Herbal  formulations  have  been  in  use  for  many  years  glob- ally  not only as therapeutic but also as  prophylactic and  health promotive agents. Sea buckthorn (HippophaerhamnoidesL.) Elaeag- naceae, a unique and valuable plant has recently gained worldwide attention, mainly for its medicinal and nutritional potential. Sea buckthorn (SBT) is a thorny nitrogen-fixing deciduous shrub of cold arid region native to Europe and Asia. It is currently domesticated in several parts of the world due to its nutritional and medicinal properties ). It is a hardy plant, drought and cold resistant, useful for land reclamation and farmstead protection through its vigorous vegetative reproduction and strong, complex root system with nitrogen-fixing nodules . All parts of this plant are considered to be a good source of large number of bioactive substances like vitamins (A, C, E, K, riboflavin, folic acid), carotenoids (α, β, δ-carotene, lycopene), phytosterols (ergosterol, stigmasterol, lansterol, amyrins), organic acids (malic acid, oxalic acid), polyunsaturated fatty acids and some essential amino acids. 

1. Digestive system efficacy

Sea buckthorn contains organic acids such as malic acid and oxalic acid, which can alleviate the toxic effects of antibiotics and other drugs and protect the liver.

Sea buckthorn contains lecithin, can promote cell metabolism, improve liver function, anti-fatty liver, cirrhosis.

Sea buckthorn oil is rich in vitamins, carotene, carotenoid, β-sitosterol, unsaturated fatty acids, etc., can promote body metabolism, and is conducive to the recovery of damaged tissues such as ulcer healing.

2. Nervous system efficacy

The DHA contained in sea buckthorn can improve the body's immune function, improve memory and thinking ability, and also prolong the growth cycle of brain cells, prevent atrophy, and prevent Alzheimer's disease.

3. Efficacy of respiratory system

Sea buckthorn has the effect of relieving cough, relieving asthma, promoting lung and eliminating phlegm in traditional Chinese medicine theory, among which quercetin has a good effect on chronic pharyngitis, bronchitis, asthma and other respiratory diseases.

4. Blood circulatory system

The sea buckthorn oil contained in sea buckthorn can delay the formation of experimental thrombus and has the effect of preventing thrombus formation.

Sea buckthorn flavonoids contained in sea buckthorn seeds can reduce hypertension, prevent atherosclerosis, reduce blood viscosity, soften blood vessels, improve blood circulation, and prevent arteriosclerosis.

5. Endocrine system

Sea buckthorn can effectively reduce blood sugar, stabilize and inhibit the development of diabetes patients.

6. Radiation protection

The natural active ingredients of sea buckthorn, such as beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, proanthocyanidins, quercetin, polysaccharide, etc. have certain anti-radiation damage effects. The fruits, leaves and skins of sea buckthorn are rich in these bioactive components, which are rare natural plants for radiation resistance.

7. Antitumor

Studies have found that the bioactive components of sea buckthorn anthocyanins, quassins, coumarins, 5-hydroxytryptamine and so on have obvious anticancer activity. It can inhibit and kill cancer cells in human body. It can reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy by improving the autoimmune function of cancer patients.

8. Beauty and beauty

Sea buckthorn is rich in VA, beta-carotene, VC, VE, SOD, flavonoids, etc., which can increase the excretion of toxins in the body, repair skin cells, improve skin metabolism, and delay aging. Local application of seabuckthorn seed oil or seabuckthorn fruit oil has obvious effect on wound healing of scald, burn and skin wound.

9. Immune system effects

It was found that the active ingredients contained in sea buckthorn had obvious regulatory effects on humoral immunity and cellular immunity.