Elderflower
(Sambucus nigra flos)
🌼 Elderflower has been used for flavour, in foods, and traditonal herbal medicine, since ancient Greek times.
🌼 Elderflower teas, and cordials, are used to treat bronchitis, cough, upper respiratory infections and fever
🌼 elderflower is widely used in combination with other herbs.
🌼 Elderflowers are high in bioflavonoids, and elderflower preparations have anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, and detoxification actions
🌼 Elderflower is used as a diaphoretic, for treatment of fever and chills, and as an expectorant for treatment of mild inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and symptomatic treatment of the common cold.