Sea cabbage benefits and nutrition

Have you ever eaten sea cabbage? Let's learn about the benefits and nutrition of sea cabbage.

Sea lettuce

Other names: Ulva, sea spinach, sea lettuce, sea strips, moss. Usage tips: about 20 grams each time

Sea cabbage knowledge introduction:

Sea cabbage is the algae of the algae plant Ulva porifera of the Ulva family. The algae is emerald green, grows alone or in clusters, is 10 to 14 cm high, and often has holes of varying sizes. Every 100 grams of edible part of sea cabbage contains 47.8 grams of water, 11.2 grams of protein, 0.1 grams of fat, carbohydrates, 4.3 grams of crude fiber, and a variety of minerals and vitamins. It grows on rocks in the mid- and low-tidal zones. It is distributed in the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and less in the South China Sea. It contains a variety of minerals and vitamins.

Sea lettuce benefits and nutrition

Sea lettuce and other fruits contain alginate and selenium, which can reduce the risk of breast cancer, coronary heart disease and heart disease.

Additional information about sea cabbage:

Pharmacological experiments have shown that sea cabbage has the effect of lowering cholesterol.

Sea cabbage is suitable for people:

Edible to everyone

1. It is especially suitable for patients with heat stroke, swollen cervical lymph nodes, furuncle, dysuria, edema, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, etc.;

2. Pregnant women and people with weak spleen and stomach should avoid eating it with caution.

Therapeutic effects of sea lettuce

Sea cabbage is salty and cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, softening and dispersing nodules, promoting diuresis and lowering blood pressure. It is used for heatstroke, cervical lymphadenopathy, carbuncle, urinary incontinence, edema, hypertension, etc. Pharmacological experiments have shown that sea cabbage has a certain effect in lowering cholesterol.

The Compendium of Materia Medica states that it “digests water and promotes urination.” The Compendium of Materia Medica of Sea Drugs states that it “treats wind-induced constipation, five-stomach qi, urinary incontinence, and qi accumulation below the navel. It is advisable to boil the juice and drink it.”

Sea cabbage cooking instructions:

The medicinal diets of sea lettuce include the following:

For patients with hypertension and hyperlipidemia, take 15 grams each of Ulva, Sargassum, and Cassia seed, 9 grams of fried hawthorn, and 30 grams of corn silk, decocted in water and taken orally.

For those with swollen lymph nodes in the neck, 15 grams each of Ulva, Oyster, Kelp, and Isatis can be decocted in water and taken orally.

For those with edema and difficulty urinating, take 15 grams each of Ulva, Oyster Shell and Plantain, decocted in water and taken orally.

Drinking the juice of Ulva is a common way to eat it. You can also mash Ulva and copper algae in equal amounts and apply them to the affected area to treat internal poisoning, sores, boils, etc.