Sea cucumber, also known as prickly ginseng, sea mouse and sea squash, is a kind of valuable seafood, which is called sea cucumber because of its tonic effect similar to that of ginseng. Its shape is very much like cucumber, with soft and tender meat and dark brown form. Sea cucumber is one of the "eight treasures" of seafood with bird's nest, abalone and shark's fin. Sea cucumber is not only a precious food, but also a valuable medicine.

Nutritional composition

Sea cucumber is rich in nutrients. In every 100 grams of fresh sea cucumber, the protein content is as high as 16.5 grams, 0.4 grams of carbohydrates, 0.9 grams of fat, but the cholesterol is not high, which is a typical high-protein, low-fat, low-cholesterol food. Sea cucumber is also rich in calcium, vitamin E, iodine, phosphorus, iron and vanadium. In addition, the selenium content in sea cucumber is very high, which is a rare "selenium-rich food".

Nutritional effects

Sea cucumber is a typical high-protein, low-fat, low-cholesterol food, which has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on hypertension, coronary heart disease, fatty liver, diabetes and so on.

The 18 kinds of amino acids contained in sea cucumber can enhance the metabolic function of tissues and cell vitality of the body, which is suitable for adolescents in growth and development. Sea cucumber can regulate the water balance of human body, which is suitable for women with leg and foot edema during pregnancy.

The ginseng keratin in sea cucumber can promote the hematopoietic function of red bone marrow and effectively improve the symptoms of anemia; it contains natural active calcium, which is incomparable with other food products in terms of its calcium supplementation effect.

Sea cucumber saponin can inhibit tumors, improve body immunity, inhibit the growth and metastasis of certain tumors. Sea cucumber also contains a large amount of selenium, which can effectively prevent and fight cancer.

Sea cucumber contains special active substances, which are the main components of male sperm cells, with the effect of improving erectile force, inhibiting ovulation and stimulating uterine contraction, improving brain and gonadal nerve function conduction, slowing down the aging of gonads, increasing the efficacy of libido requirements, anti-fatigue, anti-aging, replenishing the essence of kidneys, and the effect of aphrodisiacs is obvious.

The collagen content in sea cucumber can be comparable to that of Colla Corii Asini, turtle board glue and deer horn glue in traditional Chinese medicine, which can not only produce blood and nourish blood, delay the aging of the organism, but also make the skin full, reduce wrinkles, lighten and eliminate facial pigmentation, make the skin delicate and glossy, and do not gain weight, and both men and women are applicable.

There are two kinds of polyunsaturated fatty acids, EPA and DHA, among which DHA plays a vital role in the development of fetal brain cells.

Sea cucumber can remove excessive free radicals in the body, regulate the endocrine system, beautify the skin and slow down the aging process.

Nicotinic acid, taurine, potassium, nickel and other nutrients in sea cucumber have the function of eliminating fatigue and regulating the nervous system.

Sea cucumber is laxative and moisturizing, which can improve constipation.

Medicinal function

The Chinese medicine believes that sea cucumber is sweet, salty and flat in nature, and enters the kidney and lung meridians, which has the effect of tonifying the kidney and essence, nourishing yin and strengthening the yang, replenishing the blood and regulating the menstruation, and nourishing the fetus and facilitating the birth. The main treatment of essence and blood loss, weakness and labor, impotence, dreaming, frequent urination, intestinal dryness and constipation, lung deficiency cough, hemoptysis, intestinal wind and blood, bleeding from trauma, and so on.