Wakame seaweed
For Chinese dietary therapy, Wakame seaweed (裙带菜) is a food of Cool nature and Salty flavor. Seaweeds are traditionally associated with salty flavor and the Water category.
Traditional energetics
- Nature
- Cool
- Flavor
- Salty
- Affinity
- Kidney · Liver · Stomach
- Direction of Qi
- Descending · softens hardness
- Season
- Winter
- Group
- Seaweed
How tradition reads it
Seaweeds are traditionally associated with salty flavor and the Water category.
A broth base with shiitake or beans; the classic herbal tradition avoids combining seaweed with licorice in one formula.
In the kitchen
Soups, salads, and stews in culinary amounts.
Supermarket kombu, wakame or nori all serve interchangeably for study.
Current nutrition note
A concentrated iodine source: moderate, regular intake beats large amounts.
Precautions
Iodine and sodium vary widely; use caution with thyroid or kidney disease and avoid excess.
Recipes with this food
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