The efficacy and function of seabuckthorn

1. Health Benefits

1. Protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: The total flavonoids extracted from seabuckthorn are high in content 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. Enhance 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 certain anti-allergic effects. In addition, sea buckthorn flavonoids can regulate thyroid function.

3. Prevent cancer: Anthocyanins, quassin, coumarin, β-carotene, etc. have biological activity in anti-cancer and cancer prevention, and have a certain inhibitory effect on cancer cells in the human body. It is effective for digestive system cancers such as gastric cancer and esophageal cancer.

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

2. Ecological Effects

1. Restoring vegetation: Sea buckthorn is drought-resistant and cold-resistant, can survive on barren land, and is easy to plant due to its small size. Therefore, planting it on wasteland can quickly restore vegetation.

2. Reduce silt: Planting seabuckthorn in areas 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 undergrowth, it is used to stabilize water and soil in many places with many gullies.

3. Landscaping: It is an excellent tree species for preventing wind and sand, and conserving water and soil, so it is often planted on sandy soil to improve the land, while also playing an aesthetic role in greening.