Sea cucumber is highly nutritional with very low cholesterol. It is a typical high-protein, low fat, low cholesterol food for health. In addition, the sea cucumber contains calcium, iron, phosphorus, vitamins among others. It is tender, easy to digest, and is therefore very suitable for the elderly, children and people who are weak.

Sea cucumber's medicinal value is also high. Chinese medicine believes that cucumber is mild, non-toxic, and can be good for the kidney as well as other body functions. It is a preferred dietary supplement for people with long illness such as tuberculosis, blood loss, dizziness, backache, fatigue, frequent urination, etc.

Furthermore, sea cucumber plays a role in anti-aging, enhance immunity and anti-radiation. Sea cucumber helps in boosting metabolism and enhancing blood flow. Therefore, it is appropriate for patients with hypertension, impotence, nocturnal emission, hardening of the arteries, and coronary heart disease.

The effectiveness of sea cucumber

1, Enhance immunity
Sea cucumber is rich in protein, minerals, vitamins and other 50 kinds of natural substances, can play a role in slow down aging. Reduce fatigue, improve immune function, and enhance resistance to disease, making it ideal for children, the aged and middle-aged men and women with physical weakness.

2, Enhance metabolism
Sea cucumber contains 18 kinds of amino acids can enhance tissue metabolism, enhance the body cell viability. It is suitable for growth and development of young people. Sea cucumber can regulate body water balance, and is therefore a good diet for women in their pregnancy.

3, Promote absorption of calcium
Sea cucumber can promote bone marrow function and improve symptoms of anemia. It contains natural active calcium which enables better calcium intake than any other foods. Sea cucumber is rich in arginine, lysine, taurine, calcium, phosphorus, iodine, iron, zinc, etc. These are all essential to human growth, immune mediation, wound healing, reproductive development and other physiological activities.

4, Prevent cardiovascular disease
Sea cucumber can lower lipids and regulate blood clotting. The Chinese medicine also believes that it helps patients with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, or hepatitis. Long-term adherence to eating sea cucumber can alleviate symptoms and treatment with good effect.

5, Lowers blood pressure, blood sugar level and lipids
Sea cucumber can regulate lipid metabolism, decrease body fat, lower blood sugar, blood lipids and cholesterol. Type 2 diabetes and high blood sugar situations can be improved in elderly. Frequent urination problem of the elderly can be improved as well.

6, Impotence treatment and atrophy
Sea cucumber contains special active substances which constitute to the main component of male germ cells. It helps to improve brain, gonad nerve conduction function, to delay gonadal aging, increase sexual desire and other effects. Its anti-fatigue, anti-aging, replenishing essence and aphrodisiac effects are especially significant.

7, Maternal health
It provides comprehensive maternal nutrition, enhances physical fitness, and encourages fast and effective recovery of physical strength. It provides a wealth of gold brain substance for development of brain and nervous system, to effectively avoid the occurrence of infant congenital diseases.

8, The best diet after surgery
With high content of arginine sea cucumber can promote the regeneration of body cells to speed up the patient's recovery.

9, Prevents prostate disease
Sea cucumber is rich in zinc which is an important part of the prostatitis. Therefore it has the effect of preventing and treating urinary tract infections.

Taboo﹕ Sea cucumber is not suitable for patients suffering from acute enteritis, dysentery, colds, sputum, wheezing and loose stools thin, bleeding of both stasis and dampness block.

Sea cucumber Consumption Recipes
(Sea cucumber measurements are based on soaked sea cucumber)

1, Sea cucumber and white fungus soup:
Suitable for: (blood loss, loss of appetite after chemotherapy, physical weakness)
Ingredients: Sea cucumber 100 grams, white fungus 15 grams, chicken breast 100 grams. Water 500 ml
Preparation: Boil water, add sea cucumber, white fungus, chicken, when soup boil again add ginger, salt, stew over low heat. 1-2 times a day, drink soup warm.

2, Sea cucumber steamed with rock sugar:
Suitable for: high blood pressure, arteries hardening
Ingredients: Sea cucumber 50 grams, rock sugar, water 200 ml
Preparation: wash and shred sea cucumber, place in a porcelain container with lid, add rock sugar and water, cover lid, steam in a large cookware with water surrounding until sea cucumber melts (about 1 hour). Consume during breakfast.

3, cucumber wolfberry soup:
Suitable for: Hepatitis, tuberculosis and cancer patients with adjuvant therapy.
Ingredients: Sea cucumber 100 grams, wolfberry, Codonopsis 10 grams each, water 500 ml
Preparation: washed and shredded sea cucumber, add wolfberries codonopsis and water in the casserole. Slow cook to boiling, add ginger, salt and simmer until cooked. Drink soup warm 1-2 times a day.

4, sea cucumber soup astragalus:
Suitable for: Diabetes, traumatic bleeding, wound healing.
Ingredients: Sea cucumber 100 grams, astragalus 20 grams, dried Japanese yam 30 grams, chicken broth 400 ml, ginger, salt
Preparation: Wash and shred sea cucumbers, wash astragalus and wrap with gauze to dry, wash yam, place them all in the same casserole, add chicken broth and cook; when soup boils add ginger, salt, simmer until cooked, fish out astragalus, add sesame oil. Drink soup warm 1-2 a day.

5 Sea cucumber lamb soup:
Suitable for: Impotence, frequent urination.
Ingredients: Sea cucumber 150 grams, lamb 250 grams, water 600 ml, ginger, rice wine and salt
Preparation: Wash and shred sea cucumbers, slice lamb meat, put in a casserole, add water. After the soup boils, skim foam from the top; add ginger, rice wine and salt. Cook until soup thickens. Drink soup warm, 1-2 times a day.

6, Sea cucumber ham and bean curd soup:
Suitable for: Anemia, tuberculosis, intestinal dry constipation
Ingredients: Sea cucumber 150 grams, ham 50 grams, chicken broth 500 ml, tofu 200 grams, ginger, scallion, oil, salt and pepper.
Preparation: Put oil in wok, pan fry the ginger, scallion, put in chicken soup, boil, add sea cucumber, ham, tofu, cook them into soup, finally ad salt pepper, sesame oil, corn starch to thicken soup. Drink soup warm, 1-2 times a day.

7, Sea cucumber chicken porridge:
Suitable for: Frequent urination
Ingredients: Rice 100 grams, water 1000 ml, sea cucumber 100 grams, chicken breasts 50 grams, ginger and scallion, salt, sesame oil
Preparation: Wash rice, add water, boil; add sea cucumber, chicken breasts. Slow cook until rice turn to porridge, add ginger (fine cut), salt and sesame oil. Consume 2 servings for breakfast.

8, sea cucumber jujube soup:
Suitable for: Abdomen aches at menstruation, dizziness, tinnitus, fatigue.
Ingredients: Sea cucumber 60 grams, jujube 30 grams, ginseng 6 grams, water 400 ml, brown sugar, add arrowroot flour
Preparation: Wash and shred sea cucumber; wash and remove pits from jujube, mash; ground ginseng into powder. Put all in a casserole with water. Slow cook until soup thickens; add brown sugar; when sugar dissolves, add arrowroot flour, stir the soup. Drink soup once a day.

9, Sea cucumber stewed with bamboo chicken
Suitable for: Hypertension, coronary heart disease, hepatitis, nephritis, diabetes
Ingredients: 100 g sea cucumber, 1 bamboo chicken, wolfberries, ginger.
Preparation: Cut sea cucumber and bamboo chicken into small pieces; put into a steaming pot, add ginger and soaked wolfberries dates. Add cold water. Slow cook for one hour. Sub simmer for one hour. After the fire is turned off for about half an hour, save to open the lid, you can serve food (no need to add salt).

10, Sea cucumber and vegetables:
Suitable for: Maternal health
Ingredients: Sea cucumber 100 grams, pork lean meat 200 grams, vegetables bile (or bok choy), oil, salt, water.
Preparation: Wash sea cucumber, meat, and vegetable, out oil in a heated wok, pan fry ginger and scallions add broth, sea cucumber, and meat until meat is cooked and soft; add gravy to the dish.