Nutritional value of sea cucumber
People in China have been eating sea cucumbers for thousands of years. Since ancient times, sea cucumber has been eaten or used as a tonic with high value. Data show that sea cucumber is a natural treasure house of nutrition, containing a high proportion of protein, rich vitamins, trace elements and some special nutrients, with more than 50 kinds of nutrients.
According to statistics, only 40 of more than 800 kinds of sea cucumbers are edible, and there are about 20 kinds in China, among which the nutritional value of sea cucumbers in the north is the highest. Sea cucumber is listed as the "eight treasures" in various delicious foods, which has the health care functions of invigorating qi, nourishing five internal organs and eliminating deficiency. It has many medicinal functions, such as promoting blood circulation, invigorating kidney and essence, strengthening yang, relieving fatigue, nourishing yin and promoting diuresis, softening and strengthening the body, clearing intestine and moistening dryness. Various books and publications have also expounded its functions of invigorating spleen and moistening dryness, improving intelligence and improving eyesight, nourishing blood and caring skin, blackening hair and caring skin, and moistening skin and prolonging life, so as to meet the needs of different groups of men, women and children.
(A) Bushen Yijing
Sea cucumber is a kind of precious seafood, named after its nourishing effect is similar to ginseng. Sea cucumber grows in the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea and the shallow sea bottom along the coast of Guangdong and Fujian. Because it is mainly submerged fishing, the number is very small.
Nutritional components of sea cucumber, per100g dry product.
Project protein Fat Sugar Calories Calcium Phosphorus Iron Potassium Vitamin B 1 Vitamin B2 Nicotinic Acid
The content is 76.5g1.1g13.2g 288.9g/kJ 357mg12mg2.4mg70mg0.01mg0.02mg0.1mg.
Sea cucumber has certain characteristics in composition, that is, the cholesterol content is very low and the fat is relatively small. It is a typical food with high protein, low fat and low cholesterol, especially suitable for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease.
Sea cucumber is not only delicious at the banquet, but also a treasure that nourishes the human body. Chinese medicine believes that sea cucumber is sweet, salty and warm, and has the functions of tonifying kidney, benefiting essence, strengthening yang, treating flaccidity, moistening dryness and relaxing bowels. Anyone with dizziness, tinnitus, backache, wet dream's nocturnal emission and frequent urination can take sea cucumber as a nourishing and dietetic product.
(II) Scope of treatment of sea cucumber
1, tumor and cancer
2, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, thrombosis, venous thrombosis, myocardial infarction, heart disease.
3, gastric and duodenal ulcers, chronic nephritis, diabetes, neurasthenia.
4, hepatitis, liver dysfunction, liver cirrhosis
5, anemia, tuberculosis, tuberculosis hemoptysis and all kinds of bleeding.
6, tumor metastasis, retinopathy, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration
7. AIDS, psoriasis, immune and non-immune inflammation and arthritis
8, sick, easy to catch a cold, physical weakness after illness, postpartum weakness, postoperative tonic, chronic illness with low fever, low back pain, tinnitus.
(3) Life preservative-sea cucumber
1, the god of brain, wisdom and longevity.
Sea cucumber contains more than 50 kinds of natural nutrients. Among them, acidic mucopolysaccharide and chondroitin have special effects of delaying aging. It can obviously reduce the contents of lipofuscin in heart tissue and hydroxyproline in skin, and has the purpose of delaying aging. Sea cucumber is known as "monopoly" because of its high arginine content. It is an important raw material for synthesizing human collagen. In addition, manganese, taurine, etc. All have unique functions of delaying human aging. Therefore, sea cucumber is also called "the God of Longevity". It is an ideal diet therapy for patients with diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease and cerebral thrombosis, and it is also the most effective substance to prevent atherosclerosis and repair old myocardial infarction. It has anticoagulant, blood lipid lowering, blood viscosity and plasma viscosity, and is obviously dependent on cerebral thrombosis, convalescence of myocardial infarction and ischemic heart disease, and has the functions of lowering blood pressure, reducing blood lipid and improving human immunity. It can improve the recovery period of myocardial infarction and cerebral thrombosis, and has the functions of clearing blood and preventing hypertension and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; It can improve blood sugar and urine sugar of diabetic patients.
2. Ocean Viagra-Sea Cucumber
Active substances such as zinc, acidic mucopolysaccharide and holothurin contained in sea cucumber can improve erectile function, inhibit ovulation and stimulate contraction, improve nerve conduction of brain and gonad, delay gonadal aging and enhance sexual desire. Stichopus japonicus is rich in arginine, so it is called "monopoly". Arginine is the main component of male sperm. It is very popular to use sea cucumber to tonify kidney in Korea and Japan. The secret of eating sea cucumber for tonifying kidney is to eat it continuously for more than 6 days according to the course of treatment, and the best effect is to eat it on an empty stomach every morning.
3. Anti-cancer panacea-sea cucumber
Sea cucumber has strong cytotoxicity and fish toxicity, can inhibit cancer cells, inhibit the synthesis of protein and ribonucleic acid, improve human immunity, resist cancer and sterilization, and has strong anti-corrosion ability. Selenium contained in sea cucumber can inhibit the growth of cancer cells and blood vessels, and has obvious anti-cancer effect. Science has proved that sea cucumber has obvious curative effect on cancer and obvious inhibitory effect on the growth and metastasis of malignant tumor. Clinically, it has been widely used for dietotherapy and treatment of patients with liver cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, bone cancer, lymphoma, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, breast cancer, leukemia, brain tumor and benign and malignant tumors with postoperative metastasis and recurrence.
4, the ideal tonic for pregnant women
Women eat sea cucumber from pregnancy, which can provide rich brain gold for the development of baby's brain and nervous system. Experiments show that children who absorb DNA from breast milk have a particularly strong memory; Conducive to children's physical development and IQ level. Through the follow-up investigation of 1000 pregnant women, it was found that every pregnant woman ate sea cucumber1000 g, and none of the babies born had mental retardation, calcium deficiency, hepatitis B, bright black hair and expired deciduous teeth.
5, the best tonic for surgical patients
The arginine content of sea cucumber is the highest. Arginine is an important raw material for synthesizing human collagen, which plays a special role in the repair of body injury. Some people have done comparative experiments: two surgical patients with similar conditions and similar age and weight, the patient who eats a sea cucumber every day will fully recover about 20 days earlier than the other patient. Therefore, patients after operation, pregnant women, patients with fracture and trauma, blood donors or other people with excessive blood loss can obviously shorten the rehabilitation time by eating sea cucumber to stop bleeding, replenish blood, restore vitality and restore body shape. Sea cucumber is known as "the first tonic" and "the god of enriching blood".
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(d) How to distinguish sea cucumbers?
Salted sea cucumbers and ready-to-eat sea cucumbers-those with large body, thick meat and no sediment should also be selected. If you find that the sea cucumber is over-inflated, the meat loses its toughness, and the fingers crack and break when you pinch it with a little force, and you can smell the obvious alkali smell, you must not buy it.
Dry sea cucumber-The color should be dark gray or gray, the shape should be complete and regular, the body should be uniform, the size should be basically the same, the thorn tip should be solid and shiny, the mouth should be exposed with a little lime, the incision should be small and clear, and the ginseng foot under the abdomen should be dense and clear; According to the specifications, the single weight varies from about 7 grams to more than 15 grams; There is no salt frost on the body surface; There is little charcoal ash or plant ash attached, and there is no impurity or odor.
(5) Production method of sea cucumber.
First, clean ginseng, then soak it in 15℃ ~ 25℃ warm water for 24 hours, and then cook it with clear water and low fire. After boiling, simmer for 15-20 minutes, then turn off the fire and stew until the water cools naturally. Then take the sea cucumber out of the pot, wash it, soak it in purified water for 12 hours, and then open its stomach to take out its teeth (the white object on its head is the sea cucumber teeth).
Note: 1, don't throw away the tendon, it has high nutritional value and can be used as soup; 2. The water quality must be clean in the process of sending ginseng; 3, sending sea cucumbers with pure water is not only big but also well absorbed by the human body; 4. The sea cucumber container uses a clean and oil-free special pot, and the best water capacity is to overflow the sea cucumber; 5, the sea cucumber after hair can be stored in cold storage; 6, it is best not to use thermos, because the heat preservation effect is good and the sea cucumber is easy to rot at high temperature for a long time; 7. protein and nutrients in sea cucumbers are not allowed in water, and they are not afraid of the loss of nutrients in water-based sea cucumbers.
Special instructions
If you are pressed for time or lazy, hehe, after washing the sea cucumber, put it in a thermos bottle filled with half a bottle of boiling water the night before (half a bottle of water won't soak the sea cucumber), take it out the next morning, soak it in clear water for one day, and you can eat it at night. Of course, you can send it another day. A bigger one tastes better.