The sea cucumber, belonging to the class of sea cucumber (Holothuroidea), is a marine echinoderm living in the seashore to 8,000 meters, with a history of more than 600 million years, and it feeds on seabed algae and plankton. The sea cucumber is covered with thorns and is widely distributed in the world's oceans. There are more kinds of sea cucumbers along the coast of South China Sea, about twenty kinds of sea cucumbers are available for consumption. Sea cucumber is famous with ginseng, bird's nest and shark's fin, and it is one of the eight treasures of the world. Sea cucumber is not only a precious food, but also a valuable medicinal herb. According to "Gleanings from the Compendium of Materia Medica", sea cucumber is sweet and salty in flavor, tonifying the kidney, benefiting the essence and marrow, taking urine, strengthening the yang and curing impotence, and its nature is warm and complementary to the enemy's ginseng, so it is called sea cucumber. Sea cucumber has the functions of improving memory, delaying gonadal aging, preventing arteriosclerosis and anti-tumor. With the popularization of the knowledge of the value of sea cucumber, sea cucumber gradually enters the people's table. The living environment determines the quality of sea cucumber.

Taboos of eating sea cucumber

1, and sea cucumber food

Sea cucumber is rich in protein and calcium and other nutrients, and grapes, persimmons, hawthorn, pomegranate, green fruits and other fruits contain more tannins, and if you eat them at the same time, they not only lead to the protein coagulation, which makes it difficult to be digested and absorbed, but also cause abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. In addition, sea cucumber should not be taken with licorice.

2, people who should not eat sea cucumber

Sea cucumber is slippery and greasy in nature, and should not be eaten by those who have dampness in the spleen and stomach, cough and phlegm, and thick and greasy tongue. Patients with colds and diarrhea should not eat sea cucumber for the time being. Sea cucumbers are rich in protein, so don't eat too much each time to avoid indigestion. People with weak spleen and stomach can take sea cucumber health food selectively.