100% KINKO Sea Cucumber Powder of Hokkaido
Cucumaria frondosa is an organism classified in the Sea Cucumber class, and its standard Japanese name is ``KINKO''. The expressions ``sea
ucumber'' and ``KINKO'' are complicated and need to be careful. (The names are summarized on the next page. Sea cucumbers are often called ea cucumbers as a general term for organisms belonging to the class Sea Cucumber.) This raw material is dried and powdered from the standard
apanese name "KINKO". In China, sea cucumbers are sea ginseng (medi cine), they have been recognized as a healthy food since ancient times, nd are still used as gifts during the Lunar New Year. In the Chinese medicinal work "Bencao Congxin" published in the Qing Dynasty, there is a
ention that "it helps the functio n of the kidneys and stimulates energy. It contains collagen, mucopolysaccharide, saponin, etc., and the saponin
ontent is particularly high, about six times that of Apostichopus japonicus as known as its standard Japanese name “MANAMAKO”.