Seabuckthorn is a traditional Chinese medicine used by Mongolians and Tibetans. It is the dried and mature fruit of Hippophae rhamnoides L. of Elaeagnaceae. Harvest the fruits when they are ripe or frozen hard in autumn and winter, remove impurities, and dry or steam them.
Distributed in North China, Northwest China and Southwest China. Seabuckthorn is a kind of plant with the same medicine and food. The roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits of Hippophae rhamnoides, especially the fruits of Hippophae rhamnoides, are rich in nutrients and bioactive substances, which can be widely used in many fields of national economy such as food, medicine, light industry, aerospace, agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery.
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Seabuckthorn enjoys a long-standing reputation overseas.
In ancient Greece, there was a war between the city-states. Once, the Spartans won the battle, but more than 60 horses were seriously injured in the war. Spartans couldn't bear to kill their horses, and they didn't want to see their beloved horses die, so they put them in a forest.
After a while, they were surprised to find that the dying horse was not dead, but fat and strong, with shiny fur and shining all over.
The Spartans were very surprised and finally found that the horse was put into a seabuckthorn forest. These horses eat seabuckthorn leaves when they are hungry, seabuckthorn fruits when they are thirsty, and live on seabuckthorn.
The wise ancient Greeks knew the value of Hippophae rhamnoides in nutrition and treatment, and also gave Hippophae rhamnoides a romantic Latin scientific name "Hippophae rhamnoides", which means "tree that makes horses shine". This is the origin of Hippophae rhamnoides' Latin scientific name.
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