Abalone, sea cucumber, shark's fin, fish maw, scallop, anchovy, squid, and jellyfish are eight kinds of seafood. They are known as the "Eight Treasures of Seafood" because of their delicious taste and rich nutritional value.
Abalone is also called nine-hole abalone. To be precise, it is a mollusk in the ocean and should belong to the shellfish in the ocean.
Abalone likes to live on the bottom of rocks with fast currents and dense seaweed. Its meat is not only delicious but also has medicinal value.
Eating abalone meat can regulate menstruation, moisturize dryness, and stimulate the intestines. It is used to treat dry stools and irregular menstruation in women, and the effect is very good.
Research in recent years has shown that abalone meat, like many molluscs, contains anti-viral and anti-bacterial substances in the body. "Abalone I", a fraction extracted from abalone meat, is a mucin that contains antimicrobial substances. "Bowling II" and "Fraction C" have dual anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties. "Bowling I" and "Fraction C" can reduce the mortality rate of mice infected with Streptococcus pyogenes by 27%, and have inhibitory effects on penicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus both in vitro and in vivo. "Bowling II" and "Fraction C", when treated 24 hours after monkey kidney tissue was infected with polio and influenza viruses, inhibited the growth of these two viruses by 99.9%. "Bowling I", "Bowling II" and "Fraction C" also have the same inhibitory effect on herpes simplex virus, keratitis virus, and type 12 adenovirus. Some marine nutritional drugs on the market now use precious marine shellfish abalone and clams as the main raw materials, and are extracted and refined using modern scientific methods. This kind of health care medicine is rich in nucleic acid substances (basic substances of life), marine active ingredients, as well as a variety of amino acids, minerals and trace elements necessary for the human body.
The shell of abalone is called "Stone Cassia" and "Senecio Mile" in traditional Chinese medicine. It has the functions of calming the liver and subduing yang, clearing away heat and improving eyesight. Decoction of Cassia with oysters, rehmannia, chrysanthemum and other medicines, or decoction of Cassia, Eucommia ulmoides and Prunella vulgaris together can treat high blood pressure. If Cassia is calcined (burned in fire, a method of preparing traditional Chinese medicine) until it is yellow-red, grinded into powder, add Tianjihuang and Lobelia and mash it into a paste, and apply it externally to the pulse point of the wrist in the opposite direction to the eye disease, it can be treated. Red, swollen and painful eyes. Cassia can also be taken orally to treat night blindness and cataracts. For example, grinding Cassia into fine powder and spreading it on the bleeding area can treat traumatic bleeding. Medically, Jue Ming is praised as "an important medicine for cooling and calming the liver".