Anna Clayton: further info about Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) which we saw near Millennium Bridge last weekend: Sea-buckthorn fruit can be used to make pies, jams, lotions, fruit wines and liquors. The juice or pulp has other potential applications in foods or beverages. In Mongolia, it is made into a juice drink, with concentrates also available. In Finland, it is used as a nutritional ingredient in baby food. Fruit drinks were among the earliest sea-buckthorn products developed in China. Seabuckthorn-based juice is popular in Germany and Scandinavian countries. It provides a nutritious beverage, rich in vitamin C and carotenes. For its troops confronting extremely low temperatures (see Siachen), Indias Defence Research Development Organization established a factory in Leh to manufacture a multi-vitamin herbal beverage based on sea-buckthorn juice. The seed and pulp oils have nutritional properties that vary under different processing methods.[19] Sea-buckthorn oils are used as a source for ingredients in several commercially available cosmetic products and nutritional supplements. Traditional medicine: Different parts of sea-buckthorn have been used as traditional therapies for diseases. - Bark and leaves have been used for treating diarrhea and dermatological disorders. Berry oil, either taken orally or applied topically, is believed to be a skin softener. - In Indian, Chinese and Tibetan medicines, sea-buckthorn fruit may be added to medications in belief it affects pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cardiac, blood or metabolic disorders.
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