Historical data of rape pollen

As the essence of plants, pollen was recognized and utilized by our ancestors as early as 2000 years ago. In Lisao, Qu Sang Yuan wrote the famous sentence "Drink the dew of Mulan in the morning and Qiuju in the evening". The earliest pharmacological monograph in China, Shennong Materia Medica Classic, recorded pine pollen and cattail pollen, saying that these two kinds of pollen are sweet and non-toxic, and are mainly used for treating heart qi, abdominal distension, heat evil, diuresis, removing blood stasis, making people feel comfortable for a long time, benefiting qi and prolonging life. Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty ate a "flower cake" made of pollen, and Empress Dowager Cixi in the Qing Dynasty bathed in pollen mixed with yellow wine. Greek philosophers believe that the secret of eternal youth is pollen, and early Olympic athletes used pollen to supplement energy. Pollen, which means pollen in English, originally means "energetic and powerful". Pollinologists, nutritionists and medical scientists have conducted in-depth research on the health care, pharmacological effects and efficacy of pollen on human beings. The results show that pollen has the functions of preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases, reducing blood lipid, regulating nervous system, promoting sleep, regulating gastrointestinal system function, promoting digestion and treating habitual constipation. It plays a certain role in regulating endocrine, improving immune function, anti-aging, improving sexual function and treating male infertility. It also has obvious effects of preventing and inhibiting cancer, protecting liver, preventing anemia and diabetes, and resisting fatigue. In addition, the beauty effect of bee pollen is obvious, and its mechanism lies in comprehensively regulating the balance of human endocrine system, fundamentally improving the vitality of skin cells, enhancing the metabolic function of skin, preventing facial pigmentation, rough skin and aging, and keeping skin moist, fair, shiny and elastic.