Could Sea Cucumber Be The Next Ginseng?

Ginseng is perhaps the most well-known herbal remedy around the world, used as a go-to curative for ailments from low energy to heart disease and cancer.

But there’s another ingredient exploding in popularity that also has roots in Traditional Chinese Medicine. And it brings even more benefits than the humble ginseng root.

That ingredient is sea cucumber.

Read on to learn more about sea cucumber and why its value is second to none in terms of quality and nutrition.

Why is sea cucumber often compared to ginseng?

It has to do mainly with how (and why) both have been used historically.

Ginseng and sea cucumber have both been staples in ancient Asian medicinal practices. Though they are completely different ingredients—sea cucumber is a marine animal while ginseng is a plant—they have some health effects in common.