05/02/2023
Sea buckthorn is an unusual shrub because it has so many health-promoting ingredients like no other.
It contains as many as 190 bioactive substances, i.e.
• 14 vitamins (vitamins C A, E, F, K, P, B12);
• 11 micronutrients (including iron, calcium, potassium, aluminum, silicon);
• 18 amino acids;
• 22 fatty acids;
• antioxidants;
• 42 lipids;
In particular, it is rich in large amounts of vitamin C. It contains three times more than blackcurrant! Only wild rose surpasses sea buckthorn in terms of vitamin C content. By eating 100 g of sea buckthorn, we supplement the daily requirement for this vitamin with a large amount. It is worth making sea buckthorn preserves with the addition of other fruits, e.g. wild rose or apples, preserves or juices, because
Vitamin C contained in sea buckthorn is not degraded during cooking or roasting. 🫕🫕🧠🫀
It is also perfect in the form of infusions of leaves or raw fruit and seed oil. Sea buckthorn has a number of healing properties, supports the treatment of the following ailments:
• cold and sore throat;
• dry cough (fruit juice mixed with honey, also sea buckthorn oil mixed with camphor for rubbing);
• rheumatism and pain caused by inflammation (fruit and leaf decoction);
• skin burns and frostbite, wounds, cuts and scars (oil and fruit);
• diseases of the digestive system, improvement of appetite (fruit);
• hepatitis (juice stimulates the secretion of bile);
• increased cholesterol (oil);
• diseases of the digestive system (oil, juice and raw fruit);
• hemorrhoids (oil);
• hypertension;
Contraindications to the use of sea buckthorn preparations are gastric and duodenal ulcers as well as kidney stones, because it contains a high content of acids. 🌿🌿🌿🫕🧠🫀
Cheers 🙂 🫶
