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Brief Introduction to the GuoZhen Pine Pollen
As a result of the development and production
initiated by China New Era Group, GuoZhen pine pollen is a kind of food-treatment
and health-care delicacies which are refined with pollen of canda equina
pine and oil pine, two unique species of tree growing up in China. GuoZhen
pine pollen has been appoved by the Ministry of Public Health of the People's
Republic of China with the number of 529 [1997].
History of application
[I] Record of successive dynasties pharmacopoeia
In the treasury of Chinese traditional medicine,
pine pollen is a kind of pollen that can be used as drug and food. As
a kind of Chinese tradition medicine the history of pine pollen being
used as drug and food has lasted for several thousand years. It had been
recorded by successive dynasties pharmacopoeia from <<Shen Nong
Ben Cao Scripture >>2400 years ago to the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia"
today. Particularly it was regard as a "taoist magic drug" in
civilian -world because of its magic effect.
<<Shen Nong Ben Cao Scripture >> Han
Dynasty
"Pine pollen tastes sweet and peaceful without
any poison, chiefly coping with vicious Qi from cold and fever in heart
and abdomen, easy urinating, removing blood clot, lighting weight£¬nourishing
Qi and coming up with macrobiosis when long-term taking it."
<<New modified Ben Cao>>: Tang Dynasty
"Pine pollen names pine yellow too because
it looks like cattail pollen, long-term using can light weight. The treatment
effect of pine pollen is superior to fur or leaf or grease of pine tree".
<<Ben Cao Yan Yi >> Song Dynasty
"The yellow powder of the flower was named
pine yellow, People in mountain area flick and gain it in time, and it
can be made as delicious pastry. But because it can't be stored up long
it was rarely transported to place far away from its birthplace. Pine
yellow just look like cattail pollen but with a light taste, it can cure
postnatal high fever, headache, cheek lean, dry mouth, dry lips, agitation,
thirsty, muddle and unpleasant mood as well."
<<Ben Cao Outlines>> Ming Dynasty
"Pine pollen tasting sweet, mild, no poison,
moist heart and lung, nourishing Qi, expelling Feng, stopping bleed and
brewing wine as well"
<<Ben Cao Cong Xin >> Qing Dynasty
"Pine pollen being good at curing various
of smallpox, sore, hurt as well as moist rotten which can't scab by itself."
[II] Recording of history of drug-meals in successive
dynasties
As early as Previous Qin dynasty "food-curing
science" had been recorded in<<Zhou Li>> in which there
were lots of philosophical comments on the relationship between drink
and food and disease, which in turn established the Chinese medicine theory
of curing the disease before it taking place. After that people edited
many kinds of editions of <<Food Curing Ben Cao >> which recorded
many kind of food-drugs. There were a lot of records of pine pollen being
used in soup stuff, cakes, and brewing wine as well in this books.
<<Shan Jia Qing Gong>>Song Dynasty.
The production process of pine pollen cakes was
mentioned in this book: when pine flower is issuing powder, people collect
flower powder and add in with rice flour, Seal it up several days after
blending it with water then model it according to the shape of ancient
dragon cakes. This article not only smells sweet and tastes pleasant but
also it can make appearance more beautiful and can nourish people's will.
<<Qun Fang Pu>> Ming Dynasty
"When the candle snuff breaking out during
February or March, flower length arrives at three or four Chinese inch.
And when flower is in full bloom, people spread out the ground with cloth,
strike and gain it's stamen named pine yellow. It can expel Feng and stop
bleeding and cure dysentery. Combined with brown sugar it can make cakes
full of nice smelling. It's fit to eat immediately after produced because
it can't last long".
[III] Record in literature of successive dynasties
During several thousand years of the long history
there was not only legend of "beauty well" about pine pollen,
but also the record of pine pollen being distributed to empire as tribute
every spring. Men of letters and poet holies particularly leave behind
with immortal poems to eulogize it.
<<Making up Storey >>written by Zhang
Qin in Tang dynasty and <<Ling Biao Lu Yi>>written by Liu
Xun mentioned that there was a "beauty well" under the double
horn mountain of white state in Jin dynasty. And all people who drink
of water of the well would had a very beautiful girl if they had given
birth to a girl .The reason for this was that the well was beside perennial
bloom pine which dropped it's flower powder down into the well, and drinking
the water containing pine pollen exerted an effect of cosmetology .
"After drinking pine flower wine when abdomen was empty .I am contented
with the fate and without any worry," written by Bai Ju Yi,a poet
in Tang dynasty. "Mixing and pounding with pine flower no less than
0.5Kg and 8 Liang un-roasted cattail pollen and five Qian Japanese pagoda
tree flower and five Qian of apricot and 2 Jin white honey, Either it
was eated or bathed with, it can stay your appearance until you are very
old." written by Su Dong Po, a rhetorician in Song dynasty. All of
this above illustrated pine pollen's peculiar and wonderful functions
from different aspects.
Components and Functions
I. Pine pollen is a natural mini-nutrition treasury.
The secret of the pine always being green and
never appearing senile through thousand years lay in that as a sperm cell
of pine, pine pollen is the source of life. GuoZhen pine pollen contains
all nutrition portions necessary for long life such as many kinds of protein,
amino acid, mineral, enzyme, coenzyme, nucleic acid, monosaccharide, polysaccharide
etc. all up to 200 kinds of nutrition portions. Table 1-3 below is a part
of components detected.
Table1, List of amino acid in pine pollen
Name of amino acid Content (mg/100g) Name of amino acid Content (mg/100g)
asparagic acid, Asp 1098 isoleucine, Ile 539
Threonine, Thr 492 leucine , Leu 846
Serine, Ser 522 Tyrosine, Tyr 365
Amino glutaric acid, Glu 1579 Phenylalanine, phe 572
aminoacetic acid ,Glu 698 lysine,lys 802
alanine,Ala 564 histidine,His 189
Cystine, cys 112 arginine,Arg 998
Valine, Val 646 proline, Pro 884
Mertionin, met 166 Tryptophan,Trp 149
Table 2, List of main Vitamin in pine pollen
Name of vitamin Content ug/100g) Name of vitamin Content (ug/100g)
V B1 6070 VE 3240
V B2 486 VC 56200
nicotinamide 24000 VD3 22.8
VB6 1300 VA 43.2
Folic acid, VM 930 b-carotin 26.2
Table 3, List of main frequent elements and trace
elements
Name of element Content (ppm) Name of element Content (ppm)
potassium.K+ 3118.8 iron,Fe 129.9
Sodium Na+ 516.8 Manganese, Mn 280.7
Calcium Ca# 481 Copper, Cu 4.3
Magnesium 1427.5 Zinc 9.8
Phosphorum 3609.1 Selenium 0.1
From the data shown in tables above you can easily
find out that pine pollen is indeed a kind of natural mini-nutrition treasury.
By the way, tests mentioned above were assayed by ZheJiang Province Central
Laboratory of Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, and Food Department
of Beijing Agriculture University, and Physical-Chemistry Assay Center
of Shenyang Branch of Chinese Academy.
II. The relationship between pine pollen and
health of mankind
Pine pollen is a kind of health food with obvious
effect. It can nurse one's health through all system of the body. It's
main medical care functions are shown as below:
(I). Pine pollen and anti-fatigue effect
Pine pollen contains balanced nutrition portions,
which are necessary for recovering from fatigue rapidly and thoroughly.
There are two tests about ant-fatigues function of pine pollen.
1,Standing power test of mice: the group of mice taken pine pollen on
the basis of normal diet can swim for a longer time under-load than the
control group of mice, which indicate that pine pollen can anti-fatigue
and reinforce the standing power of animals (as shown in table 4)
Table 4, animal staying power test (with or without
pine pollen).
Groups Dosage (mg/kg) Cases of animals Average swimming time P
Pine pollen 500 40 196.5¡À18.3 P<0.05
Control group 0 40 134.8¡À21.6
2,Thrist and hunger standing test of mice
The group of mice taken continuously with pine pollen for 10 days can
survive longer than the control group after being completely fast and
forbidden to drinking water, which indicated that pine pollen can reinforce
animal's constitution and strengthen the ability of standing thirst and
hunger (as shown in table5)
Table5 Thirst and hunger test of pine pollen
Groups Dosage (mg/kg) Cases Weight Survival time (hour)
Initial weight Weight before test
Pine pollen 300 30 21.3¡À0.9 27.9¡À1.1 78.3¡À9.3
Pine pollen 600 30 21.0¡À0.6 27.7¡À1.2 81.9¡À12.6
Control 0 30 21.2¡À0.5 27.9¡À1.0 60.6¡À11.5
From the tests mentioned above it is clear that pine pollen are beneficial
for easy fatigued middle age or old age people, and are beneficial for
strong physical strength workers as well. Besides, GuoZhen pine pollen
had been detected by stimulant detection center of China Olympic Games
with a result that it contains no forbidden component .so it is also an
ideal invigoration for athlete.
(II). Pine pollen and postponing senile
Pine pollen contains large amount of anti-oxidation portions such as Vc,
carotene and trace element selenium, etc., all of which can restrain super-oxidation
of lipid and protein in vivo, and consequently postpone senile. There
are several tests to prove this:
The result of pharmacology tests indicates that the group of mouse continuously
taking pine pollen for a month has a higher activity of SOD (superoxide
dismutase,SOD) in liver while has a lower content of lipofuscin in brain,
heart and liver than those of control group(as shown in table6.7)
Table 6 the activity of SOD in mouse liver
Groups Dosage of pine pollen(mg/kg) Cases SOD (ug/mg)
Pine pollen group 300 20 19.3¡À0.27
Pine pollen group 600 20 20.4¡À0.31
Control group 0 20 1.50¡À0.24
Table 7 detected content of lipofuscin
Groups Dosage of pine pollen (mg/kg) Cases Viscera lipofuscin P (compared
with contrast group)
1 300 20 BrainHeartLiver 0.11¡À0.040.09¡À0.02025¡À0.05 P<0.05P<0.05P<0.05
2 600 20 BrainHeartLliver 0.09¡À0.020.08¡À0.010.23¡À0.06 P<0.05P<0.05P<0.05
Control group 0 20 BrainHeartLiver 0.14¡À0.030.11¡À0.030.28¡À0.04
The tests above indicated that long-term taking pine pollen can clean
up senile plaque; regain youth vigor. And that is why long-term taking
pine pollen can stay slight and postpone aging.
(III). Pine pollen and cosmetology
Pine pollen can not only regulate physiological
function but also can promote metabolism of skin cell and prevent skin
cell from aging and increase the elasticity of skin and make skin pure
white and ruddy. So it was given the reputation of "cosmetics that
can be eaten"
Pine pollen contains not only rich amino acid
which can be absorbed by skin cell but also contains all natural vitamin
and many kinds of enzyme that was necessary for skin cell, And this is
why it has a function of cosmetology. Particularly the cooperation of
VC¡¢VE¡¢VB contained in pine pollen can activate cell£¬and keep a high level
of SOD activity. So it can clear up free radical£¬block the production
of chloasma and butterfly like-spot, eliminate melanin of skin, make skin
look more pure-white and beautiful. Meanwhile long-term taking pine pollen
will bring about an ideal treatment effect to itch of skin of old people.
Besides, pine pollen can reduce and clean up zit. In addition to this,
taking pine pollen will make your hair brighter and more graceful.
(IV). Pine pollen and gastrointestinal dysfunction
Pine pollen contains nearly one hundred kinds
of enzyme, which can promote vermiculation, increase appetite, assist
to digest. In brief, pine pollen has an obvious regulation function for
gastrointestinal dysfunction.
(V). Pine pollen and liver protecting
Pine pollen can keep liver cell in a right order,
normalize bile secretion, prevent liver disease from taking place, and
help liver to neutralize poison. Many experiments proved that pine pollen
can protect liver cell. Two of these kinds of experiments are shown below:
1,Taking pine pollen promote obviously to regain the weight of mouse whose
two of third liver had been cut off (as shown in table 8).
Table 8, pine pollen promote to regain the weight
of mouse
whose two of third liver had been cut off
Groups Dosage (g/10kg) Cases Weight increased
Control 0 20 -0.45¡À0.34
Pine pollen 0.5 20 0.46¡À0.48
Pine pollen 1.0 20 0.98¡À0.162
2,Pine pollen can obviously reduce death rate of ethanol poisoning mouse
and ease the degree of swell of liver cell with high dosage group showing
a better result (as shown in table 9).
Table 9, pine pollen and it's protecting to ethanol
poisoning mouse
Groups Dosage (g/10kg weight) Cases Death cases Weight of liverG(X¡ÀSE)
Empty control 0 20 0 0.99¡À0.03
Ethanol 0.15 20 11 1.32¡À0.05
Pine pollen 0.5 20 2 1.02¡À0.03
Pine pollen 1.0 20 0 1.00¡À0.04
Besides, taking large dosage of pine pollen ahead
of drinking can prevent the damage of wine to liver, and taking it after
drinking can also help liver recover from the damage of wine. Pharmacology
experiments above was fulfilled by Plants-Medicine Institute of China
Medical College
(VI). Pine pollen and supporting heart and blood
vessel
As a natural nutrition treasury pine pollen can improve metabolism, regulate
endocrine, mobilize substitute excrete, improve the function of heart
and blood vessel, and keep the heart and vessel in right order. Magnesium
in pine pollen not only can activate the enzyme system, but also can play
as a carrier for some kind of nutrition portion. Chromocor can obviously
cut down blood fat and cholesterol. Vitamins can increase elasticity of
vessel wall and improve the situation of microcirculation of heart and
brain. Experiment fulfilled by physical library of Munich technical university
in Germany indicate that taking pine pollen can lower density of cholesterol
in mice tested, and that pine pollen are beneficial to arterial blood
vessel.
Table 10, pine pollen and it's effect to density
of cholesterol in rat serum
and lipo-protein differently.
Group 1 2 3 4
Pine pollen (%) 2 5
Serum mg/100ml 67.1¡À0.3 71.1¡À0.9 67.3¡À9.2 71¡À9.3
HDL mg/100ml 35.0¡À6.2 35.9¡À5.4 37.9¡À4.9 35.8¡À3.2
LDL mg/100ml 32.0¡À6.8 32.0¡À7.2 27.2¡À8.6 34.3¡À7.0
VLDL mg/100ml 0.2¡À1.7 3.5¡À2.9 2.2¡À2.1 0.9¡À1.8
(VII). Pine pollen and constipation
Pine pollen can cure constipation because of it's
rich nutrition. Taking pine pollen can immediately improve constipation
caused by dyspepsia and disease of upper digestive tract because it can
correct gastrointestinal dysfunction. And because Magnesium and VB6 in
pine pollen can calm the muscular spasm, pine pollen can also improve
constipation caused by nervous.
(VIII). Pine pollen and other disease.
Pine pollen also has an un-expectant treatment
effect for different kind of disease such as cold, disease of prostate,
anemia, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, rhinitis etc because pine pollen
is a natural-nutrition treasury and it can improve immunity. Extraordinary
it must be emphasized that pine pollen whose wall has not been broken
through can dry moist, restraint bleeding and treat eczema yellow liquid
sore, skin dissipated, pus dripping wet, bleeding from injury, diaper
dermatitis. It is not only a magic drug to all kinds of sore and ulcer,
but also an excellent article nursing the tender skin of
Infants.
Main Features:
(I).Pure natural.
Pine pollen is mixture of two kind flower pollen
of native plants, cauda equina pine and oil pine respectively which are
growing up in the mountain area 1100-1500 metric height above sea level.
Compared with bee-source pollen, pine pollen is collected artificially,
so it has characteristic such as single pollen source, pure quality, stable
component, no residue, no animal hormone etc. Pine pollen taste best among
all kinds of plant pollen, it taste a slight fragrant. "Qi of pine
can make people live long" announced ancients. So pine pollen was
also named as "King of pollen". Relative scientific research
and practice proved that long-term taking this medicine is safe and without
any side effect
(II). Perfect nutrition
As a sperm cell of pistil of pine tree, pine pollen
bear with the task of breeding or reproducing pine tree. With 200 kinds
of nutrition reasonably matched within it pine pollen can supply and balance
the nutrition necessary for human body. With so strong health care function
and so extensive nursing scope it is indeed "a health guard"
for people of different age and different constitution.
Pine pollen and Chinese traditional medicine
Through long-term of medical practice ancient
medical scientist utilized theory of Yin Yang Wu Xing to medical domain
to interpret physiological functions and pathological change of human
body, so as to guide diagnose and treatment in clinical practice, that
is to say, to decide therapeutic principle according to victory or wane
of Ying Yang when people are ill, to select corresponding medicine with
consideration of Ying Yang attribute of medicine. With this knowledge
people can correct disequilibrium caused by illness, and can cure disease.
Besides, Chinese traditional medicine particular lay stress on "nourishing
life" which means that through appropriate supplement of drug and
food people can maintain a balanced state of Ying Yang and can indeed
live long healthfully.
As male germ cell and essence of pine tree, pine
pollen contains all nutrition necessary for breeding a new life. It is
also regard as the most perfect equilibrium body of Ying Yang in the world.
It's nature is sweet and mild. It goes back through liver and spleen pathway.
It tastes sweet and has advantage to warming spleen Qi and making it travel
more smoothly. Saliva of stomach can be transported to heart and lung
with the action of spleen Qi. So it does moist heart and lung. It's function
of nourishing Qi relay on that it nourish Yang Qi of liver because of
it's warm nature. Meanwhile it nourish Ying Qi of spleen because of it's
sweet nature. Beginning with nourishing spleen and improving Qi pine pollen
can nurse one's health through all aspects. It can cure the disease when
it take place, and nourish life when people are illness.
Development and production
Although pine pollen is rich for nutrition it
has not yet been developed and utilized on large scale because of it's
short flower season and of that pollen can only be collected in two or
three days near Qingming Festival in Spring when it is a rainy season,
and of that breaking of pollen wall and keeping fresh and storing are
all worldwide tough problem. It was only until today that by adopting
new technique such as hypothermia atmosphere cycle-flowing and wind-pole
breaking through skill in the domain of aerospace, the cooperation development
between China New Era Group and China Forest Science Academy turned it
into reality to service common people on large scale. Pine pollen processed
by new technique can be stored up for 3 years without losing of activity
and ability to breed. The new arm forces technique whose wall broken rate
arrive to 99 percent guarantees that all effective portions and competence
nutrition be release off. As a result, human body can absorb it more easily.
The achievement of development of pine pollen
draws attention and praise from home and abroad. Early or late it was
awarded "gold prize of the 44th Nuremberg International New Thinking
and New Invention and New production". "Invention prize of nation
in 1993" " international golden prize and international special
honor prize for outstanding contribution to humankind, offered by the
meeting of 98 USA International New Production and meeting of International
Honor Appraisal respectively. It was recommended to customers as a product
approved by customers protection foundation in1995. It passed through
customs conformity certification of FDA (Food and drug administration
bureau) of America in 1998. Believing that pine pollen is a mini-nutrition
treasury, Yu RuoMu, a famous dietician of china, acclaimed: "the
development of pine pollen is an enterprise bringing benefit to the people."
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