"Who collected fruits and leaves of the sea-buckthorn in summer, he reserved vigor and health for the whole year." So says the people's wisdom and not in vain. Small sunny berries, densely clinging branches of a bush (therefore called sea-buckthorn), the real treasure for maintaining health. Seabuckthorn is sometimes called "Siberian pineapple", because the berries collected after frost are similar in taste to this exotic fruit.
Sea-buckthorn is known even in the times of Ancient Greece and Rome. Young leaves of the bush were fed horses before parades or competitions. Thanks to healing properties, the animals increased endurance and performance, noticeably improved the appearance, the diseases receded. Noticing these changes, the ancient Greeks began to use the leaves and berries of the plant to treat people. But still the greatest interest in sea-buckthorn appeared in the 70s of the twentieth century. Especially popular was sea buckthorn oil , by the time it began to be produced on an industrial scale. A simple and affordable means for healing wounds from burns, frostbite could be found in any pharmacy.
In the berries of sea-buckthorn, a large number of biologically active substances are found, the advantages of which can be listed for a very long time, including protection of the body from radiation exposure.
Due to the absence of the enzyme that destroys vitamin C, all the beneficial substances of sea buckthorn berries are well preserved even during processing.
Healing properties
In pharmaceutics, mainly three components for medicinal preparations are produced from sea-buckthorn: oil, juice and extract from the cake of leaves and berries. They have unique properties for preserving the vital activity of the human body:
- accelerate the healing of wounds;
- activate the activity of the pancreas;
- protect from exposure to ultraviolet and electromagnetic rays;
- normalize body fat metabolism;
- increase the elasticity of blood vessels;
- activate the metabolism, increase the protective function of the body, while toning it and rejuvenating.
The most benefit from sea-buckthorn can be obtained if you eat 100-150 g of berries every day, seasoning them with sunflower oil. To improve the taste, berries are sprinkled with finely chopped fresh herbs. In frozen form, berries retain their value for six months after being removed from the branch.
At home, it is made of different types of butter except jelly: jelly, sea-buckthorn jam , jam, pastille, mors, compotes, canned whole berries and mashed potatoes, squeezes the juice with the pulp and without it, prepares butter with the sea-buckthorn intensively orange and so Further.
Sea-buckthorn Sea-buckthorn
Ingredients:
- berries of sea-buckthorn - 150 g;
- sugar - 100 g;
- spring water - 1 liter.
Preparation
Berry sea buckthorn berries, washed and squeezed juice. The juice is temporarily closed with a lid and placed in the refrigerator. Sea-buckthorn cake pour boiling water and cook for 10-15 minutes. Filter. Add sugar, cool and mix with juice. It turned out a delicious and healthy sea-buckthorn fruit drink. You can treat your relatives and guests.
Sea buckthorn with honey
Ingredients:
- sea-buckthorn - 1 item;
- water - 1 item;
- honey (best of all thick) -1/2 tablespoons.
Preparation
Berries are washed and kneaded by a crib. Then add the honey and mix the whole mixture again. Add water and mix well. Now the mixture is filtered and poured into glasses. Our useful miracle drink is ready, you can try.