The number of thorns of a sea cucumber is not the only criterion that determines whether it is good or bad, but the most crucial factors are the place of origin and the sea area. Generally speaking, the density of the thorns has little to do with the quality of a sea cucumber, and the number of thorns is related to the growing environment. Therefore, when choosing a sea cucumber, it is important to avoid looking at the number of thorns only, and it is even more important to choose a sea cucumber that has a thick and fat body wall.

The sea cucumber has no thorns, but its nutritional content is not comparable to that of the sea cucumber. The saying that "eggplant ginseng is a dish, prickly ginseng is a medicine" is the most scientific and objective expression of the two, which means that just as a dish, there is not much difference between light ginseng and prickly ginseng, and if you eat ginseng at the same time, you will have a mood, and prickly ginseng should be the first choice.

Based on the back of the sea cucumber whether or not there are conical spiny warty feet into the "spiny ginseng" and "light skin ginseng", the light ginseng is we often see "sea eggplant, some stone ginseng, chigua ginseng, piggery ginseng, etc., is characterized by There is no thorns on the surface. Although the taste of light ginseng is not much different from that of prickly ginseng, its nutrient composition is different from each other, in which the best nourishing effect belongs to prickly ginseng, which has a thick body wall and red glutinous meat.