I have recently been sent a sample of pine pollen tincture from a company in France and can say it is of the highest quality. www.chateaudegrenier.com/ferme-de-plantes-aromatiques/
I hear that in Texas most of our pine trees are loblolly pines. I looked up what pollen from loblolly looks like & recognize it, for a few weeks a year we have to clean those pods out of our pool but theyre usually an orange color.
@spiritbeliever spiritbeliever The 5 needle pine trees are also known as Chippewa Pine. When you make a tea with this, make sure you use it with bark. The combination of the needles, along with the bark it increases dramatically the vitamin C and other ingredients that are healthful and beneficial .
Thank you, Mark. Very informative. I would love to explore with someone with expertise here in Long Island, NY. Question: you said for the Pune pollen tincture you mention using a 1:5 ratio. Then you state 100 grams pine pollen and 100 grams of 72 percent liquor. Is that a 1:5 ratio or 1:1 ratio. Just want clarification. I am wonder when in the spring I could go wildcrafting for pine pollen. Have a great day.
Great Informative video. I have a a pretty good botany background but limited knowledge of medicinal/nutritional values of native plants. You definitely rekindled my interest. Your harvest stick is quite clever. This is RU-vid at its best. Thank you Mark
Ive bought a bag of pinepollen powder. I Can feel the different after only 3 weeks. I feel it in my energy. My muscles. And my performance in everyday and in my workout. I am 46 years Old and was beginning to feel lover endurance and general power in my everyday. But now i know this. It works and it is fantastic. Thank you for the information.
Pine pollens are everywhere where I live. It was a Christmas tree farm about 75 years ago, but the previous owners left rows of majestic pine trees in place. The pollens are everywhere. The cones are like bullets when the wind blows and are hard to clean up. You can collect a cup of pullen from cars parked uncovered and other surfaces outside overnight in Spring. The pollen is hard on car's paint job if not promptly washed off. The houses around here are covered with pollen . I had no idea that what we've considered to be such an annoyance is actually useful medicine 🤔. I won't look at pollen the same after watching this educational video. Thanks for sharing!
Synchronicity hath found this video for me right on time to go outside and find pine pollen in my own backyard 🤩💕😋. Also, I was able to recognize other pines that will be ready in a few weeks time 😁. This video was super informative without being overly wordy. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.❤
Glad you found the video helpful. I feel getting out often enough to see the trees (and other plants) develop allow me to have a better understanding of their life cycles. Thanks for commenting
Hi Mark, thanks for the video. Im a doctor from Patagonia, Argentina and in my farm we are collecting lavender for natural oil making, but im trying to add a few practices like this one to add some superfoods to our daily basis (and also because its so fun and interesting) so i really aprecciatte your dedication for the explanation!
Hi Mark! Thank you for your very informative video. Would you know if certain licenses and or FDA approval is required to sell in my local area? (southeastern US) If not, no problem. Thanks ahead of time for any information! Best wishes
Not yet but it sounds interesting. I would think manuka honey would be best but we have some great local honey I could try it with. Thanks for commenting
Thank you Mark, great video. I harvested a small amount of White Pine pollen last June here in Maine and made about one ounce of tincture. Looking forward to a larger harvest this year
Great video! I travel up to Yellowstone Park every Spring. The majority of the pine trees there are Lodgepole Pines. On the occasions that I am there when the pollen is high, I have witnessed thick, green clouds of pollen fill the air. It is a magnificent sight! My tent and camp table have been covered with pollen. Now, I know what to do with it! By the way, I suffer from some allergies, but I have been in the thick of pine pollen, and it does not bother me in the least. Thanks again for another very interesting video, Mark! Happy Trails!
I just purchased the tincture. I use 5 days on and 2 days off. Also I’m 6ft 230lbs. I use 2ea 1ml tubes twice a day under my tongue …morning and evening. Any issues doing this?
I cannot give you advice on how much to take; Having said that, I would suggest you start low and see how your body reacts. Often, affects are not driven by amount. A little can be good but after that anymore may be a waste. Thanks for commenting
Good info...blessings and health to you and yours. I put a coffee filter with a band around mine now. I once had mine mold because all the moisture wasn't out like I thought.
Greetings from South Africa. It is so good to see someone else who hates wasting good stuff. I am so obsessed I would almost wipe off the pollen from the counters with my fingers an lick them lol
Very informative video, thank you. I have a question, when you make a tincture and it's ready to decant, is it normal for the pollen to settle at the bottom? Then do you give it a good shake before decanting?
I shake it up once a day (mostly) while it is at work. then let it settle before decanting. I find it can clog filters if it is real cloudy. Hope this helps.
I live in AZ and in with the Ponderous Pine trees. In the spring my vehicles are covered in a yellow powder and was curious if this was at all easy to gather since these trees are tall and I am unable to collect them from the branch….unless I get a long ladder. P.S. is this pollen good?
Great information! An allergy technician at a hospital said exactly what you did about most allergies are due to other pollens. I never knew about the benefits of pine pollen until this video.
The first time I tried pine pollen, I was about 45 years old. I noticed I increased my reps in the gym by 150% which was very impressive. I also noticed stronger erections 💪. I’m currently on vacation in the Outer Banks of NC in April and the pine pods are ripe so I am harvesting as much pine pollen this week as I can get my hands on. Great video, Mark!
Yes, Yew, Ponderosa Pine and Norfolk Island Pine are considered toxic. Although they have pine in their names they are not true pines. Thanks for commenting
Food for Enlightened, as ancient legend goes. Hiking pole hack shows your ingenuity driven by necessity: simple but effective.💡 Testosterone booster, naturally, eh? I didn't know that; where's my hiking shoes? 😊 Thanks for sharing this very informative content! 🙏 Your fellow Canadian YTber Herbal Jedi has vast list of herb-related videos including Pine Pollen.
Great video Mark. Got to better than that "Apple Cider Vinegar" I've tried to drink for years. Lol Could you blend it into honey and use it on toast or in tea?
LOL. I hear you on the ACV, actually caused damage to my teeth. I think you could add it to honey as a spread but I am not sure about adding to tea. I think it may separate. Thanks for commenting
8:33 "..and it also has over 200 vitamins and minerals." The human body (and indeed the bodies of almost all animals) only needs 13 vitamins. Similarly the human body only needs (IIRC) 22 minerals, which in the context of physiology are mostly trace chemical elements such as sodium, potassium, iron, magnesium, etc. Please remember that there are only 92 naturally-occurring chemical elements in total, so I'd really like to see a justification that the number 200 has any value here at all.
@@MarkYoungBushcraft Thanks for replying, but it suggests that you don't have a justification for your claim. If you've been getting your information from pseudoscience web sites, please reconsider your use of them; they are packed full of lies and ignorance being relayed by scammers and their victims. You won't be helping yourself or your audience if you can't learn to work out what's real and what isn't.
Yes, to some degree, but the pine pollen is amazingly resistant to outside affects. Much of the medicinal quality remains and all of the nutritive qualities. Thanks for commenting
A medical technician who ran allergy testing told me that few people are allergic to pine pollen but may be allergic to other pollens that occur at the same time. An allergy test would verify which pollens cause his allergy.
I think I'll just try drying and salting the buds, then eat them with a glass of whiskey. 😃. I don't have access to many trees to harvest, but thanks for the reminder. We aren't there yet, but will be soon. I'll keep my eyes peeled
Wow! Super informative video. I had no idea one could use this for anything. I also appreciate the info about it not being an allergen. Please do more videos about plants like this one.
@@MarkYoungBushcraft Thank you so much for the quick reply … my search had me suspicion that very thing. Too bad - the looked like exactly what we all need out here. Thanks for all the fun and learning…. Just found you in the last year (would tell you how long but time flies) …. I appreciate your humble ways…. Keep em coming!
Hey question, wouldn't one get more protein from consuming large quantities of the powder rather than small doses in the alcohol? And would it be more efficient to just stick the pods in a food processor and consume it all?
Yes, you would gain more food nutrition from consuming the whole pollen powder but less medicinal value. The body is unable to extract everything an alcohol tincture can. Thanks for commenting
To the best of my knowledge there are no toxic pine trees; however, there is at least one toxic evergreen tree in my area. The Canada Yew. Important to be able to tell the difference. Thanks for commenting
I have not had that issue. Maybe because of the extra-fine screen I use. Having said that, I would think spreading it out on a cookie sheet and heating it in the oven for a short period of time might work. Thanks for commenting
Thanks for the video. Found a good brand in Germany. Did you have tried various tincture-versions with different alcohol percentages/contents and which is the more potent ?!
Glad you were able to find some. I only had two choices in alcohol percentage, 40% and 70%. I used the 70% and had good results. I can't imagine the 40% doing better. Thanks for commenting
@@MarkYoungBushcraft Thanks for Ur fast reply. As a hobby nutrionist, there are some keys importat to find out. First: If the pine pollen is naturally harvested and not processed (cracked-cell-wall), then maybe there is the higher alcohol percent needed. When pollen was cracked, the nutriets are the more easily soluble. Second: If there s a fully loaded nutrient-rich solution made from the higher alcohol content, the effect could be a complex of the severals instead a special hormone effect, if these are the simplest, first soluble nutrients in pollen and therefore the low alc content would be sufficient. That's what my logical mind says. Greets
That may work. I have not tried it. As long as the pollen is released. It may also draw unwanted flavours from the other plant parts. Worth a try. Thanks for commenting
I would think a tincture made with a higher percentage alcohol should help maintain the integrity of the medicinal qualities but I really cannot answer that. I am not an expert. Thanks for commenting
Thanks for the video and reminder to keep an eye on the local pines! You're in Nova Scotia? The male cones have barely formed here in Western Newfoundland. What rum sold in Nova Scotia is that high of alcohol content?
hey i have some questions about the tincture. I collected pine pollen cones and put them in a jar with 90 proof vodka. I will wait for about 4 weeks. do i have to shake the jars few times or its not neccesary. Also in the end i only have to get rid of the cones and consume the liquid?. Should i put only the powder in the jars with alcohol or the full cones?
Hi there. Based on my experience, I do like to shake the jar every couple of days to endure all the contents are mixed through. Do keep it out of direct sunlight to avoid it degrading. After at least 4 weeks you will want to strain it off. I use a coffee filter. You can dry and use the left over pulp but I find it took on a very strange taste from the alcohol. Yes, do separate the pollen from the cones for this to ensure maximum benefit. Thanks for commenting
Thank you very much for this very informative video,😊 you know, withought wanting to sound flippant or anything, I think if people were a little more inclined to get off the couch turn off the TV and actually tune in to some very good online information like this, and maby taking an interest and trying it for themselves would bring about a very positive change in people's lives all on its own, before any of the positive benefits of natural food and medicine were felt. I come from a quite little village in Ireland and although I am 37 even I can remember the older generation that once graced this land with their presence. I'm talking about people who would have been in their 90s in the late 1990s, so grew up amongst people born in the nintenth century, unspoilt people who carried all the old medicinal knowledge and totally self sufficient ways of living and farming ect. It's a Frigging shame I didn't think to write anything down, in between helping with cattle ect over some tea and a sandwich we would all sit and just talk for however long and I would listen to these gentlemen casually talking about cures for this and that among many other stories and things. I should point out that even at their age they still lived a fully functional life and that includes digging their own garden each spring, they were just different people, very healthy mentally and physically for a start despite their advanced age, and it's only now Ive noticed that fact, back then they were just old men to me. that knowledge is hard to come by now.
When I started my channel I had hoped to create a community of sharing knowledge and skills. Encouraging people to get out. Hopefully, I have been a little bit successful. Thanks for commenting
I watched a video that says you have to frack the pine pollen, so you'll absorb a larger % of it or you'll only absorb a small % of the pine pollen and that can be done by freezing it.
Apparently, there are arguments for both ways of using pine pollen. The company that I provide the link for takes the other approach if you are interested in learning about it. Thanks for commenting
I was walking through a local park and the ones that were lower appear to not be producing anything yet. But there was a lot of them on the ground that definitely appear to be releasing pollen. I collected a lot of them from off the ground in a plastic bag and now I'm watching this video to see what to do.
Thanks so much for this video! Very informative! I'm proved more and more everyday that mother nature will take care of you! It's a pity and excuse me but, pathetic that these nature cures and cares are not a part of everyday life. It's the best way to learn and remember as to pass the habit to the next generation. I've been ill most of my life it's things like this I would have benefited growing up on. Now I'd have to have string tied to every finger, notes on both arms or something like a Nature Bible as a reminder and reference of what my body needs! Anyhow thanks again. Much love
I am glad you enjoyed the video. I also believe we need to look to nature for the health benefits it provides, both physical as well as spiritual. Thanks for commenting
Looking at the nutritional analysis, it looks very good for a plant based protein, vitamin and mineral source. It does seem to be nutrient dense, so is a "super food" in that sense. I do feel that the medicinal claims are lacking scientific studies that validate those claims. I am highly allergic to tree pollen's in general, but not sure if I react to pine pollen. I am sure about redwood pollen, I used to live near a redwood forest and it was really problematic. In any case, I found your video interesting, thanks!
Actually, getting testosterone orally through things like pine is dangerous for your liver. It is much safer to inject a more pure testosterone in medicinal-grade carrier oil into muscle or subcutaneous fat. The phrasing in the video was unclear, it might be that compounds in pine pollen help your body to produce testosterone on its own, in which case that is great, or it tricks the negative feedback loop of hormone production. Natural does not necessarily mean better. Natural means impure, & impure might mean that it has not only x medicine, but also y medicine & z nutrition, as opposed to pure medicine*. (*which is frequently produced by yeasts or bacteria, meaning it is ALSO natural, just purified to ONLY have medicine.)
Awesome video! And I like your energy and style of presentation. Stumbled upon this after going out for my first time harvesting these here in Holland. What have been the benefits you’ve noticed personally since you began using pine pollen?
Being almost 65 years of age muscle building is not as easy as it once was. For me, the biggest benefit I found was increased energy and stamina. Worth it for that alone. Thanks for commenting
The jars are called "jinjars" and are from VitaJin mushroom supplements. I have a separate video on their products also mentioned at the end of this video. Thanks for commenting
Great video. This was the first time I'm harvesting & have watched several times for guidance. Has anyone ever had bugs in the pollen you collected? I didn't see any in the first round I harvested. My second round is FULL of tiny little bugs. Was I just unlucky enough to hit an infested area?
Bonjour, tant que vous savez que ce que vous collectez est un pin, le pollen peut être utilisé en toute sécurité. Si vous souhaitez toujours m'envoyer une photo, vous pouvez m'envoyer un e-mail à mark.eric.young@gmail.com. Merci pour le commentaire
I live in North East Texas. I tried shaking ones that were that color and nothing came off. I did see some that were purple i tapped it and pollen came out. There wasn't many that were that color. I guess I have to wait till I see more of the purple ones
There are son many varieties of pine trees that it is hard for me to give you exact information. Sounds like you are going about it the best way. Thanks for commenting
I can find no definitive answer to that. Mold can be an allergen for some people. Personally, I would reject pollen that has mold on it. Thanks for commenting
So pin needles are quite oily and will only stay fresh for so long. As they dry they loose their vitality. I would suggest either making then into something as soon as practical or freezing them for later use. I don't have enough experience freezing pine needles but I have frozen spruce tips of 6 months. Hope this helps
