From the nutritional point of view of Chinese medicine, kelp has the effect of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and calming the liver, and consuming large quantities of kelp may cause abdominal pain and diarrhea and other discomforts.
Kelp is also known as sea horse rushes, seaweed, salty, cold, is the kelp family kelp plant kombu or waratahoe kombu family kombu plant black kombu or wakame plant wakame leaf-like body. Kelp has the efficacy of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and calming the liver, and can be used for thyroid tumors, cervical lymph node tuberculosis, edema and so on.
Kelp is suitable to be eaten in soup, mixed or fried. Kelp is cold in nature, and should not be eaten by people with cold spleen and stomach, pregnant women and lactating women. Excessive consumption of kelp may cause spleen and stomach discomfort, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Compared with medicines, food has a slow onset of action and needs to be consumed consistently over a long period of time to achieve results. Food is not generally used to treat diseases, please follow the doctor’s advice.