Which one is right for you, pine pollen tincture vs powder?
Pine pollen is best known for its hormone supporting effects. For this reason, men especially love it, although its great for women too.
And there are some pretty big differences between the pine pollen powder and the pine pollen tincture forms which are discussed below. Although the extract type will result in different qualities for many herbs, here the difference is quite pronounced.
Quick Recap of the Benefits of Pine Pollen Powder
As a powder you’re getting all the nutrition that pine pollen provides. This includes many vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, and other nutrients within (like resveratrol, SOD, MSM, etc.), making it, as my brother likes to call it, “Nature’s Multivitamin”.
In this form pine pollen can really be thought of as a food. That’s why we have the Megadose version in which you can take several tablespoons per day. In China this is a common practice and they even use it to add to flours for baking.
The thing about the powder is that the phytosterols or androgens, meaning the testosterone, DHEA and other hormones pine pollen contains, are said to be destroyed in the human digestive tract. Still the hormonal benefits do occur with the pine pollen powder. The success of our male clients with the “Morning Wood Test” and at much else attests to this working…though, of course, hormones aren’t the only factor in this either.
Still the powder is more modulating of the hormones. Plus, it appears to help in combating xeno-estrogens. In this form there is almost no chance it could increase your hormones to unsafe levels. It is fine to take every single day for years if you wanted. No cycling is needed.
It is safe for women and children. And it’s great even pregnant or breastfeeding women as the original pine pollen baby can tell you. (After all the importance of good nutrition is even more important at these stages.)
Quick Recap of the Benefits of Pine Pollen Tincture
When you tincture pine pollen you have something quite different. The alcohol draws out the phyto-androgens, concentrating them. Other components will come along too, but not everything that is found in the powder.
By squirting the alcohol tincture in your mouth, and holding it under your tongue, the hormones can immediately enter your blood stream. No digestive tract to get past, thus they’re available right away in your system.
With the tincture, it is better to think of this as BOOSTING your hormones. And on that note this could likely be overdone. Its still nothing like shooting up with steroids, but if a person downed a bottle of tincture it would probably have some negative side effects.
For this reason, pine pollen tinctures are generally only recommended for men over the age of 30. Anyone younger than that should be just fine hormonally although this day and age with all the environmental pollutants, I can’t say that’s necessarily the case. For instance even at 29, I have used pine pollen tinctures off and on over the past couple of years. But anyone under 20 definitely should avoid them. That means no children at all.
Although they’re not generally recommended for women, a few women have used pine pollen tinctures and reported great benefit. You’ll have to make the choice for yourself. Definitely not for pregnant or lactating mothers. And in these cases it is typically 1 to 5 DROPS of the tincture.
In addition, it is best to cycle pine pollen tincture. Some people like to take it four or five days a week while taking a break the rest. Others will take it for a month then give it a week off. Or just a random approach, taking it every once in awhile. Any of these options and many others are fine. It’s just not something you want to be on forever.
Also, some people are sensitive to alcohol. A way to get around this, while still getting the tincture benefits, is to squirt it into a very hot liquid. The alcohol has a lower boiling point than water so it will evaporate while leaving behind the components.
Pine Pollen Tincture vs Powder…Why Not Combine?
The tincture boosts hormones. The powder modulates them. What follows it a bit of a theory though we’ve heard favorable results from customers already. By taking the two together you have the boosting effects, but also with all the other nutrition and the intelligence of the pine pollen you get in the powder which along with that.
Overall, this seems to give more holistic results while achieving the great hormonal benefits many men describe. For this reason, we’ve put together a special Men’s Hormone Package which includes both, and the addition of nettle root.
If you have any other questions be sure to ask below.
(There is another method that we’ve experimented with. In a tincture after the alcohol has drawn out the components for a couple weeks, the powder that is left is usually discarded. But using a Spagyric or alchemical process this powder can still be used through calcining it then being added back in. This results in the whole plant being available in a tinctured form, called a Spagyric tincture. While we don’t have this commercially available with pine pollen yet, our Nettle Root Tinctures and Ashwagandha Tinctures are both spagyrically prepared.)
So it is best not to think in terms of pine pollen tincture vs powder. It is better instead to see each as having valuable, somewhat different benefits.
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Mark says
How can I get the pine pollen spargyric tincture did not see it on your product list
admin says
It’s available on this page – https://lostempireherbs.com/product/pine-pollen-tincture/
Vikram says
Hi… I’m 45 yrs old. Seem to have totally lost my libido…hardly any erections… PE…& no morning wood at all.
What’ll work for me..?
Regards.
admin says
Nothing works for everyone and there are many factors to consider, especially for someone as young as you are. I’d read this article first and take it from there – https://lostempireherbs.com/erectile-dysfunction/
Peter says
Mega dosages Pine Pollen, Doctors Best L Arginine D Aspartic acid Tribulis Terrestris, L Citrulline works like Cialis. Resistance exercises promote high T Levels.
63 years old. Elliptical level 25
17 flights of stairs. 25 minutes of short but intense work out does it.
Skipton says
Can I take pine pollen tincture, TKA and nettle root before bed to increase my wood in the morning?
admin says
Yes give it a try.
Keith says
Hey Im a 21 year old bodybuilder and am very interested in using the tincture instead of going to the dark side (synthetic hormones)
But Im worried about wrecking my naturally occurring testosterone levels, wich can happen when taking steroids.
Is this a possibility?
I can’t find any information on this.
Thanks a ton.
admin says
In our view, with something natural, especially since it is very minimal amounts of testosterone, it isn’t likely to cause permanent issues. Personally, I felt like using it helped me to get to a place where my testosterone is better without it. Still to be safe we do recommend cycling with the stronger herbs like the pine pollen tincture.
john thomson says
dear sir I am 50 yr old tried many supplements without any success ie zma capsules,d-aspartic acid alomg with nettle root extract for estrogen issues jelqing excercises,wear a blakoe ball zinger ring nightly,eat a testosterone diet regularly,i exercise hiit but not regularly,i have an enlarged prostate for the last 7 yrs,also have a right sided testicle cyst & have had left sided varicoceles since my teenage days,on no meds atall,im considering the full package of lost empire herbs to cycle or considering to try either the powder form or tincture form of pine pollen?,my greatest benegit only ive had recently that got me pleasantly surprised was using an aneros helix prostate massager of which on occasions I just rode the waves of euphorie when they came,just looking for a boost in my sex drive as I am getting on & it is non existent ie very rarely morning wood, no lobido atall,i think it is caused by a backflow of free testosterone circulating normal pathways rather than being backflowed because of gravity to my prostate causing my bph,any ideas would be most appreciated as I only can pass semen when I rarely feel horny once every month?? many thanx for reply ps sick of going to my doctor only to be prescribed trt of which I rightly refused & the endroconologist was not helpful arall,all he was offering me was trt again I point blankly refused I want to get to the root of my problem as it is destroying my life? many thanx
admin says
Hey John. All I can say is try multiple of our herbs to find what works for you. I would recommend trying pine pollen powder, pine pollen tincture, tongkat ali. Also you might try out nettle root, as I can’t speak to the quality of the one that you did try. I can’t guarantee all of those will work, but that’s why we offer a money back guarantee.
Pete says
I took the pine polen tincture. It did nothing for me no erection , no morning wood as you stated. is this product for everyone. how long should i tae it to feel the effect.
admin says
Pete,
this is different for everyone, but it usually happens in first 2 weeks.
Unfortunately nothing works for everyone. If it didn’t work for you, feel free to take us up on our 365-day return policy and you’ll receive a full refund.
Denis says
I am 49 years old.
I just ordered Thorn’s Hammer along with the Pine Pollen package.
How should I be cycling this combo? Thinking of 5 days on and 2 days off with Thorn and Tincture. Pine Pollen every day.
Thanks
admin says
That sounds about right for Pine Pollen powder and tincture, but the recommended for Thor’s hammer is 1 tablespoon 30-60 minutes before sex or other physical activities, which means you don’t have to take it every day for it to work.
tim says
just received my pine powder but am wondering what the nettle root is all about,,,, is there a need to take it if you are on pine powder or the tincture???
admin says
Tim, it’s definitely not necessary to use nettle root along with pine pollen, but some like to take it to prevent aromatization (the conversion of testosterone into estrogen) – especially with the tincture.
Of course, nettle root comes with many other benefits which you read more about here – https://lostempireherbs.com/product/nettle-root/
Adam says
Scared to death of nettle root because of the debate over its effects as a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor. This is the kiss of death to the sex drive of someone who is sensitive to 5-AR inhibition. The whole concept of screwing around with your DHT levels is downright stupid, as elevated estrogen levels have been shown to be the devil in prostate issues.
DHT is an important male androgen. In fact, it’s the king of all androgens.
Some say Nettle is a 5-AR inhibitor and others say it works by a different mechanism. I’m afraid to roll the dice with it and find out. I never want to re-live the hell that fenugreek created for me (loss of libido, brain fog, no interest in training, no more ability to get pumps in the gym, etc). Recovery took eight full months.
DERIC says
pine pollen tastes amazing with orange/pineapple juice! the question is am i doing it a disservice by blending those two?
admin says
Feel free to mix them together, no harm in that.