Pine Pollen - Songhuafen details

[Guest guest]

Hi All, & Eric,

 

> Can anyone answer some questions about Pine pollen/Songhuafen? I'm

> reading and am very intrigued by The Natural Testosterone Plan: For

> Sexual Health and Energy by Stephen Harrod Buhner. It wasn't mentioned

> in OM school and isn't listed in the Materia Medica's by Bensky or

> Chen. The author claims it's a phytoandrogen and can increase

> testosterone levels along with David's Lily, Stinging Nettle, Bai Ji

> Li, and the various ginsengs. What are its properties / tastes /

> channels / functions? Is it a yang tonic?

 

Eric, my notes on Songhuafen - mainly from Chinese WWW - mention it as

a Yang Tonic.

 

However, though there are references to that in old Chinese sources, most

of those claims come mainly from sellers of male aphrodisiac formulas. Its

Fxs go way beyond being a Yang Tonic; it is classes as a health-food /

Functional Food, esp for geriatrics - best taken as Songhuajiu - Pine Pollen

Wine.

 

PINYIN NAME: Songhuafen ; Songhua , Songhuang ;

Songshuhuafen

 

LATIN NAME: Pollen Pini massonianae / tabulaeformis

 

ENGLISH NAME: Pine Pollen

 

HERB CLASS: Cannot find agreed class for it - do you know?

 

NATURE: Warm; Non-Toxic;

 

TASTE: Sweet; Bitter; Bland

 

CHANNELS: LV; SJM; KI

 

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

sources say 5-19g; best served in wine for oral use; As Topical: qs,

sprinkled as dry powder on lesion

 

ACTIONS: Astringe / Arrest Discharge; Dry Damp; Ease Constipation by

Aiding Digestion; Haemostat~ Astringe; Dispel Wind Damp; Nourish Qi;

Dispel Fatigue; Aid Yuanyang Xu + weakness; Enrich Yin + Tone Yang;

Nourish Yinqi; Rectify Ascent + Descent of Mingmen Fire; Rectify Qi

Transformation of Water + Ye-Fluids; Warm Yang + Diuretic~ Free Water /

Free Urine; Nourish SP; Nourish LV Yangqi; Strengthen Sinew + Bone; Cool

Xue; ??Lessen Yuxue; Moisten HT-LU; Clear Alcohol Toxin; Rectify Xue

sugar levels of diabetic patients; inhibit prostate hyperplasia [TCM Tx of

prostate hyperplasia must start by Tone KI Yang]; its flavones can increase

Xue vessel wall elascitity + resistance + are Hypotensor + Hypolipaemic; Px

CHD; Prolong Life; Tx Eczema; Aid Skin~ cosmetic; make skin glossy / tight

+ shiny / soft + smooth + elastic; Tx Pox; Px miliaria / Prickly Heat;

Anticancer; Px + Tx colon cancer; functional health food; use longterm to

Nourish Qi + Lighten Body; Tone + Fill Body Nutrition; strengthen body

metabolism; Rectify Endocrine system; Immunostimulant; Delay Senility;

Antiageing (Lit: Dispel Senility); Pine Pollen Wine is great to Nourish Xue +

Calm LV Wind

 

CLINICAL USES: dizziness / vertigo, insomnia, anaemia, hands + feet ~

Cold (not warm), HT + abdomen Chills + Fever Evil Qi; Xue Heat w

bleeding; cardiovascular disease, hypertension, bronchitis / tracheitis,

asthma, haemoptysis; SJM Xu w ST pain, malnutrition, gastritis, ST ulcers,

enteritis, anorexia + prefer certain foods~ pediatric, diarrhoea / dysentery~

chronic; constipation dt indigestion; menses~ irregular, prostatitis,

menopausal SSs, LV disease, hangover; diabetes / glucosuria, KI disease;

geriatric diseases like skin itch; as Topical Haemostat for bleeding dt

trauma~ external; as Topical astringent for skin diseases w exudative sores

not forming scab / various sores / ulcers / smallpox w Damp exudate; rashes

+ pimples / Prickly Heat; nappy-rash / nappy dermatitis~ infant; erosions /

skin erosion w exudation, dermatitis, eczema, impetigo; pus dripping

 

COMBOS: for best results match w Meds appropriate to Pattern; (1) for wind

dizziness w head spinning + swelling + Bi / ??weakness, skin disease~

stubborn + acute: make Songhuajiu (Pine Pollen Wine) by selecting

Songshuhuaxin (Pine Fl core, like mouse-tail, steamed + thin-cut)

2; wrap in bag of tough silk + add wine 5; soak for 5d ; drink on empty

ST TID; (2) for alcohol poisoning onset / seizure, headache + dizziness,

Throat (pharynx + larynx) Bi + ??Tightness / diarrhoea~ watery 10 times /d

(), body + Shen exhausted: Songhua (Baked) () 30g, Chenpi 15g,

Huanglian (Chuan) () 15g, Gancao 6g; fry lightly + grind to powder;

take 6g BID as clear Dec morning + evening; (3) for ST + duodenal ulcers,

constipation~ chronic: Songhuafen 3g, taken in liquid; (4) for dysentery~

chronic + non-stop, persisting for several months, lingering + filthy:

Songhua 9g/dose, served before food in rice-water; (5) for eczema~

infantile: Jiluanhuang (egg yolks) 3; first cook egg thoroughly;

discard white + keep yolk; fry chopped yolk w oil in small wok; discard dregs

but keep oil; mix in Songhuafen 3g, Luganshifen 3g + make paste as Topical

SID-BID (already suppurating case is no use); (6) Shenlu Zhenzhu

Songhuafen Zhuangyang Xiaopi Bugainai Pian [Ginseng + Antler + Pine

Pollen to Erect Yang + Lessen Fatigue high-calcium-milk Tab] is an

aphrodisiac tablet w micronized Renshen, Lujiao, Zhenhzu, Honghuafen +

miconised high-Ca milk powder to Erect Yang (Aid Potency) + Lessen

Fatigue; Boost Immunity, Calmative / sedative, Brighten Eyes; Protect

Health + Prolong Life; Strengthen Body esp for middle-aged + old people w

Yangxu + Chills / Dread of Cold

 

CAUTION in Xuexu w Interior Heat; For more details, see:

http://tinyurl.com/y8pcu8c

 

Best regards,

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

, " " < wrote:

> Eric, my notes on Songhuafen - mainly from Chinese WWW - mention it as

> a Yang Tonic.

 

Thanks for the feedback Phil.

 

Phil, on an unrelated note... I once remember that you mentioned that the

veterinary acupuncture of today was largely a modern development. Do you know

anything about its history? You might be interested in an old book that I found

in Taiwan, it is a classical text called the Niu Ma Jing (Ox and Horse Classic).

It details acupuncture therapies for horses and cows (oxen), and it appears to

be a very old text, but I've not yet spent the time thoroughly researching its

origin. Anyway, I picked up the book and thought of you, I've only ever seen it

in Taiwan in traditional script.

 

Eric Brand