Plant morphology: The alga is brown, long banded, leathery, generally 2-6 meters long and 20-30 centimeters wide. Algae body is obviously divided into fixator, stalk and blade. The solidus is pseudo-root-like, the stalk is stout and short cylindrical, and the upper part of the stalk is a broad and long band-like blade. In the center of the blade there are two parallel shallow grooves, in the middle of the middle band, 2-5 mm thick, in the middle band of the two edges of the thinner wave-like folds. It is also an alga, the root-like part is only a rhizome that acts as a cement, and the leaf-like part is called a phyllode.
[Origin, season of production] China's Liaoning, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and the northern coast of Guangdong Province are cultured, wild kelp in the low-tide line below the depth of 2-3 meters on the rocks are. Due to the impact of the difference in temperature from north to south, light and other factors, so that the growth of kelp maturity early and late, in the same sea area or the same seedling rope on the kelp, the maturity of its successive, so the harvest period extends from mid-May to the first half of July.
[Economic value] kelp is a high nutritional value of vegetables, per 100 grams of dried kelp contains: 8.2 grams of crude protein, 0.1 grams of fat, 57 grams of sugar, 9.8 grams of crude fiber, 12.9 grams of inorganic salts, 2.25 grams of calcium, 0.15 grams of iron, as well as 0.57 milligrams of carotenoids, thiamin (vitamin B1) 0.69 milligrams of riboflavin (vitamin B2) 0.5 mg. 36 milligrams, niacin 16 milligrams, can issue 262 dry calories. Compared with spinach, rape, in addition to vitamin C, its crude protein, sugar, calcium, iron content are several times higher, dozens of times. Kelp is a seaweed with high iodine content. Cultured kelp generally contains iodine 3-5% 0, as much as 7-10 flood. The iodine and fucoidan extracted from it are widely used in medicine, food and chemical industry. Iodine is one of the essential elements of the human body, iodine deficiency will suffer from enlarged thyroid line, eat more kelp can prevent and cure this disease. Can also prevent atherosclerosis, reduce cholesterol and lipid accumulation.
Kelp can make kelp soy sauce, kelp sauce, flavor powder. The Japanese use kelp ground into powder as an additive to foods such as red sausage, and use kelp tea as a noble food to express joy.
Industrial use of kelp to extract potassium salts, brown algae gum, mannitol, used to replace the flour pulp yarn, pulp cloth, used as a clarifying agent in the production of wine, but also for medical supplies.
Sodium fucoidan in kelp has the effect of preventing leukemia and bone pain; arterial hemorrhage also has the effect of hemostasis, oral can reduce the absorption of radioactive element strontium-90 in the intestinal tract. Sodium fucoidan has antihypertensive effect. Kelp starch has the effect of lowering blood lipids. In recent years, it has also been found that an extract of kelp has anticancer effects. Kelp mannitol is effective in the treatment of acute renal failure, cerebral edema, B encephalitis, acute glaucoma. It is consumed sparingly by people with cold spleen and stomach.
Kelp is exported to Japan as sea belt.
-The harmonic word for seaweed is "seaweed", which refers to people who have studied and worked abroad, but who cannot adapt to the domestic environment and have to stay in the job after returning home. Pine nut kelp
Therapeutic
Performance flavor salty, cold. Attributed to the liver, stomach, kidney meridian. It can reduce inflammation and soften hardness, and benefit water.
Applications
1. Used for gall tumors and scrofula. Use this product alone, or with kombu and wakame to enhance the function of eliminating phlegm and softening and dispersing knots.
2. It is used for choking and eating. Available sand nuts *** research powder, milk delivery, *** play phlegm dispersal of knots, beneficial to the function of the stomach.
3. For hernia, testicular cysts. Can be combined with seaweed, cumin.
4. It is used for edema and foot odor. It can be combined with other diuretic drugs.
In addition, it is also used in modern times for hypertension, coronary heart disease, tumors and so on. Use this product alone, or with suitable drugs.
Use decoction soup, boiled, cold, sugar soaked, or make pills, bulk service
Note that the spleen and stomach cold, the body wasting people should not
Kelp is the leafy body of the kelp plant Kelpaceae. It is distributed or artificially cultivated along the coasts of Shandong, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. It is harvested in summer and fall, and usually dried in the sun.
The taste is salty and cold.
Functions and IndicationsSubduing phlegm and softening hardness, draining heat and inducing diuresis, relieving cough and asthma, dispelling fat and lowering blood pressure, dispersing knots and anticancer. Used for gall tumors, scrofula, hernia degeneration, cough, edema, hypertension, coronary heart disease, obesity.
Selected kelp therapeutic prescriptions
1, the treatment of gall tumors, scrofula: 50 grams of kelp, 50 grams of lean pork fried. 2 times a day. Or kelp 50 grams, 30 grams of kombu, water fried, 2 times a day.
2, the treatment of itchy skin dampness: 50 grams of kelp, 50 grams of mung beans, 50 grams of brown sugar boiled in water to eat, once a day.
3, summer fever, hypertension, high blood pressure: 30 grams of kelp, 100 grams of winter melon, 30 grams of coix seed with boiled soup. Add the right amount of sugar to eat, once a day.
4, the treatment of testicular swelling and pain: 15 grams of kelp, 15 grams of seaweed, 6 grams of fennel, water decoction, once a day.
5, the treatment of hypertension, arteriosclerosis and chronic bronchitis coughing: 15 grams of kelp, 100 grams of round-grained rice, 50 grams of lean pork, with porridge, with the right amount of salt or sugar seasoning to eat.
6, the treatment of liver fire headache, conjunctivitis: 20 grams of kelp, 30 grams of cassia, decoction, eat kelp and drink soup. 2 times a day.
7, the treatment of iodine deficiency and adolescent goiter: 25 grams of kelp, 10 grams of hairy vegetables, 100 grams of oysters, with boiled soup, often eat.
8, the treatment of chronic pharyngitis: 500 grams of kelp, washed and cut into small pieces, boiled and fished out, add 200 grams of sugar and mix, marinate for 1 day can be consumed. 2 times a day, each time you eat 50 grams.
9, the treatment of obesity: kelp powder 2 grams, 1 plum, boiling water soak to take, 2 times a day.
10, the treatment of skin heat rash, cervical lymphadenitis, simple goiter: 60 grams of kelp, 70 grams of mung beans, 100 grams of round-grained rice, 1 slice of Chenpi, with porridge, with the right amount of sugar seasoning food.
11, candied kelp: 500 grams of water kelp, cleaned and cut into small pieces, boiled and fished out, plus 250 grams of sugar, mix, marinate for a day after you can eat. Twice a day, 50 grams per serving. There is a soft solid dispersing effect, can cure chronic pharyngitis.
12, kelp porridge: 10-15 grams of kelp, 100 grams of round-grained rice, pork lean, with porridge, with the right amount of salt (or sugar) seasoning. There are soft, antihypertensive, diuretic effect, suitable for hypertension, arteriosclerosis and chronic bronchitis cough and asthma. The hardening of the arteries and chronic bronchitis, coughing and asthma.
13, kelp, winter melon and coix seed rice soup: kelp (or seaweed) 30 grams, 100 grams of winter melon, coix seed rice 10 grams, with boiled soup, with the right amount of sugar seasoning to eat. There are lower blood pressure, lower blood fat, clearing heat, dampness and spleen, anti-cancer effect.
14, oyster drum kelp soup: oyster drum 100 grams, 25 grams of kelp, 10 grams of hairy vegetables, with the soup, often consumed, can cure iodine deficiency and adolescent goiter.
15, kelp and mung bean sugar water: 60 grams of kelp, shredded, 150 grams of mung beans, with boiled soup, add the right amount of brown sugar to taste. There are tonic heart, diuretic, soft, eliminate phlegm, scattering gall tumor effect. Apply to hypertension, foot edema, cervical lymphatic tuberculosis, simple goiter, children's summer heat rash boils, phlegm heat cough and so on. Kelp dietary formula
16, kelp in moderation, often boiled soup consumption, can cure hypertension, coronary heart disease, obesity, hyperlipidemia, and anti-cancer effect.
Use and dosage decoction soup, boiled, cold. 15-50 grams each time.
It is contraindicated for people with cold spleen and stomach.
Composition and medicinal use
This product contains a variety of organic substances and iodine, potassium, calcium, iron and other elements, but also contains proteins, fatty acids, sugars, a variety of vitamins and niacin. It can prevent and control endemic goiter and significantly reduce cholesterol. Eating kelp can increase the intake of iodine, a large increase in the absorption of calcium, which is considered to be one of the factors with anti-cancer effect. For hypertension, arteriosclerosis and excess fat have certain preventive and auxiliary therapeutic effects.
The best nutritional partner on the table
Tofu with kelp
Tofu with kelp
Tofu is rich in nutrients, saponin-containing ingredients that can inhibit the absorption of fats, promote lipolysis, and prevent atherosclerosis of the peroxides produced. However, saponin will cause the body of iodine deficiency, and kelp is rich in essential iodine (24 grams of iodine per 100 grams of kelp). Because kelp contains more iodine, can also induce goiter, the two eat together, so that the saponin in the tofu is excreted a little more, can make the body of iodine elements in a balanced state.
But it should be noted that the kelp is cold, the spleen and stomach cold people avoid eating. Patients suffering from hyperthyroidism should not eat kelp. Pregnant women, lactating mothers should not eat too much kelp, because the iodine in kelp can enter the fetus (baby) with blood circulation, causing fetal (baby) thyroid dysfunction.
Sesame with kelp
Sesame with kelp
According to modern nutritional analysis, sesame contains a variety of nutrients that the human body needs, its protein content is more than meat, which is very rich in amino acids, calcium content of milk 2 times. Sesame is richer in fat, up to 54%, there are more lecithin, can prevent premature whitening or loss of hair. It contains vitamin E and other nutrients beneficial to the skin, can improve blood circulation, promote metabolism, received the effect of beauty.
Kelp is rich in calcium and iodine, which helps synthesize thyroxine. These two foods with, not only can beauty, but also delay the role of aging.
Cold sesame kelp is a very nutritious and refreshing cold dish. First 100 grams of sesame seeds to impurities, scrub clean, into the pot, with a small fire slowly fried, when fried to sesame incense, out of the pot to cool. 350 grams of wet kelp washed and cut into silk. Steam the kelp for 15 minutes on high heat, then remove from the pot to cool, add MSG, vinegar, sugar, olive oil and mix well to plate, sprinkle with sesame seeds, mix well that is complete.
The difference between seaweed and kelp, seaweed mostly refers to algae floating on the sea surface, it includes a variety of plants. Kelp is a kind of algae plants, in algae plants is more complex. Kelp is mostly attached to rocks and fixed by pseudoroots.
Algae are the simplest class of plants. There are unicellular and multicellular. Algae plants do not have organs such as roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, etc. They have a simple structure and tend to float with the waves, reproducing by dichotomy. More complex algal plants have evolved pseudoroots and use sporulation. Pseudoroots are not roots, they do not absorb mineral elements and transport nutrients, but only play a fixed role. Algae plants can not survive and reproduce without the water environment, the vast majority of survival and rivers, lakes and seas.