海参是一种海洋棘皮生物，常见的有刺参、梅花参、乌参、光参、瓜参等20多种，其中又以刺参、乌参、梅花参的经济价值高，在有些地区，也习惯性将海参称作为刺参，所以两者属于同一物种，无法明确区别。
刺参喜栖息在水流缓稳、海藻丰富的细沙海底和岩礁底部，我国出产刺参的主要海域有黄海、渤海海域，也就是辽宁沿海、山东沿海等地，其中以渤海湾出产的刺参品质佳，其出产的刺参刺长、体型圆润、肉厚而富有弹性，口感好。
每天吃中等大小的一个。
Sea cucumber is a kind of marine echinoderm organism. There are more than 20 kinds of sea cucumber such as sea cucumber, plum-blossom ginseng, black ginseng, light ginseng and melon ginseng, among which sea cucumber, black ginseng and plum-blossom ginseng have the highest economic value. In some areas, sea cucumber is also habitually called sea cucumber, so they belong to the same species and can not be clearly distinguished.
Sea cucumbers like to inhabit the fine sand seabed and reef bottom with gentle flow and abundant algae. The main sea areas producing sea cucumbers in China are the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, which are also the coastal areas of Liaoning and Shandong. Among them, sea cucumbers produced in Bohai Bay are of the best quality. The sea cucumbers produced in Bohai Bay are long, round, thick and elastic. Good taste.
Eat one of the medium sizes every day.


刺参虽然含有很高的营养价值，但是也不宜过多食用，一方面是因为刺参性质温补，食用过多可能会导致热气聚集在体内，从而引起身体不适；另一方面是因为刺参含有丰富的蛋白质，如果大量食用，蛋白质难以消化，会加重肠胃负担，不利于消化，可能会引起消化不良等不适。
Although sea cucumber has high nutritional value, it should not be eaten too much. On the one hand, it is because of the nature of sea cucumber warm tonic, eating too much may lead to hot air gathering in the body, thus causing physical discomfort; on the other hand, it is because sea cucumber contains rich protein, if eaten in large quantities, protein is difficult to digest, which will aggravate. Gastrointestinal burden, not conducive to digestion, may cause indigestion and other discomfort.

海参的家常做法
原料：大米饭500克，水发海参150克，火腿、虾仁各100克，葱花、精盐、香油、料酒、酱油、植物油各适量。
做法：
1、海参去内脏、杂质，洗净，切片，入水焯烫。
2、火腿洗净，上屉蒸熟，取出切片。
3、虾仁去虾线，洗净，沥干水分，从背部切开。
4、大米淘洗干净，放入容器内，加入适量清水蒸熟成饭。
5、锅中加入少许油，烧至七成热，下入葱花炒出香味，烹入料酒。
6、锅中加入植物油，烧至六成热，倒入米饭，用中火煸炒5分钟。
7、放入海参片、火腿片、虾仁炒熟，加入酱油、精盐炒匀，淋上香油，盛出。