1. Spread the pine cones with a flat-bottomed tray and expose them to the sun for a day.

2. Hit the exposed pine cone (preferably with scales) with a wooden stick to let the pine nuts in the pine cone fall out.

3. Check the pine nuts in the pine cones and pick out the ones that haven't fallen out with bamboo sticks.

4. Songta: Songta is also known as Songta and Pinecone.

5. Pinus bungeana (hupensis) of Pinaceae.

6. pine nuts are the seeds of pine trees.

7. Pine nuts contain fat, protein, carbohydrates and other ingredients.

8. Pine nuts are not only important Chinese herbal medicines, but also have high therapeutic value.

9. Pine cones are brown and have multiple scales with pine nuts between them.

10. The scales of alpine pine trees are thin and dense, while those of subtropical pine trees are thick and sparse, and the pine fragrance is not obvious. Fresh pine cone scales have small spines at the top.