刺参是目前我国养殖的20余种海参中质量最为优异、营养价值最为丰富的一种,也有文献将其称为海味“八珍”之一。主要集中在我国北方沿海各省养殖,其中以辽东和胶东半岛海域养殖的刺参最为优异,关于刺参的记载最早见于《本草纲目拾遗》,文中记载“辽东产之海参,体色黑褐,肉嫩多刺,称之辽参或海参,品质极佳,且药性甘温无毒,具有补肾阴,生脉血,治下痢及溃疡等功效”。因为刺参温补的特性可以入药,且足以媲美人参的功效,因此而得名海参。 Apostichopus japonicus is currently one of the more than 20 species of sea cucumbers cultured in our country with the highest quality and the most abundant nutritional value. It is also known by the literature as one of the “seafood” and “Bazhen”. Mainly concentrated in the northern coastal provinces of China breeding, of which Liaodong and Jiaodong Peninsula sea culture of the sea cucumber is the most outstanding, on the records of the sea cucumber was first seen in the “Compendium of Materia Medica”, the paper records “Liaodong produced sea cucumber, body color dark brown, Fleshy prickly, known as Liao or sea cucumber, excellent quality, and Gan Gan temperature non-toxic, with kidney yin, blood pulse, cure diarrhea and ulcers and other effects ”. Because the characteristics of sea cucumber warming can be used as medicine, and enough to be comparable to the efficacy of ginseng, hence the name sea cucumber.