Sea cucumber is a marine echinoderm that lives at a depth of 8,000 meters and has a history of more than 600 million years. Sea cucumbers have a strong ability to regenerate, and once they encounter an enemy attack, they will spit out their internal organs for the enemy to eat, so as to escape, and then in a short time, they can regenerate new internal organs. What's even more interesting is that the sea cucumber is cut into several sections, each of which can survive and grow independently. This regenerative ability gives sea cucumber outstanding medicinal value and numerous tonic effects. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is recorded that sea cucumber, sweet and salty, tonifies the kidney, benefits the essence, takes urine, aphrodisiac and cures impotence, its sexual temperature is supplemented, and the enemy ginseng is enough, so it is called sea cucumber. Sea cucumber is as famous as ginseng, bird's nest, and shark fin, and is one of the eight treasures in the world.
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Improve physical fitness, alleviate female menopausal symptoms, enhance hematopoietic function and replenish collagen are some of the benefits attributed to this substance.
| ． | Enhance physical fitness and soothe menopausal syndrome in women Sea cucumber contains chondroitin sulfate, an essential element for the extracellular matrix and cell epidermis of animal tissues, which effectively accelerates cell metabolism and helps relieve menopausal syndrome in women. Intake of sufficient amount of 'chondroitin sulfate' helps the growth and development of the human body, can delay aging, and enhance the body's immunity.
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| ． | Enhance hematopoietic function The trace element 'vanadium' in sea cucumber ranks first in the food industry, and vanadium can participate in the transport of iron in the blood, thereby enhancing the human hematopoietic function. This has the effect of accelerating blood circulation for the elderly, thereby enhancing metabolism, prolonging life, nourishing yin and kidneys, and aphrodisiac and essence.
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| ． | Replenish collagen More than 70% of the protein in the body of sea cucumber is composed of bone collagen, so sea cucumber is rich in 'bone collagen', which effectively replenishes the subcortical collagen that the human body continues to lose, so as to achieve the effect of nourishing blood and moisturizing dryness, beauty and beauty.
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| ． | Inhibits cancer cells The latest scientific research has found that the body wall, internal organs and glands of sea cucumber contain a special substance 'sea cucumber toxin', which can effectively inhibit the growth of a variety of molds and inhibit the metastasis of cancer cells in the body.
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There are more than 1,500 species of sea cucumbers, and only 30 of them are edible. Sea cucumbers are widely distributed in the world's oceans and feed on seabed algae and plankton. The water temperature in Hokkaido is low all year round, and the natural and pollution-free environment of microorganisms and seaweed produces high-quality sea cucumbers that are dark brown and bright black, plump, impurity-free, and salt-free.
01 海參喜歡在約13℃-22℃的低溫水域生長，繁殖期在4-8月。海參的生長方式主要分為兩種 – 野生和天然養殖。
02 日本的養殖工場會把海參的幼苗養殖到一定的尺寸，再把幼苗放到大海自由放養。而有些國家則把海參放到一個個的籠子裡在海上養殖，活動量也相對少。
03 海參的生長過程中會遇到不同的狀況。如果海水溫度太高、海水受到污染、海底裡發生海嘯等都對海參會造成嚴重的威脅，讓海參無法生長。
04 日本的漁業協會規定海參要生長4年以上才能夠捕撈，以確保海參能夠有充分的時間成長，也對海參的可持續性發展和生態平衡起到一個保護的作用。
05 在中國的福建和大連一帶也有海參養殖場，但養殖的方法有別於日本。在福建，海參苗會放到籠子裡，而養殖人員會定期以海藻等食物餵哺以確保海參得到充分的營養。
01 Hokkaido's sea cucumbers are harvested in April and May every year. Divers dive to the bottom of the sea and select sea cucumbers with a growth period of 4~7 years one by one.
02 Live sea cucumbers are not heat-tolerant and contain an autolytic enzyme that dissolves automatically when left out of the water for too long and at too hot temperatures. Therefore, the sea cucumbers are processed immediately to ensure the freshness of the sea cucumbers
03 Workers use a knife to remove internal organs from the abdomen of the sea cucumber, and then wash the sea cucumber with water.
04 The dried sea cucumber is boiled in a pot, and in Japan, processing plants that have been doing so for generations have been cooking in a traditional iron pot to ensure an even temperature.
05 Japanese sea cucumbers are usually dried naturally so that the water content of sea cucumbers is less than 3%, and dried sea cucumbers are made to preserve the natural seawater flavor of sea cucumbers.
06 In addition to the traditional method of natural air drying, the practice of salting is also more common in the Chinese market. The sea cucumber is marinated and dried with a large amount of salt, but at the same time, a layer of salt frost will form on the surface of the sea cucumber, making it difficult for the core moisture to drain out. Salted sea cucumbers are relatively heavy, and their moisture will be maintained at about 12%.
- Sea cucumber varieties
There are as many as 1,500 varieties of sea cucumbers, and sea cucumbers from Hokkaido, Japan, have long been grown in low-temperature seawater, allowing them to move for a long time and have relatively thick flesh. - Crafting process
The production process of dried sea cucumber is the oldest and most rigorous in Japan, from the material of the pot, the temperature of the water, and the air-drying technique are very precise, so that the nutrition of the sea cucumber can be fully preserved. - Water content
It is a science that sea cucumbers should be completely air-dried, and the water content of high-quality sea cucumbers is less than 3%, and the feel is very dry. - Salt content
For sea cucumbers with high salt content, salt particles will accumulate on the surface of the sea cucumber, resulting in a relatively high weight and a relatively compact body. - Soaking multiple
The multiple of high-quality sea cucumber soaking is generally 10-15 times, that is, the weight of sea cucumber after soaking is 10-15 times the weight of dried sea cucumber.
