The worm is also called sea ginseng, scientific name Sipunculus nudus, and commonly known as "worm". It's very much like a intestine, long and cylindrical, with a body length of about 10-20 cm. It's naked and hairless, and its longitudinal muscles are bundled, and each ring muscle is staggered to form a square lattice pattern. Although Sipunculus is not as valuable as sea cucumber, shark's fin and abalone, it tastes delicious and crisp, which is not as good as sea cucumber and shark's fin.
Most of the sandworms lie in the sand, and the cave mouth is slightly sunken, so the animals are frightened and quickly shrink into the depths and are not easy to be collected. In China, they are mainly distributed in Yantai, Huiquan Bay, Pingtan, Xiamen, Xiaoleng Island, Shatoujiao, Zhanjiang, Haikou, Baimajing, Qinglan Port, Weizhou Island and Taiwan Province.
Abroad: warm water in the world, distributed along the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean.
Nutritional value of sand worm:
Cold in nature, sweet and salty in taste, it has the effects of nourishing yin, reducing fire, clearing away lung heat and tonifying deficiency. According to the medical records, it is best to eat sand worms if there are symptoms such as bone steaming hot flashes, night sweats due to yin deficiency, cough and asthma due to lung deficiency, chest tightness and excessive phlegm, and lack of postpartum milk for women. For tuberculosis, cough, neurasthenia, spleen deficiency or dryness in children, it is effective to drink lean broth with worm and ginger slices. Because the worm nourishes yin and tonifies the kidney, and children suffer from frequent nocturnal urination due to kidney deficiency, cooking worm porridge can get good curative effect. Therefore, the worm is a nutritious and dietetic product suitable for all ages.