Eucheuma

Eucheuma

(collection of compendium)

[synonym] chicken foot dish (compendium), staghorn dish (Ryukyu annals), chicken glue dish (Luoyuan annals).

[source] it is the algal body of Eucheuma or Eucheuma pearl.

[plant morphology] 1

The algae are 12-30 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, fleshy, purplish red, cartilaginous and irregularly branched. Base with a disk-shaped fixator, with a few fibrous roots. Branches cylindrical, axillary angle wide open, nearly horizontal extension, alternate, opposite, partial, or forked branches, the top is often thin, surrounded by verrucous processes. The protuberances of the upper part of the branches are dense, and those of the lower part are sparse. Internal structure: the outer 2-3 layers of cortex are smaller, and the inner layer is gradually larger parenchyma cells, and there are filaments in the center of medulla. Tetrasporangium is aggregated. The capsule is hemispherical and protrudes from the surface of the alga.

It is distributed along the coast of Taiwan. It is also distributed in Japan (Ryukyu), Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.

② Pearl Eucheuma

The algae are yellowish green to purplish red, dark red on the abdomen, lying flat, with overlapping branches and tangled into clumps about 10-20 cm in diameter. The branches are cylindrical or slightly compressed, 5-10 mm wide, bifurcated or occasionally trigeminal or quad branched, with papillary or conic protuberances on the surface, low or unobvious papillary protuberances on the older branches, and few ventral protuberances. There are many fixators on the ventral surface of the algal body. Some of them have a disk-shaped fixator on the top of the longer branchlets, which is attached to other branches, making the algal body to form a mass. The shape of this species is variable. It is very large, with internal structure, 2-3 layers of cortex; the medulla is thick, with many small cells scattered.

They are usually found on the broken corals 1-2 meters below the dry tide line. It is distributed in Hainan (Qionghai) and Taiwan. It is also distributed in Japan (Ryukyu Islands).

[chemical constituents] Eucheuma Eucheuma contains mucilaginous substances, including galactose, galactose sulfate, calcium galactose sulfate, 3,6-anhydrogalactose, D-glucuronic acid and D-xylose.

[nature and taste] "notes from the compendium of Chinese medicine:" salty in taste, flat in nature. "

[function indications] Compendium: eliminating phlegm. Can melt all phlegm knot, PI Ji, hemorrhoids poison. "

[prescription] for those who work hard, or drink too much, and suddenly have external hemorrhoids: wash one or two ashes with Eucheuma, cook them with Tianquan water, and eat them with sugar. (Shi Hua Gao, supplement to health preserving experience)