Sea buckthorn belongs to the genus of dioecious shrubs. In Eurasia, you can find three species of this plant. Buckthorn buckthorn can be easily found on the banks and near the floodplains of small rivers, not only in Europe but also in the Caucasus, Central Asia, as well as in Siberia. This plant is cultivated not only for the sake of vitamin fruits, but also to get valuable sea buckthorn oil. Useful properties are present in all parts of the plant.
What is useful sea buckthorn?
The birthplace of sea buckthorn, oddly enough, is the north. However, this plant has gained wide distribution and popularity with us. This is not without reason. The edible fruits are surprising in that they retain their vitamin properties even when frozen throughout the winter and spring. This is one of the most valuable qualities of this plant.
From the fruits of sea buckthorn, you can make a healing broth, which perfectly copes with the treatment of any gastrointestinal ailments. It is enough to take it inside for a week. If you are overcome with skin diseases, the same decoction is used in the form of lotions externally. Not only broth valuable sea buckthorn. Useful properties are also present in sea buckthorn oil, which is extracted from the seeds of this shrub. The painkiller, healing, as well as anti-inflammatory effect allow it to be used to treat many diseases. Outwardly, sea buckthorn oil is used to treat burn skin lesions. The oil has received wider use for the treatment of gastritis and stomach ulcers. With an exacerbation of these diseases, the oil is taken orally - they drink 1 teaspoon half an hour before eating. During the day, this procedure is carried out three times. It is characteristic that at first there is no improvement, but already on the fifth day, patients unanimously feel relief. This type of therapy is usually popular in the autumn as well as winter, because it is at this time that the period of pronounced symptoms (exacerbations) sets in. Sea buckthorn is also great for healing non-purulent wounds. The beneficial properties of the oil will be maximally manifested if it is applied to a sterile gauze napkin and applied to the wound surface. The dressing is enough to change once a day.
Like any medicine, sea buckthorn, whose beneficial properties are undeniable, has some contraindications. With pancreatitis and acute cholecystitis, it should not be used categorically, since it will only aggravate these diseases. Therefore, before you start taking sea buckthorn, consult your doctor.
Prepare sea buckthorn oil at home
Sea buckthorn oil is sold ready-made at any pharmacy, but you can cook it yourself. To do this, pick berries from the bush and thoroughly washed. Then they need to be thoroughly crushed and squeezed out the juice that they started. Pour the resulting pulp with water and place for two days in a dark and cool room so that fermentation begins. After a while, the oil will begin to gradually float to the surface of the juice, where you collect it.
Sometimes sugar, water and a small amount of wine yeast are added to a mass of crushed berries and kept in a warm place. After a while on the surface of the pulp is sea buckthorn oil, which can be easily collected.
Another way to obtain oil is to dry the pulp, followed by the addition of vegetable as well as olive oil. In this case, the solution must be kept in a water bath for about three days. Then the filtered oil must be poured into a new portion of pulp. The described procedure must be performed at least four times. The finished sea buckthorn oil has a reddish tint and a thick consistency.
Such a wonderful berry - sea buckthorn, the useful properties of which now certainly will not cause doubts. Be healthy and remember that your health is in your hands, and nature will help.