What are the benefits and effects of sea buckthorn? Read this article to find out

I. Health benefits

1. Protecting the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems: The total flavonoids and other compounds extracted from sea buckthorn are present in high amounts and can effectively lower blood pressure, eliminate free radicals, reduce blood viscosity, inhibit excessive platelet aggregation, soften blood vessels, improve blood circulation and prevent arteriosclerosis, thereby improving cardiovascular and cerebrovascular conditions and protecting health.

2. Enhancing the immune system: Because it contains a large amount of antioxidants such as vitamin C and carotenoids, it can enhance humoral immunity and cellular immunity, and also has a certain anti-allergic effect. In addition, sea buckthorn flavonoids can also regulate thyroid function.

3. Preventing cancer: The proanthocyanidins, quassin, coumarins, beta-carotene and other substances in it have anti-cancer and cancer-preventing bioactivity, and have a certain inhibitory effect on cancer cells in the human body. Among these, the effect is obvious for cancers of the digestive system such as stomach cancer and esophageal cancer.

4. Protecting the respiratory system: Traditional Chinese medicine holds that it has the effects of relieving cough and calming asthma, resolving phlegm and moistening the lungs, and it has a very good effect on respiratory diseases such as cough, asthma, bronchitis and chronic pharyngitis.

II. Ecological benefits

1. Restoring vegetation: Sea buckthorn is drought-tolerant and cold-tolerant, and can survive on poor land. The plant is small and easy to plant, so planting it on wasteland can quickly restore vegetation.

2. Reducing sediment: Planting sea buckthorn in places with severe soil erosion, such as the Loess Plateau, can reduce soil erosion and stabilize the soil. Because of its well-developed root system and dense shrub growth, it is used to stabilize soil and water in many places with numerous gullies.

3. Landscape greening: It is an excellent tree species for windbreaks, sand fixation and soil and water conservation, so it is often used for planting on sandy soil to improve the land, while also serving an aesthetic greening role.