Kelp is the leafy body of kombu of kelp family and kombu wakame of wing algae family. It is mainly produced in Liaoning and Shandong coast. It is harvested in summer and autumn, fished out from the sea and dried in the sun. Alias: Sea grass, sea horse rushes, kombu, sea grass. Taste and smell: salty, cold. It belongs to the lung and kidney meridians. Effects: Softening phlegm, promoting water retention and reducing swelling. Indications 1. Gall tumor, scrofula, etc. 60g of kelp, cooked daily. 2, Coughing and coughing with phlegm. Seaweed 500g, Zhi Mu 1000g, Bai Bu 500g, soak in 50% ethanol for 1 week, recover the ethanol and add distilled water to 5000ml. 10ml each time, 3 times a day. 3, edema. 60g of kelp, shredded, 150g of mung beans, cooked with soup, add appropriate amount of brown sugar to taste for consumption. Clinical application 1, phlebitis. Select the fleshy fatty kelp in cold water for 30 minutes, clean, tear off the epidermal membrane, put in a plastic bag, placed in the refrigerator at 0-4 ℃, refrigerated for 30-60 minutes. According to the site and area of phlebitis, choose the appropriate size of cold kelp, cover the site completely, and replace it once every 30-60 minutes to keep the kelp moist and fresh, until the discomfort of the affected area disappears completely. 2, hypertension. Kelp 50g, grass cassia 15-30g, water decoction eat kelp drink soup. Can be taken for several days; or kelp dried and powdered, each serving 3-4g, 3 times a day, for 1-3 months. 3, high blood fat. Shredded kelp, add vinegar, soak 3-5 days after consumption. 4, diabetes. Winter melon 250g, kelp knot 50g, the winter melon peeled, washed and cut, untie the kelp knot, soak in water and wash clean; add water and spices, boil soup for consumption. 5, chronic tracheitis. Kelp root 500g, ginger 75g, brown sugar, add water decoction made of 450l thick liquid, 15ml each time, served after three meals, 10 days for a course of treatment. 6, pharyngitis. Raw kelp 250g, cold water soak, wash and cut shredded, scalded in boiling water and fished out, add 100g sugar, mixed with kelp shredded, marinated for 3 days and then eat. Take it every day on an empty stomach, and consume it for 15 days. 7, testicular swelling and pain. 12g each of kelp and seaweed, 6g of cumin, decoction in water. Use note, vegetarian spleen and stomach deficiency cold people should not eat.