Top 10 Benefits of Sea Buckthorn

Clinically, there is no claim that sea buckthorn has ten major efficacies. Sea buckthorn belongs to the food with the same origin as medicine and food, and has the efficacy of strengthening the spleen and eliminating food, relieving cough and phlegm, and activating the blood to dissipate blood stasis (to promote the operation of the blood and eliminate the stasis of the blood in the body). Sea buckthorn is sour, astringent and warm in nature. It belongs to the spleen, stomach, lung and heart meridians. Clinically, it is mainly used for treating spleen deficiency with little food, food stagnation (accumulation of food in the stomach due to indigestion), abdominal pain, cough with excessive phlegm, chest palsy, heart pain, blood stasis with menstrual occlusion, bruises and swelling. Sea buckthorn can be used together with Yu Gan Zi and Pomegranate Zi to treat weak spleen qi (weak spleen qi), poor appetite, and distension and pain in the epigastrium (abdomen); it can be used together with sea buckthorn cream to treat prolonged coughing due to lung heat, wheezing (gasping and shortness of breath) with much phlegm, fullness in the chest, and pain in the chest and ribs (chest and ribs), etc. It can be used with Mucuna pruriens, Raisinia alba, Licorice, and Gardenia. When patients need to consume sea buckthorn, it is recommended to use it under the guidance of doctor, not self-medication.