海底椰其具有很高的药用价值，《中华本草》中也有称“海底椰性寒，能清热、消痰、止咳，故热咳者宜食之。 据近代药理试验观察，海底椰确有祛痰和镇咳效果，且祛痰作用强于镇咳。”《滇南本草》中说它“治伤风咳嗽”，实为风热咳嗽。 《简便单方》中也介绍单用海底椰能“清上化痰，利咽膈，治风热。”故凡风热感冒咳嗽或肺热咳嗽之人，用海底椰颇宜。
Sea coconut has a high medicinal value. It is also said in "Chinese Materia Medica" that "sea coconut is cold in nature, can clear away heat, eliminate phlegm, and relieve cough, so people with hot cough should eat it. According to modern pharmacological test observations, sea coconut does have Expectorant and antitussive effect, and the expectorant effect is stronger than antitussive." "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" said it "cures cold and cough", it is actually wind-heat cough. "Simple and simple prescription" also introduces that sea coconut alone can "clear up the phlegm, relieve the pharyngeal diaphragm, and treat wind-heat." Therefore, people who cough due to wind-heat and cold or lung-heat, use sea coconut.
