Seabuckthorn fruit can relieve cough and phlegm, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

Seabuckthorn is a kind of plant growing in sandstone area, which has high environmental protection value. The content of vitamin C in seabuckthorn fruit is very high, which has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine and seasonal pharmacopoeia. The roots, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds of Hippophae rhamnoides can all be used as medicine, which can help people to relieve cough, eliminate phlegm, strengthen the stomach, promote digestion, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

Medicinal value of seabuckthorn fruit

Cough relieving and phlegm resolving, blood circulation promoting and blood stasis removing: Seabuckthorn has the functions of relieving cough and asthma, benefiting lung and resolving phlegm in traditional medical theory, and has good curative effect on respiratory diseases such as chronic pharyngitis, bronchitis, sore throat, asthma and cough with excessive phlegm, which is mainly related to the anti-inflammatory effect of flavonoids in Seabuckthorn and the promotion of capillary blood circulation.

Protection of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health: Hippophae rhamnoides flavonoids can play the role of anti-arrhythmia, anti-myocardial ischemia, reducing myocardial infarction area, relieving angina pectoris and improving cardiac function by scavenging active oxygen free radicals. Effective components such as total flavonoids of Hippophae rhamnoides can directly remove superoxide radical and hydroxyl radical, reduce hypertension, hyperlipidemia and blood viscosity, inhibit excessive platelet aggregation, soften blood vessels, improve blood circulation, prevent arteriosclerosis and improve blood supply and oxygen supply to the brain.

Promote metabolism: Hippophae rhamnoides has a very good effect on promoting metabolism. The bioactive components, such as total flavonoids of Hippophae rhamnoides L., can regulate the immune system in different degrees, have obvious effects on humoral immunity and cellular immunity, and also have certain anti-allergic effects, which can enhance human disease resistance and improve human metabolic function. Flavonoids can also regulate thyroid function and make hyperthyroidism return to normal.

Promote digestion and absorption: Seabuckthorn contains a lot of nutrients such as amino acids, organic acids and phenolic compounds such as chlorogenic acid, which can promote the biosynthesis of gastric acid and stimulate the secretion of gastric juice. Therefore, Hippophae rhamnoides L. has the functions of resolving food stagnation, invigorating spleen and stomach, soothing the liver and benefiting qi. It has excellent curative effect on dyspepsia, abdominal distension and abdominal pain, gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer, enteritis and chronic constipation.

Protect the liver: Organic acids such as malic acid and oxalic acid contained in seabuckthorn can reduce the toxicity of antibiotics and protect the liver. Lecithin and other phospholipid compounds in Hippophae rhamnoides L. are components with high biological activity, which can promote cell metabolism, improve liver function, and resist fatty liver and cirrhosis. In addition, seabuckthorn oil has obvious protective effect on heart, liver, viscera and bone marrow.

Edible method of seabuckthorn

Mature seabuckthorn can be eaten directly, and can also be processed into fruit juice, fruit wine, jam, preserved fruit, jelly, beverage, health care products and so on. Seabuckthorn seed oil content is 10%- 12%, and pulp oil content is 14%- 18%, which is a good raw material for extracting seabuckthorn oil. Seabuckthorn leaves contain crude protein 15.75%, crude fat 9.48%, crude fiber 14.04% and nitrogen-free extract 54.84%. Seabuckthorn leaves can be made into health tea.

Seabuckthorn is very suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, especially those with hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Seabuckthorn is an ideal food for invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. It is also suitable for people with colds, and people with diabetes and hyperglycemia can also eat it often. Seabuckthorn can help people lower cholesterol, relieve angina pectoris, prevent arteriosclerosis and heart disease, and has high medicinal value.