Yichun red pine nuts

Pine nuts are the fruits of red pine trees, also known as sea pine nuts. Pine nuts contain fat, protein and carbohydrates. Pine nut is an important Chinese medicine, which can keep fit, moisturize the skin and prolong life. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen spoke highly of the medicinal use of pine nuts. He wrote in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Sea pine nuts, whose name is Silla pine nuts, are sweet and nontoxic; Indications are joint wind, dizziness, muscle loss, whitening, dispersing moisture, moistening the five internal organs, expelling wind and freezing cold, deficiency and deficiency of qi, fattening the five internal organs, dispersing wind and moistening the stomach, and prolonging life. " Edible, can be used as candy, pastry accessories, but also as a substitute for vegetable oil. Pine nut oil is not only edible, but also an important raw material for dry paint and leather industry. Pine nut skin can be used to make dyes, activated carbon and so on. In a word, pine nuts are a treasure with high economic value in forest areas. China is the main country exporting pine nuts, and Yichun is the main producing area of red pine nuts.
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