Wild sea buckthorn has the effects of strengthening the spleen, eliminating food, relieving cough and expectorant, and can be used in the treatment of spleen deficiency, food stagnation, abdominal pain, cough and phlegm. However, in order to ensure the safety of medication, it is recommended to take sea buckthorn purchased through regular channels, and it is not advisable to take wild sea buckthorn blindly.
Sea buckthorn, as a traditional Chinese medicine, is the dried mature fruit of sea buckthorn in the family of Hu Decadentiaceae, which is warm in nature, and its effects include strengthening the spleen, eliminating food, relieving cough and phlegm, activating blood circulation and dissipating blood stasis, and it can be used to treat or improve the conditions such as deficiency of the spleen with low food intake, abdominal pain with accumulation of food, coughing and phlegm, chest paralysis (stuffy and painful in the chest), cardiac pain, and stasis with blood stasis.
Generally speaking, wild sea buckthorn also has the above effects and functions. However, the safety of wild sea buckthorn is not clear, so it is recommended to take sea buckthorn purchased from regular sources and not to take wild sea buckthorn blindly.
The adverse reactions and contraindications of taking sea buckthorn are not clear. In addition, single herbs are not generally used to treat diseases, and if Chinese herbal medicines are needed, they should be combined or used alone under the guidance of doctor’s diagnosis, so as to better utilize the efficacy of Chinese herbal medicines.