Many people know the benefits of pine pollen to the body, but the dosage for various needs is unclear. Below are its recommended dosage for your reference(1 teaspoon is about 5 grams).
1. Daily conditioning: once in the morning and in the evening, 1 teaspoon at a time, to ensure the amount of 10 grams a day;
2. Sub-health conditioning: (such as diabetes, people with hypertension, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia, need to increase the dosage for postoperative conditioning): once in the morning and evening, 1 teaspoons at a time, make sure the amount of about 20 grams a day.
Precautions of Taking Pine Pollen Powder
1. People who drink pine pollen for the first time can take 1/2 teaspoon in the morning and evening in the first half month. Of course, the best effect is on an empty stomach. Let the body adapt first, and then adjust according to the corresponding amount. Keep drinking.
2. People of enteritis, gastritis and gastric ulcer, remember to avoid eating on an empty stomach, because pine pollen powder will have some reactions in the body in the process of repairing the stomach and intestines, and an empty stomach will make the discomfort more obvious; it is recommended to take the pine pollen powder one hour after meals or between meals.
For those with allergies, you must do an allergy test for the first time, that is, only drink 1/5 teaspoon.If you feel some discomfort, please immediately see your doctor. If there is no rash within 30 minutes, it may indicates that you are not allergic and can eat it with confidence. Although there are many people who are allergic to pollen, very few people are allergic to pine pollen powder, but there will be a suspected allergic reaction during the taking process, so it is also recommended that everyone take a small amount first and take it multiple times to allow the body to adapt slowly.
Pine pollen powder is warm in nature according to Traditional Chinese Medicine, so you should drink more water after take pine pollen powder; In particular, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and are prone to get inflammation. If there are signs of getting inflammation, don’t be nervous. Drink more water and eat some food with moist to relieve it.
How to Brew Pine Pollen Powder
1. Water temperature: when brewing pine pollen powder, use warm water (no more than 40 Celsius degree, no hot feeling when touching the cup wall). Do not use boiling water to brew, otherwise it will destroy the active nutrients, and the effect is better when drinking on an empty stomach.
2. Method: pour water first, then add powder, let the powder precipitate, and then stir with a stirrer (after the cell wall of pine pollen is broken, there will be a pseudo mass, commonly known as “caking”, because the cell body of pine pollen is small and the wall breaking rate is high.)
It is recommended to drink a small amount of pine pollen powder at the beginning to give the body a process of adaptation, and then gradually increase the amount. Pine pollen contains more than 200 kinds of nutrients. It cooperates to regulate the body. Pine pollen is a fully nutritious food. Don’t worry about it. It won’t have various side effects like synthetic medicine.
What Conditioning Reactions may Occur After Drinking Pine Pollen Powder?
In the process of drinking pine pollen powder in the early stage, it is normal for some people to have no reaction at some part of the body. After research and experiments in the medical field, it has been proved that taking any food with dietetic function will have more or less “adverse reactions”. In Chinese medicine, it is called “dizziness reaction”, which is also called conditioning reaction, not a side effect. It is a strange “phenomenon” produced by effective regulation of various organs of the human body, about 20-60% of people will feel it.
What are the Possible Conditioning Reactions/Healing Crisis of Taking Pine Polle Powder?
1). Mild reactions include: dry throat and tongue, dizziness, fatigue, limb pain, shoulder stiffness, diarrhea, and fart.
2). Severe reactions include headache, dizziness, leg swelling, fever, temporary rise of blood sugar, eczema, joint pain, temporary rise of blood pressure, vomiting, numbness of limbs, sleepiness, weakness, loss of appetite, etc.
3. If the corresponding parts of the body have problems now or ever, drinking pine pollen will play a role. It will turn out some old diseases and old problems and let them reappear. Some people will have symptoms that they did not have before, and then they will be thoroughly conditioned.
Different people may have different reactions when taking pine pollen powder. This reaction will disappear in 7-15 days after it appears. Occasionally, it may last a little longer, but the results will be satisfactory.
However, it’s suggested to ask your doctor to see whether continue to take pine pollen powder if the healing crisis occurs.
The way to deal with above healing crisis is either to increase the amount of taking, which will make the reaction disappear in a short time, or to reduce the dosage by half to relieve the reaction, but the reaction period will be correspondingly prolonged. After the reaction period is slowly passed, the original consumption can be restored.
Anyhow, please be aware of any healing crisis when you are using the pine pollen powder and it’s better to take it under the guidance of a doctor.