What medicine is seabuckthorn? Treat what disease?

Seabuckthorn is a deciduous shrub of Elaeagnus. There are barren hills in China, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

Seabuckthorn fruit is sweet and sour, rich in protein. Among the more than 20 amino acids it contains, 8 are essential amino acids. The content of vitamin C is 3 times that of kiwifruit, 20 times that of hawthorn and 100 times that of apple. The content of vitamin E yarn is 30 times that of soybean oil. The content of vitamin B 1 is twice that of strawberry. Others also contain vitamin B2, vitamin P, folic acid, leaf amide, trace elements and unsaturated fatty acids. 5- hydroxytryptamine in seabuckthorn fruit. Has obvious anti-tumor activity.

Seabuckthorn fruit has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, dredging channels and promoting blood circulation, and is especially suitable for the elderly, women and children. Processing Elaeagnus angustifolia fruit into juice, jam, fruit wine, etc. , very popular with people.

First, the edible value of seabuckthorn fruit

Seabuckthorn fruit is rich in nutrition and can be processed into a variety of drinks and foods. By the end of 1999, there were more than 100 seabuckthorn beverage processing plants in China, and the annual output of seabuckthorn beverage exceeded 20,000 tons, which quickly entered the domestic market and exported a small amount.

In some European countries, people also use seabuckthorn fruit as food and condiment to make candy, cake, soft candy, ice cream and so on. It is also used for cooking, such as seasoning for fish soup and barbecue.

Malic acid extracted from seabuckthorn fruit is widely used in the manufacture of fruit juice, candy and snacks, as well as the preservation and storage of canned food of meat, fish and poultry, and is also an integral part of pharmaceutical preparations.

Second, the medicinal value of seabuckthorn

Seabuckthorn is a precious Chinese medicine.

The ancient Greeks discovered that Hippophae rhamnoides L. had therapeutic effects long ago. It is said that in ancient Greece, even a seriously ill horse would become fat and strong with shiny fur after grazing in seabuckthorn woodland for a period of time. So the Latin name given to Hippophae rhamnoides by the ancient Greeks means "shining horse".

Ancient Tibetan medicine, Mongolian medicine and Chinese medicine all used seabuckthorn to treat various diseases.

In Tibetan medicine, Hippophae rhamnoides is a panacea for various diseases. They made seabuckthorn juice, seabuckthorn oil and seabuckthorn powder from rhizome to stem to fruit and seed. According to "Tibetan Traditional Chinese Medicine", Hippophae rhamnoides is "warm in nature and sour in taste". It can "promote blood circulation and eliminate phlegm, broaden the chest and strengthen the spleen, strengthen the stomach, and treat traumatic injury, blood stasis, cough with excessive phlegm, dyspnea and indigestion". Seabuckthorn drugs are recorded in four medical codes and Zhu Jing Materia Medica. The Journal of Ethnic Medicine in China also records that Uighurs use seabuckthorn fruit to treat aphtha, fever, burns and ulcers caused by radiation.

According to People's Republic of China (PRC) Pharmacopoeia, acupuncture can "relieve cough, eliminate phlegm, promote digestion, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and can be used for cough, chronic bronchitis, dyspepsia and stomachache". It is recorded in the Manual for the Treatment of Plateau Chinese Herbal Medicine that Hippophae rhamnoides can "enter the liver, stomach, large intestine and small intestine, promote fluid production to quench thirst, clear away heat and stop diarrhea, and treat yin injuries caused by high fever, enteritis and dysentery". According to the Flora of China, seabuckthorn slices and extracts can prevent and treat occupational diseases such as lead, phosphorus and benzene.

2. Main medicinal effects of Hippophae rhamnoides.

(1) Total flavonoids of Hippophae rhamnoides can enhance heart function.

Total flavonoids (TFH) extracted from the fruits and leaves of Hippophae rhamnoides is a group of compounds containing seven flavonoids. The contents of isorhamnetin and quercetin are higher. Zhang Maoshun and Wang Jialiang of West China University of Medical Sciences studied the treatment of coronary heart disease with seabuckthorn TFH. Total flavonoids of Hippophae rhamnoides can relieve angina pectoris, improve cardiac function and ischemic electrocardiogram. This is related to TFH's effects of increasing growth rate and coronary blood volume, increasing myocardial nutrient blood flow, reducing myocardial oxygen consumption and inhibiting platelet victory.

The "Flavonoids from Willow Vinegar Tablets (Seabuckthorn)" produced by Tongliao Pharmaceutical Factory in Inner Mongolia, 1992, was awarded as an excellent new product in the autonomous region. Through clinical observation of 303 cases in seven hospitals including Tongren Hospital, xuanwu hospital and Friendship Hospital affiliated to Beijing Capital Medical College, the total effective rate of treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is 90.88%, and the total effective rate of improving ischemic electrocardiogram is 49.465438 0%. At present, the drug has obtained the batch number of "Zhunzi" and has become a good medicine for treating coronary heart disease and angina pectoris.

West China University of Medical Sciences has also achieved good results in treating ischemic heart disease with total flavonoids of Hippophae rhamnoides. Among 40 patients with ischemic heart disease, angina pectoris disappeared 3 1 case, 7 cases were relieved, 2 cases were ineffective, and the effective rate was 95%. The effective rate of improving ischemic electrocardiogram is 85%. The shortest time for angina pectoris to disappear is one day, the longest is 78 days, and the average waiting time is 4 days.

(2) Therapeutic effect on respiratory diseases

Recent studies have proved that quercetin is one of the main flavonoids in seabuckthorn and has been used to treat chronic bronchitis. After taking traditional Chinese medicine for 0-30 days, the total effective rate is 85%-98.3%, and the remarkable effective rate is 25.9%. Generally, taking traditional Chinese medicine for 3-5 days will have a curative effect, and the effect of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough is obvious.

(3) Therapeutic effect on digestive system diseases.

There are many reports about the effect of seabuckthorn in treating gastric ulcer. Six patients died of gastric ulcer, esophageal ulcer and duodenal ulcer in the clinical hospital of Xi Medical University. After treatment with sea buckthorn oil, there were 8 cases 10, accounting for 50%, 8 cases were markedly effective, accounting for 22%, 9 cases were effective and 2.8% were ineffective10. The total effective rate is as high as 97%. Seabuckthorn oil is also used to treat various inflammations and dysentery in the intestine. In addition, medical research has proved that seabuckthorn oil has obvious bactericidal effect on Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic streptococcus, typhoid bacteria, Shigella, Enterobacter and some anaerobic bacteria, so it has therapeutic effect on various inflammatory syndromes.

(4) Therapeutic effect on burns and scalds.

Seabuckthorn oil can promote tissue regeneration and prevent skin tissue from healing. Good results have been achieved in the clinical treatment of burns, scalds, knife wounds and frostbite. 35 cases of burn were treated in Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, including 4 cases of shallow I degree 17 cases of shallow II degree17 cases and 4 cases of deep II degree. Treated with sea buckthorn oil for 3-7 days, it basically recovered, and the total effective rate was 100%.

(5) Anti-cancer effect of Hippophae rhamnoides extract.

In recent years, scholars at home and abroad have done a lot of animal research on the effect of Acanthopanax senticosus extract on cancer cells. The experimental results in vivo showed that Hippophae rhamnoides extract had certain inhibitory effects on sarcoma (S 180), melanoma (B 16) and lymphocytic leukemia (P388). In vitro experiments showed that Hippophae rhamnoides extract had direct killing effects on sarcoma (S 180), lymphocytic leukemia (L 12 10, P388), human leukemia cells and human gastric cancer cells.

China Shaanxi Cancer Institute and Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital have achieved remarkable results in treating tumors with China Seabuckthorn Oil. A total of 40 cases were observed, including esophageal cancer 16 cases, cardiac cancer 3 cases, lung cancer 5 cases, gastric cancer 6 cases, breast cancer 4 cases and lymphoma 6 cases. The effective rate was 72% and 88%.

Third, the application value of seabuckthorn in beauty and makeup

In China, it is made into daily cosmetics such as shampoo, sunscreen cream, skin cream, beauty cream and solution by using its rich nutrients and biochemical active substances, which has the effects of nourishing skin, promoting cell metabolism, promoting epithelial tissue regeneration, causing allergies, sterilizing and protecting the natural color of skin, and has achieved good results.