Dewu River Korean Pine Mother Tree Seed Kernels

Dewu River Korean Pine Mother Tree Seed Kernels

Dewu River Korean Pine Mother Tree Seed Kernels are a protected geographical indication product.

　　Dewu River Korean Pine seed kernels are a specialty of the Dewu River area in Fusong County, Baishan City, Jilin Province. Also known as "fruit pine nuts" or "sea pine nuts," Dewu River Korean Pine mother tree seeds are the seeds of the precious Korean Pine tree. These large-sized seeds have delicious kernels and are hailed as "longevity fruits" or "life-extending fruits." With their high nutritional value, they are favored by many, and in 2003, they were approved as a nationally protected geographical indication product.

　　Korean Pine nuts are pollution-free, natural green foods. By cracking open their hard shells, you can find the kernels inside. The kernels contain 17 types of amino acids (such as oleic acid, linoleic acid, and linolenic acid), 20 kinds of macro and trace elements, with fat accounting for 70%, protein 12%, and starch 2.4%. They are nutrient-rich fruits from coniferous trees and are grown in high-altitude mountainous regions untouched by industrial pollution or agricultural contaminants like fertilizers and pesticides, making them an ideal green food produced in the best natural ecological environment. They serve as an excellent health-promoting food.

　　Korean Pine nuts have very high medicinal value. The *Compendium of Materia Medica* speaks highly of them: "They taste sweet, slightly warm, and are non-toxic. They treat joint wind, dizziness, remove dead flesh, dispel water qi, moisten the lungs, cure dry cough due to congestion, relieve constipation due to deficiency, and when consumed over a long period, lighten the body, prolong life, and delay aging." The natural vitamins found in pine nuts mainly include B2, B1, E, and carotene, among which vitamin E has the highest content. It helps keep the skin soft and plump, improves the skin’s moisture retention function, protects against UV damage, and plays a broad role in preventing and treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

　　Pine nuts are warm in nature and sweet in flavor. They nourish yin, calm wind, moisten the lungs, and lubricate the intestines. They treat conditions such as wind impediment, dizziness, dry cough, hematemesis, and constipation. The *Honcho Bencao* states: "It expels wind impediment and cold qi, treats deficiency and weak energy, supplements insufficiencies, moistens the skin, and enriches the five organs." The *Yuuqiu Yaoshi Jie* states: "It moistens the lungs and relieves cough, lubricates the intestines to ease bowel movements, unblocks passages to dispel impediment, enriches the skin, and nourishes the hair." Hence, regularly eating pine nuts can promote longevity and enhance beauty. However, those with spleen deficiency and loose stools, kidney deficiency with spermatorrhea, or excessive phlegm and dampness should not consume them excessively.

　　The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China has reviewed and approved the application for the protection of the origin-area product of Dewu River Korean Pine Mother Tree Seed Kernels. From this day forward, the protection of the origin-area product of Dewu River Korean Pine Mother Tree Seed Kernels is hereby implemented. The origin-area scope of the Dewu River Korean Pine Mother Tree Seed Kernels is based on the range proposed in the *Request for the Protection of the Origin-Area Product of Dewu River Korean Pine Mother Tree Seed Kernels* (Fuzheng Wen [2002] No. 20) issued by the People’s Government of Fusong County, which is the Dewu River area in Fusong County, Jilin Province. The geographical coordinates are longitude 127°29′–128°02′ and latitude 42°25′–42°35′.