prickly

Heat (Yufang Hanzhen);

 

USES: orally in dizziness / vertigo, SJM Xu w ST pain, chronic

diarrhoea / dysentery; hangover;

Topically in erosions (Milan), skin erosion w exudation, dermatitis,

skin eczema (Pifu Shizhen), impetigo (Huangshuichuang), nappy-rash;

infant nappy dermatitis (Ying'er Niaobuxing Piyan); bleeding~

traumatic; trauma w bleeding (Waishang Chuxue); various sores /

ulcers w Damp exudate (Zhuchuang Shilan); Tx smallpox w Damp exudate

(Douchuang Shilan); Prickly Heat; as Topical Haemostat for bleeding

dt trauma; exudative sores not forming scab (Bujiejia);

 

Best regards,