Kelp

Overview

Aliases

Lunbu, Haikunbu

Nature and Flavor

Cold; Salty

What's Inside

Ingredients

Haidai is rich in the polysaccharide constituents alginic acid and laminarin, mannitol, and inorganic salts. Kunbu contains alginic acid, crude protein, mannitol, ash, potassium, and iodine.

Therapeutic Effects

1. Effect on the thyroid: its action is caused by the contained iodine and iodides. Kunbu can be used to correct thyroid insufficiency caused by iodine deficiency, and can also temporarily inhibit the metabolic rate of hyperthyroidism to relieve symptoms, but not persistently. 2. Blood-pressure-lowering effect: laminine has a hypotensive effect; a single citrated salt of laminine, intravenously injected into anesthetized rabbits, can cause a brief drop in blood pressure, and this effect is not blocked by atropine.

Precautions

No precautions information available

NOTE: THE INFORMATION PROVIDE IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE.

Kelp

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