This product is the fronds of Kelp (Laminaria japonica Aresch.) or Kelp (Ecklonia kurome Okam.). Mainly produced in Shandong, Liaoning, Zhejiang and other places. It is excavated in summer and autumn, impurities are removed, rinsed, cut into wide strips and dried in the sun.

[Property]

salty, cold. act on liver and kidney channels.

[Efficacy]

dispersing phlegm and softening hardness, disinhibiting water and dispersing edema.

[Indications]

Same as seaweed, often used with seaweed mutual reinforcement.

[Documentation]

1. Bielu: "Twelve kinds of edema, galls gather Qi, fistulas."
2. Bencao Jingshu: "kelp, salty can soften hardness." , its nature is moistening purgation, cold can remove heat and dissipate stagnation, so it is responsible for the twelve kinds of edema, galls and fistulas are as hard as stones, and it can't be removed unless this is the case. Also. Its smell, performance, and treatment are roughly the same as seaweed."

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[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 6~2g.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains alginic acid, kelp, galactan and other polysaccharides, Kelp acid, glutamic acid, Asparagus Root acid, proline and other amino acids, vitamins B1, B2, C, P and carotene. Inorganic salts such as iodine, potassium, and calcium, because they contain iodine and iodide, have the effect of preventing and treating iodine deficiency goiter; Kelp acid and potassium salts have antihypertensive effects; alginic acid and Kelp acid have the effect of lowering serum cholesterol ; In addition, it has a grade I laxative effect.