Elder

Botanical Name: Sambucus nigra

Other Names: Elderflower, elderberries

Taste: Bitter

Mizaj: Heating & Drying

Actions:

• Flowers - expectorant, reduces phlegm, circulatory stimulant, promotes sweating, diuretic, topically anti-inflammatory.
• Berries - promotes sweating, diuretic, laxative.
• Bark - purgative, promotes vomiting (in large dosage), diuretic, topical emollient

Therapeutic use:

• Berries - taken in autumn to prevent winter colds
• Bark - relieves stubborn constipation and arthritis conditions
• Flowers - influenza, hay fever, inflammation (topically)

Reference:

Ody, Penelope. The Complete Medicinal Herbal. Dorling Kindersley, 1993.

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