Everyone must have gone through a period that even dogs would dislike, right? Back then, we were as wild as monkeys, running up and down mountains, crossing rivers, and hopping around everywhere. We had tasted all the wild fruits on the mountains; the delicious ones were kept and remembered for the next year, while the not-so-delicious ones were weeded out. The memory that sticks with me the most is the mountains full of golden-yellow fruits. In my childhood, we called them shaguaizao. The leaves were very small, and the branches were full of thorns. The fruits were tiny and densely packed together, so we had to break them off along with the twigs and leaves to eat them. The fruits were sour, but the taste was not bad, after all, the variety of products wasn't so abundant in childhood.
Now I know that the fruit I ate in my childhood was seabuckthorn. You can see seabuckthorn products in major supermarkets now, and I occasionally buy them to recall the taste of my childhood. But over time, I learned that seabuckthorn is extremely nutritious, known as the "King of Vitamin C". The vitamin C content in seabuckthorn is 2-3 times that of kiwi fruit, with a staggering 825-1100mg of vitamin C per 100g. And it's not just rich in vitamin C; its content of other vitamins is also extremely high. The key is the wide variety of vitamins, making it the tree species with the most types of natural vitamins in the world—a natural treasure trove of vitamins.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that seabuckthorn is warm in nature, with a sour and astringent taste, and has the effects of relieving coughs and reducing phlegm, strengthening the stomach and aiding digestion, invigorating blood circulation and dispelling stasis. Modern pharmacological research also shows that seabuckthorn has significant pharmacological effects. Naringin and naringenin extracted from seabuckthorn can selectively inhibit the growth of cancer cells and can strongly inhibit human cancer tissues, showing great promise for cancers resistant to chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Moreover, seabuckthorn is very effective in preventing cardiovascular diseases. Seabuckthron flavonoids can clear reactive oxygen free radicals and inhibit the activation of myocardial cells induced by stretching, thereby playing an anti-arrhythmic, anti-myocardial ischemia, and relieving angina pectoris role, improving heart function. Seabuckthorn extract can reduce blood viscosity and lower serum total cholesterol, achieving a lipid-lowering effect.
Due to its effects on blood vessels, seabuckthorn can also lower blood pressure. The abundant vitamin C it contains can boost immunity, and the rich vitamin E has anti-aging effects. Nowadays, many people use seabuckthorn as an important health food.