nutritive value
Kelp contains extremely high iodine, which is the main raw material for synthesizing thyroxine in the body. Regular consumption can make hair moist and black.
Kelp has certain medicinal value, because kelp contains a lot of iodine, which is the main substance of thyroid synthesis. If the human body lacks iodine, it will suffer from "coarse neck disease", that is, hypothyroidism. Therefore, kelp is the best food for hypothyroidism patients. Kelp also contains a lot of mannitol, which has the function of diuresis and detumescence, and can prevent and treat renal failure, senile edema and drug poisoning. Mannitol, together with iodine, potassium and nicotinic acid, has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on arteriosclerosis, hypertension, chronic bronchitis, chronic hepatitis, anemia and edema. The high-quality protein and unsaturated fatty acids in kelp have certain preventive and therapeutic effects on heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. Chinese medicine believes that kelp is salty and cold, which has the functions of softening and resolving hard mass, diminishing inflammation, relieving asthma, diuresis, removing fat and lowering blood pressure, and has a good effect on preventing and treating silicosis.
Kelp colloid can promote the excretion of radioactive substances in the body with stool, thus reducing the accumulation of radioactive substances in the human body and reducing the incidence of radioactive diseases.
Edible effect
When used in traditional Chinese medicine, kelp is called "kelp", which is salty and cold. Enter the liver, stomach, kidney and lung meridians.
It can soften phlegm, eliminate dampness, relieve itching, clear heat and promote diuresis. Used for goiter, diaphragmatic choking, hernia, testicular swelling and pain, excessive leucorrhea, edema, beriberi, etc.
Used for cooling and relieving summer heat: kelp, wax gourd and mung bean are appropriate, and soup is made.
Applicable people
1. Suitable for iodine deficiency, goiter, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, osteoporosis, dystrophic anemia, and hair thinning.
2. It is especially suitable for people with energy deficiency, iodine deficiency, qi and blood deficiency, ascites due to liver cirrhosis and neurasthenia;
3. People with deficiency of spleen and stomach should be careful to eat. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, patients with hyperthyroidism and iodine excess, pregnant women and nursing mothers are forbidden to eat.