The meat of king crab is cold in nature and salty in taste, which has the function of soothing tendons and benefiting qi, regulating the stomach and eliminating food, opening meridians and channels, dispersing all kinds of heat, clearing heat and nourishing yin, and it can be used in treating bruises, tendon injuries and fractures, and allergic dermatitis. In addition, king crab has good curative effect on high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, cerebral thrombosis, high blood fat and various cancers. King crab has high cholesterol and purine, gout patients should exercise self-restraint when consuming it, and people suffering from colds, hepatitis and cardiovascular diseases should not eat crab. China has a tradition of eating crab before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, due to the traditional Chinese medicine that the crab is cold, so it is often used ginger, perilla and other configurations of edible crab using seasonings.