ELDER BERRIES WHOLE (sambucus nigra)

Elderberries Whole 4oz

Botanical Name: Sambucus Nigra

Family: Caprifoliacae        

Uses: Make into a tea, extract, syrup or other remedies to help defend against colds, congestion, cough, sinus, sore throat and to help with energy, focus + build immune system.

Properties: antiviral, depurative, emetic

Parts Used: berries

Constituents: flowers: small quantity of essential oil (containing palmitic, linoleic, and linolenic acids), triterpenes, flavonoids (including rutin), also pectin, mucilage, sugar. berries: sugar, fruit acids, vitamin c, bio-flavonoids. leaves: cyanogenic glycosides

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