Sea-buckthorn produce

Natural sea-buckthorn (Hippophae) produce of various applications. Find more here.

Guesthouse

Enjoy the tranquillity at the bank of river Daugava on your retreat from the city hustle. Find more about the recreation here.

About the sea-blackthorn

Hippophae’s healing properties have been long known to man. Nowadays, these properties are reemerging in the eye of the medicine and natural sciences. The buckthorn is the rare herbal species that comprise almost the entire scope of the essential vitamins to the human health, apart from a variety of other revitalizing organic components.  
The berries of the sea-buckthorn are of a round or oblong form and distinguished shade of yellow, bordering on orange. The berry possesses strong sour taste and unique fresh scent. The bush-like plant blossoms at the end of April and/or beginning of May. Berries are ready for harvesting at the end of August and/or beginning of September and hand-gathered.

The buckthorn’s applications for curing cases of various diseases have been discovered long before the emergence of modern medicine. The first known pharmacopoeias on the medicinal applications of Hippophae are dated back to 618-907 AC. As a cultivated plant, however, it is known only since 19^th century. With the scientific discoveries on the buckthorn’s vitamins and biologically active compounds in 20^th century came the reemergence of the use of berries for prophylactic purposes and general revitalization of the human organism. Thereby, the reemergence of the little yellow fruit brought it popularity among other natural sources of bodily supplements. Discoveries show that the sea-buckthorn berries comprise practically every vitamin found in nature apart from such organic compounds as amino-acids, fatty-acids, sterines, flavonoids, tannins, organic acids, trace minerals, etc. Each berry contains approximately 150- 190 biologically active compounds.

Healing and prophylactic properties

The berries of Hippophae can be taken as foodstuffs in different forms: fresh, canned, frozen, or dried. All the useful biological compounds are present in the fruit in a highly concentrated amount, i.e. both the entire collection of fat- and water-soluble vitamins coexist in the berry along with minerals. 

Action: anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, constrictive, radio-protective, and pain-relieving. The berries also normalize the levels of cholesterol, heal ulcers and wounds, propel urine, and act as an antioxidant, simultaneously being a reliable vitamin source. The berries reduce the blood coagulation rate, thus preventing the development of thrombophlebitis and infarct, stimulate the cardiac function, rid the body of cholesterol by binding it, prevent the development of atherosclerosis, contributes to hematology (the blood-regeneration function) and immunity.