The medicinal value is the ripe fruit of sea-buckthorn. They are widely used for making sea buckthorn oil and as a dietary multivitamin. For this purpose, fruits are collected in autumn, preferably after the first frost. Preserve or squeeze out the juice from them, prepare mashed potatoes, jam, marmalade, jam.
Chemical composition .
The flesh of the sea buckthorn fruit contains up to 30% of the fatty oil, which contains a mixture of glycosides of oleic, stearic, linoleic, linolenic, palmitic and myristic acids. Very important components of the fruit of sea-buckthorn are vitamins: carotenoids (95 mg.%), Tocopherols (50 mg.%), Ascorbic acid (50 mg.%), Folic and nicotinic acids, B vitamins. In addition, the fruits contain isoramnetin in the form glycosides, organic acids (malic, citric)
The fruits of sea buckthorn and sea buckthorn oil soothe the pain and stop the inflammatory processes, accelerate the granulation and epithelialization of tissues, contribute to the rapid healing of wounds.
Sea-buckthorn oil, which is made from the flesh of fruits, has analgesic, epithelizing and granulating properties. It is used to treat radiation damage to the skin and normalize degenerative changes in the mucous membranes. Sea-buckthorn oil is used for radiation therapy of oncological diseases of the digestive organs, in the treatment of colpitis, endocervicitis, cervical erosion, and other gynecological diseases. It is recommended in dermatological practice (with eczema, lichen), as well as with eye diseases and with severe hypovitaminosis. Sea-buckthorn oil is often prescribed for the treatment of peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum.
The alcohol extract of the sea buckthorn bark has an antitumor property. Seeds of plants are used as a mild laxative. Seabuckthorn leaves are used for rheumatism.
In cosmetology of sea buckthorn oil, various masks are prepared. Broth of fruits and branches of sea buckthorn is used inside and outwardly when hair loss and hair loss occur.
Sea-buckthorn oil also has a positive effect on fat metabolism in the liver. The property of oil on the cellular and subcellular level against the background of acute and chronic intoxication, acts by increasing the concentration in the liver of nucleic acids and promotes the protection of cellular and subcellular membranes.
Thanks to linoleic and lanolinic acids, which are part of its composition, as well as fat-soluble vitamins (retinol and tocopherols), phospholipids and vegetable stearins, sea buckthorn helps to reduce the amount of total cholesterol, alpha lipoproteins and total lipids in the blood serum and, thus, inhibits the development of atherosclerotic process .
To treat cervical erosions, cotton swabs moistened in oil (5-10 ml per tampon) are used. Swabs are changed every day. Colpitis and endocervicitis use cotton balls moistened with sea buckthorn oil. Duration of treatment for colpitis and endocervicitis 10-15 procedures, and with erosion of the cervix 8-12 procedures. The treatment course can be repeated in 5-6 weeks.
However, not all sea buckthorn is equally useful. For example, you can not take sea buckthorn oil for people suffering from acute cholecystitis, hepatitis, and pancreatic diseases, as well as people prone to diarrhea. Fresh fruits and sea buckthorn juice increase the acidity of urine, therefore it is contraindicated in patients with urolithiasis, especially if stones are of urate origin.