Sea buckthorn for heart health

The fatty acid profile is the reason sea buckthorn appears in cardiovascular research. The formulation adds Arjuna bark, long used in Ayurveda for the heart.

What the berry contributes

Sea buckthorn appears in cardiovascular research because of its fatty acid profile — it is one of very few fruits carrying omega 3, 6, 7 and 9 together — and because of its flavonoid content. Studies have looked at blood lipid markers, platelet behaviour and markers of oxidative stress.

The results are mixed and most trials are small. This is an area of genuine research interest rather than a settled one, and nobody should treat a juice as a substitute for cardiac medication or monitoring.

What the formulation adds

Cardiosash adds Arjuna bark (Terminalia arjuna), which has one of the longest records in Ayurveda for heart use, along with guggul and pushkarmool. The Arjuna is the substantive addition; the berry is the carrier.

The preclinical study

Cardiosash is one of five Biosash products with a published preclinical evaluation behind it. In an animal model of doxorubicin-induced cardiac damage it reported roughly a 26% overall cardioprotective effect across nine measured markers. The findings, and their limits →