The characters record in our country that seabuckthorn has been utilized for improving human health more than 1200 years. Ancient Tibetan doctor of our country used the seabuckthorn fruit as the daily medicine to cure the disease, it has function on eliminate phlegm, favorable lung, nourish the stomach, invigorate the spleen, promoting blood circulation, digest silt etc, The seabuckthorn fruit can be medicinal and edibal, have already caused the attention and utilization of more and more people at home and abroad. Through 40 years, Former Soviet Union have found that the active composition in seabuckthorn fruit have already reached more than 190 kinds, the active composition in seabuckthorn oil are 106 kinds, including 6 kinds of lipid-soluble vitamins, 22 kinds of fatty acid, 42 kinds of lipid, 36 kinds of flavonoids and phenol. In 1977, the Ministry Health of our country listed the seabuckthorn in “the Chinese pharmacopoeia” for the first time.

The home and abroad expert have researched and found that seabuckthorn can prevent and treat the mankind’s several disease, mainly including following several aspects:

1.      Function on blood-vascular system disease

Domestic expert’s research indicates that the seabuckthorn flavonoids can treat coronary heart disease , angina pectoris, can strengthen the heart function and have obviously the function on resisting arrhythmia.

2.      Function on the immune system

Modern medical science shows :the human body’s old and feeble have relationship with the oxidation function of body’s substance. Therefore, Preventing oxidation and clearing the free radical becomes the anti-aging keys. VE ,VC, SOD can resist the oxidation ,remove the body’s free radical, can strengthen the immunological function

3.      Function on antitumor and anticancer

The active composition in seabuckthorn have white cyanine, guassin, coumarin, 5-hydroxy color amine etc, have obvious function on anticancer activity and have a certain function on wounding and resisting the cancer cell in the human body.

4.      Function on resisting inflammatory disease and radiation damage

Seabuckthorn oil have obvious function on resisting inflammation and relieve pain, heal the decay and generate flesh, can promote the regeneration of tissue and ulcer to heal,can strengthen the body resistance,and can strengthen the immunological function.

5.      Function on burning, scald, knife wound and frostbitten.

The clinical practice in our country certificate that seabuckthorn oil can promote the regeneration of tissue and epithelial tissue to heal. It has good results in treating burning, scald, the knife wound and frostbitten on the clinical practice.

6.      Function on the respiratory system disease

One of the principal ingredients in flavoniods of seabuckthorn is the Mongolian oaks               it has obvious function on eliminating phlegm relieving cough and relieving asthma. The Mongolian oaks was the effective composition to treat chronic trachitis .

7.      Function on digestive system disease

The seabuckthorn have function on digestive system disease, including stomach, duodenal ulcer, inflammation, indigestion etc. In 1959, the former Soviet Union reported that if one patient take orally seabuckthorn oil ,3times each day (take after dinner), it can undercontrol and improve the condition of gastric and duodenal ulcer between34-47 days. Seabuckthorn oil have obvious function on resisting gastric ulcer, and can treat the intestines of various inflammation and dysentery.

8.      Function on protecting the liver

The organic of malic acid and oxalic acid in seabuckthorn can relieve the toxic of antibiotic and other medicines to liver. The phosphatide compound of lecithin is a kind of higher biological activity in the seabuckthorn , and can promote the cellular metabolism,improve liver function, resist fatty liver, resist liver cirrhosis .

9.      Invigorate brain and improve intelligence, promote children growth .

 It is rich in many kinds of amino acids, Vitamins, microelement, unsaturated fatty acid in the seabuckthorn. It has a very good facilitation to grow the children intelligence and health.

10.  Function on ophthalmology disease

Seabuckthorn have obvious function on treating ophthalmology disease. for example, trachoma, protruding eyes goiter, keratitis bubble, eyelid burn and conjunctivitis etc. While treating these disease, seabuckthorn can make into the drop and also make 10-20% eyes ointment, also make the intramuscular injection . The former Soviet Union has reported that seabuckthorn has treated 118 patients cases of the eye burned. Drip the seabuckthorn oil to the conjunctiva bag 5-6times each day, can obviously shorten the treat period. About thepostoperative patient after the cormea simulatanecusly inflammation, can achieve the satisfactory results to drip the seabuckthorn oil 3 times each day.