Pine pollen

Pine pollen

(Tang materia medica)

Another name: Songhua and Songhuang.

[source] the pollen of Pinus massoniana or the same genus. See "Songjie" for details of plant morphology.

[collection] when the flowers bloom from April to may, the male cones are picked, dried in the sun, and the pollen is rubbed down to remove impurities.

[medicinal material] the dried pine pollen is a light yellow fine powder, which is uniform and small round when observed with an enlarged microscope. Light constitution, easy to fly, hand twist has a sense of smoothness, not sink in water. It is slightly fragrant and greasy. It is better to be yellow, delicate, free of impurities and strong fluidity.

It is mainly produced in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Jilin, Hubei and other places.

[chemical composition] it contains oil and pigment.

[processing] screening impurities, drying or drying.

Sweet and warm.

① Ben Cao Yan Yi: "it tastes light. "

② "Gangmu": "sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] "Bencao Jingjie": "entering the liver meridian of foot Jueyin and spleen meridian of foot Taiyin. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind and replenish qi, collect dampness and stop bleeding. It is used to treat dizziness, middle deficiency, stomachache, chronic dysentery, dampness and rotten sores, wound bleeding.

① Compendium: "moisten the heart and lung, replenish qi, remove wind, stop bleeding. It can also make wine. "

② "Materia medica Huiyan": "treat chronic dysentery, detoxify alcohol, clear blood heat. "

③ "This Jing meets the original": "in addition to rheumatism, the treatment of acne dampness rotten. "

④ According to the Diet Manual of suixiju: "wine making is mainly for nourishing blood and calming wind. "

⑤ Prevention of perspiration rash. External use as wound hemostatic agent. "

⑥ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "astringent hemostasis. Treatment of skin eczema, sores wet rotten, no scab. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-2 yuan; soak in wine or mix. External use: dry mixed or mixed.

[taboo] supplement to the meaning of materia medica: "eating too much leads to Shangjiao fever. "

[prescription selection] ① treatment of wind vertigo, head rotation, swelling and arthralgia, and stubborn skin: pine trees begin to take two liters of flower heart (better shape like rat tail, steamed fine, cut), wrap it in silk bag, put five liters of wine into it, soak it for five days, drink Sanhe on an empty stomach, and then take Damiao. (Songhua wine in Yuanhe Ji Yong Jing)

② For the treatment of alcohol poisoning attack, headache and dizziness, or throat closed, or under the benefit of water, dozens of lines a day, the shape and spirit of langdun: Songhua one or two (baked), tangerine peel five money, chuanhuanglian five money, licorice two money. Stir fry and grind slightly, mix well with pine flowers. Every morning and evening each take two money, white soup tune service. (Ben Cao Hui Yan)

③ Treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcer, chronic constipation: pine pollen money, Chongfu. (Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

④ For a long time, the treatment of dysentery is not only lasting for several months, but also lingering: Songhua takes three yuan each time, and the rice soup is adjusted before eating. (Ben Cao Hui Yan)

⑤ Treatment of infant eczema: pine pollen one money, calamine powder one money, chicken yolk three. First, boil the chicken eggs, remove the white and yellow, then put them into a small metal pot to boil, that is, the egg butter is separated out, take the oil to remove the residue, use the oil to loosen the pollen and calamine powder, and apply it to the affected part for one to three times (the suppurated part is invalid). (health, 28 October 1955)

⑥ Treatment of diaper dermatitis: pine pollen spread on the affected area. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

⑦ Trauma bleeding: pine pollen external application wound. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

According to the classic of Materia Medica, Songhua is sweet and beneficial to the spleen, and the temperature is OK. The spleen is the stomach, and its body fluid is transported to the heart and lung, so it can moisten the heart and lung. For those who benefit Qi, the temperature is beneficial to the Yang Qi of the liver, and the taste is sweet and beneficial to the Yin Qi of the spleen. Wind and liver, temperature scattered liver, so in addition to wind. Spleen blood, taste sweet and spleen, so hemostasis also. It is suitable for wine making because of its strong fragrance. "

Chinese PinYin : Song Hua Fen