Yim Ho teaches you how to soak dried sea cucumber

    According to the website Baidu: “It has been proven that sea cucumber can increase immunity. There are examples that it can prevent cancer. It contains high level of arginine, so it has significant effect on repair of wounds. It helps post-operation patients to recover. Sea cucumber is rich in collagen, so it maintains blood pressure and decreases edema of tissues.”

    Ways to eat sea cucumber: Eat one sea cucumber per day. Choose from the vegetables recommended by the Chinese medicine practitioner. If you are not full after vegetables and sea cucumber, eat some carbohydrates. But don’t eat refined rice or noodles. Eat corns, oatmeal, millet porridge, etc. You can eat steamed fish. Between 2 meals, Drink berries(e.g. blueberries, strawberries) juice or other vegetable or fruit juice. Drink mulberry leaf tea after meal. You can add a tea bag of other green tea, such as Jasmine tea. If you feel dizzy after drinking tea, you can add 10 piece of wolfberry. This diet is also suitable for diabetes patients and people on diet.

    Method of soaking dried sea cucumber (the container should not contain oil, otherwise the sea cucumber will deteriorate): Wash sea cucumber in clear water. Soak them for 8 hours until they are softened. Change water and boil with low fire for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and soak for 8 hours. Cut the sea cucumber to remove internal organs. Wash the sea cucumber. Boil with low fire for 5 minutes. Soak for 8 hours. When the water cool down, change water to soak them (put them in refrigerator). Repeat and change water for 3 or 4 times. It can remove the astringent and other odor of the sea cucumber, and the sea cucumber would swell in 2 days.

    (originally from the website of Yim Ho Lifestyle)