🌿 Sea Cucumber
[Name]Sea Cucumber (Spiny, Smooth, or Common)
[Flavor and Nature]Sweet, salty, warm.
[Meridian Tropism]Enter the Heart, Kidney, Spleen, and Lung meridians.
[Function]
1. Tonifying the Kidneys: used for spermatorrhea, impotence, frequent urination caused by kidney deficiency.
2. Moistening Dryness: used for constipation due to yin deficiency and intestinal dryness.
3. Nourishing Blood: used for blood deficiency after hemorrhage.
[Composition]Dried sea cucumber contains 55.51% crude protein, crude fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, sulfur. Water-soaked sea cucumber contains 21.5% protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, iodine.
[Note]Avoid use in patients with excessive phlegm, diarrhea, or spleen deficiency with dampness and unresolved pathogenic factors.