The real sea dragon is very valuable, and its medicinal value is high. Sweet, salty and warm in nature, it has the effects of tonifying kidney, strengthening yang, dispersing stagnation, relieving swelling, relaxing muscles and tendons, stopping bleeding and relieving pain, and inducing labor. It can be used for treating male impotence, female induced labor, breast cancer, lymphoid tuberculosis, traumatic injury, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, asthma and other symptoms, especially for induced labor. Compendium of Materia Medica records: "The sea dragon is twice as large as the hippocampus, and induced labor is especially effective."
The medicine of Hailong Gum, mainly refined from Hailong, has the functions of warming yang, strengthening kidney, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, and benefiting lumbar vertebrae, and can be used for treating impotence due to qi deficiency in men, dysmenorrhea due to blood deficiency in women, and backache. Because of its various medicinal functions, Hailong is expensive in the market, which is not only loved by domestic people, but also favored in the international market.
So restaurants may use oysters instead.