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How to deal with sea urchin spines

How to deal with sea urchin spines:

1. Do not catch sea urchins with your bare hands. Wear rubber gloves.

2. Wash the selected sea urchins, use scissors to pry open the black soft shell with radiating spines, use a spoon to dig out the yellow sea urchin eggs that look like orange slices inside the shell, and remove the internal organs. This process requires delicate and skilled movements.

How to deal with a sea urchin sting:

If you are stung by a sea urchin, you will develop a local red rash that is stinging and itchy, and may even cause blisters. Immediately rinse the area with seawater and vinegar or diluted glacial acetic acid. Do not use water or alcohol, as water or alcohol will accelerate the release of toxins. If the swelling has not subsided, seek medical attention as soon as possible.

Nutritional value:

According to traditional Chinese medicine, sea urchin roe has the effects of strengthening sperm, strengthening yang, benefiting the heart, strengthening bones, and replenishing blood. The Chinese people regard it as a top-grade tonic among seafood. It is said that eating sea urchin roe can nourish and strengthen the body, and it is said that it can refresh the mind, relieve fatigue, and enhance energy. It is especially favored by some men, and some people praise it as the "essence of the sea". According to historical records, Taoist alchemists in the Ming Dynasty used sea urchins as raw materials to refine "Yundan" for strengthening sperm and yang, and presented it to the court.

Note:

Sea urchin roe is easy to dissolve. After the sea urchin is taken out of the water, if it is left in the air for half a day to a day, the sea urchin roe may become soft and deteriorate and cannot be eaten. Therefore, sea urchins caught from the sea should either be eaten immediately or stored in seawater in a container and taken out when ready to eat. To ensure food safety, it should be noted that raw sea urchins must not only be fresh, but also must be harvested from clean and unpolluted sea areas.

What is the nutritional value of sea urchin

Sea urchins also have a wide range of medicinal functions. Its medicinal part is the entire shell, which is calcareous, and the name of the medicinal material is "sea urchin". Sea urchins are not only a high-quality seafood delicacy, but also a precious Chinese medicinal material. There are records of sea urchins being used as medicine in my country for a long time. The "Original Materia Medica" records that sea urchins have the effect of "curing heartache". Modern Chinese medicine believes that "sea urchins are salty and flat in nature, and have the functions of softening and dispersing nodules, resolving phlegm and reducing swelling." The shells, spines, and yolks of sea urchins can be used to treat gastric and duodenal ulcers, otitis media, etc. At the same time, sea urchin shells can also be made into handicrafts. Some manufacturers also develop sea urchin food, making sea urchins into chilled sea urchins, alcohol sea urchins, and sea urchin sauce. However, not all sea urchins can be eaten, and many species are poisonous. These sea urchins look much more beautiful than non-toxic sea urchins. For example, the ring-spined sea urchins that grow among the coral reefs in the South China Sea have black and white stripes on their thick spines, and their thin spines are yellow. The spines of young sea urchins are covered with white and green ribbons, which sparkle, and a barb grows at the tip of the spines. Once it penetrates the skin, the venom will be injected into the human body, and the spines will break off in the flesh, causing local redness, swelling and pain on the skin, and some even have symptoms of poisoning such as accelerated heartbeat and whole body spasms.