''Sargassum pallidum'' is a species of
seaweed native to East Asia and Southeast Asia. It belongs to the subgenus ''Bactrophycus'', section ''Teretia'' of the genus ''
Sargassum
''Sargassum'' is a genus of brown (class Phaeophyceae) macroalgae ( seaweed) in the order Fucales. Numerous species are distributed throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world, where they generally inhabit shallow water and coral ...
''.
Along with ''
Sargassum fusiforme'', ''S. pallidum'' is often dried and processed into a
traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of acti ...
known as ''Hai Zao'' or ''Herba Sargassi''.
References
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Fucales