This product is the fronds of Kelp, a plant of the Kelp family, or kelp, a plant of the family Kelp (Ecklonia kurome Okam) and wakame (Undaria Pinatifida (Haru.) Sur.). Mainly produced in Shandong, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places in China. Harvest in summer and autumn, remove impurities, rinse, cut into wide strips, and dry in the sun. Kelp and kelp have basically the same nature, taste, efficacy, and food therapy applications. However, because kelp is rough, people only eat it in lean years.

[Property]

salty, cold. act on liver and kidney channels.

[Efficacy]

Clear phlegm and soften hardness, disinhibiting water and dispersing edema, clearing away heat.

1. It is used for galls, scrofula, testicular swelling and pain, etc. kelp It tastes salty and cold in nature, and has the effect of softening and dispersing phlegm. To treat galls, it is often used with Fritillaria Bulb, such as seaweed Yubo Decoction; to treat scrofula, it is often used with Prunella, L>Scrophularia Root and Forsythia can be used equally, such as internal elimination scrofula pills; to treat testicular swelling and pain, use Tangerine Seed, Chuandongzi, etc., such as Jisheng Fang Tangerine Seed Pill.
2. Used for athlete's foot, edema, etc. kelp has the effect of disinhibiting water and dispersing edema, and can be used together with damp-excreting medicinals such as Alisma. Often used with seaweed mutual reinforcement.

[Documentation]

1. Bielu: "It is responsible for the twelve kinds of edema, and galls gather qi."
2. Bencao Jingshu: "Salty kelp can soften and harden; its nature Moistening purgation, cold can remove heat and dissipate stagnation, so it is responsible for the twelve kinds of edema, and galls are as hard as stones. It cannot be removed unless this is the case. Performance, treatment, and seaweed are roughly the same."

[Usage and Dosage]

10~15 grams. Decoct and take.

[Modern Pharmacology]

Kelp contains alginic acid, kelp, galactan and other polysaccharides, Kelp acid, glutamic acid, Asparagus Root acid, proline and other amino acids, vitamins and inorganic salts such as carotene, iodine, potassium and calcium. . Because it contains iodine and iodide, it has 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. Additionally, there is grade I laxative effect.