As long ago as the Han dynasty abalone shells were used in Chinese medicine, and a list of 20 fashionable foods in Xi'an eateries which appears in the Western-Han Proceedings of the Salt and Iron Conference (81 BC) includes "abalone in clear broth" and "white-grilled sliced abalone."
鮑魚殼在漢代就作為中藥，稱為石決明，西漢《鹽鐵論》列舉西安食肆二十款時尚之食，也出現鮑魚膾炙的清湯鮑脯、白灼鮑魚片。