Black elderberry is a shrub belonging to the honeysuckle family. Elder grows in warm latitudes: in North Africa, on the Sea of ​​Azov, in Asia, Europe, Crimea, Transcaucasia. As for Russia, the black elder prefers the south of the European part of the country, requiring moist and fertile soils. This is a shade-tolerant, fast-growing plant that begins to bloom as early as three years after planting. The plant is low - usually grows only up to 4-6 meters, rarely reaches 10 meters. But the life expectancy of this plant reaches 60 years.

Black elderberry begins to bloom in May-July, and by August the fruits ripen, which last until the end of September. The plant reproduces by seeds, grows in deciduous and sometimes in coniferous forests, on forest belts and forest plantations. In oak and pine forests with fertile soil, elder sometimes gives a continuous undergrowth of several hectares in area. Elderberry can often be seen in yards and gardens, where it grows in small groups.

Let's talk about how to properly collect and dry this plant. Mostly for medicinal purposes, black elderberry flowers and fruits are harvested. The flowers are harvested during their flowering period, but before the corollas begin to crumble. Otherwise, if you collect the flowers later, the raw material will darken. Usually harvesting flowers lasts about 2-3 weeks. It is best to collect raw materials in baskets so as not to crush or compact it. The plant must be treated very carefully, without breaking the branches during assembly, otherwise you can simply destroy the whole thicket. Immediately after assembly, the plant must be dried so that it does not begin to darken. Black elderberry flowers are dried in well-ventilated attics or under sheds. If drying raw materials in a dryer, the temperature should not exceed 50°C. If you notice that the branches of the inflorescence have become brittle, then this means that the drying is over. After that, separate the flowers from the branches. Raw materials can be stored for 2 years, but it is very important that the room is well ventilated, otherwise the raw materials will become damp.

But the fruits of black elderberry begin to be harvested when they are fully ripe. Clusters are cut with secateurs, then dried in dryers at a temperature not exceeding 60°C. Elder bark is harvested in summer, young leaves in early spring.

Black elderberry: treatment

For a long time, elderberry has been considered medicinal plant able to cleanse the body and help it cope with various diseases. modern medicine does not refute this opinion, confirming that this plant contains many biologically active substances. Just Lady magazine will tell you more about the medicinal properties of elderberry. Almost all parts of the plant show medicinal properties: flowers, berries, leaves, bark, bast layer. The only exception is stems, which are toxic due to their cyanide content.

Black elder flower treatment

Black elderberry flowers light yellow. They are harvested for medicinal purposes during their flowering period, that is, from mid-June to mid-July. Due to the fact that flowers have anti-inflammatory properties, they are used for diseases Bladder as well as gout, rheumatism. The flowers of black elderberry are widely used in gynecology. A tea or infusion of the flowers is wonderfully helpful in chronic diseases upper respiratory tract, flu, tonsillitis, tracheitis and bronchitis. The infusion is prepared as follows: dry or fresh flowers (1 tbsp) are poured with boiling water (1 cup), infused for 15-20 minutes. Then the infusion must be filtered and brought boiled water up to 200 ml. Take the infusion in a warm form 20 minutes before meals 4-5 times.

The use of black elderberry: a decoction of the bark

elderberry bark gray color, she is going in the summer. The bark in the form of a decoction is used as a diuretic and cholagogue. It is also used to treat anemia, arthritis, gout, hemorrhoids, and obesity. The bark is useful for bronchitis, pneumonia and neurasthenia, it helps to remove the head and toothache. But the roots of elderberry in the form of a decoction are effective in diabetes, well help to remove swelling of the hands and feet.

The use of black elderberry: leaf decoction

The leaves of the plant are pinnate, dark green. Gardeners claim that the smell of these leaves repels flies. Probably due to the fact that he is not very pleasant. Leaves boiled in honey help to get rid of constipation, and boiled in milk can be applied to diaper rash and burns. Elderberry leaves are valued for their expectorant, purifying and diuretic properties. However, Just Lady magazine warns you that elderberry leaves are toxic, so check with your doctor before using the tincture.

Berries of black elderberry for medicinal purposes should be collected at the end of September. They are used for rheumatism and as a laxative. Infusion from dried berries improves digestion, bile secretion, and the juice of fresh berries is valued for its antimicrobial properties. black elderberries recommended for stomach ulcers, hepatitis, diabetes. They have a sedative property, contain a lot of vitamin C.

In this way, medicinal properties black elderberry is evident. Moreover, a distilled decoction of elderberries and flowers has a wonderful effect on the skin - it can be used instead of lotion. There are many recipes that mix individual parts of the plant. For example, if you mix the fruits and flowers of elderberry, you get an excellent choleretic decoction. And if you make a powder from the roots and bark of a shrub, you get effective remedy for the treatment of burns, weeping ulcers and non-healing wounds. The healing properties of black elderberry help to improve metabolism. To do this, the leaves, roots and flowers of elderberry are mixed in equal proportions.

Elderberry is one of the most beneficial plants for human health. However, JustLady reminds you: before using decoctions and infusions, consult your doctor, and then they will definitely benefit you!

Despite the wide distribution throughout the territory of our country, not everyone knows today medicinal properties and contraindications of black elderberry.

But this plant was famous for its healing qualities even in ancient times, when medicine was created by Hippocrates and the wise healers of ancient Rome.

black elderberry famous for its useful properties

So, let's try to figure out what elderberry is, how it looks and what, in fact, is its benefit to human health?

What is an elderberry?

What does elderberry look like? Elderberry is a fairly tall shrub that has beautiful white inflorescences that turn into rich dark purple fruits in May. If we talk about where black elderberry grows in Russia, it would not be out of place to emphasize that this plant is most often found in the European part of the state, although it gets along well in hotter latitudes. The shrub feels great in sunny areas, as well as in the shade. He is not whimsical in care, does not require additional watering or seasonal transplants.

The black elderberry herb is known for its healing properties.

IN medical purposes almost all parts of this plant are used, except for the bark, rhizomes and trunks, which contain increased quantities toxic substances.

Dark purple black elderberries

The calorie content of the fruits of the plant is only 73 kcal, so they can serve as an excellent supplement to diet meals, which allow not only to lose weight, but also to significantly improve the state of human health. In addition, the taste of elderberry is quite pleasant, therefore it does not provoke disgust and allows you to eat the fruits of the plant even when raw.

Beneficial features

What is useful elderberry? Useful properties and contraindications of elder flowers, as well as other parts of the shrub, are easily explained by its composition. It contains essential oils and amino acids, vitamins, tannins and antioxidants, glycosides, valuable organic acids (valeric, acetic, malic, etc.), choline, sugar and others. It is about such a huge number valuable substances should be considered when deciding whether elderberry is edible or not.

But really, is it possible to eat elderberry? It is definitely possible, and not only as a jam or infusion, but also in its raw form, by adding berries to ready-made dishes.

Most often in folk medicine leaves, inflorescences and berries of black elderberry are used. The fruits have healing power both fresh and dried. fresh berries allow patients to get rid of many problems, including diseases of the hepato-biliary sphere, peptic ulcer stomach, as well as the prevention of cancer of the gastrointestinal tract. It will not be superfluous to mention that the berries perfectly cope with neuralgia and have a powerful analgesic effect. Dried berries are recommended for malaria.

You will learn more about the benefits of elderberry from the video:

Benefits of elderberries

It is believed that beneficial features and contraindications of elderberries are so pronounced that they make it possible to treat with its help oncological diseases in the early stages of the development of the pathological process.

Black elderberry jam is an effective means of preventing cancerous tumors skin and mammary gland, therefore it is recommended for use by people with increased risk occurrence of these diseases.

The benefits and harms of elderberry jam are a frequent subject of controversy, although it has now been proven that it has only beneficial effect on human health.

Benefits of elderberry flowers

Black elderberry flowers are an equally valuable medicinal raw material, which contains a lot of choline essential oils, routine, valeric, caffeic and malic acids. Inflorescences have a pronounced diaphoretic, diuretic and anti-inflammatory effect.

Elderflower syrup is great for viral and colds, increases the level of immunity, allows you to remove from the human body excess liquid and normalize the flow of bile.

The use of black elderberry syrup is indicated for people who are being treated in oncology clinics. Like elderberry syrup, an infusion based on inflorescences of a medicinal plant is a powerful tool in the fight against infection, cough, sore throat and inflammatory processes. oral cavity. Such a remedy of traditional medicine well eliminates the symptoms of arthritis, helps with gout and rheumatoid lesions of small joints.

How to make elderberry syrup - see the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGQleUcVqW0

The use of black elderberry flowers is a common practice in cosmetology. They are used to prepare lotions for the skin, which rejuvenate and make it more elastic. Cream based on inflorescences helps to heal wounds, eliminate diaper rash and make burn marks less noticeable.

The benefits and harms of elderberry are also known to culinary specialists, who add the fruits of the plant in small quantities to modern haute cuisine dishes as a decoration and not only. Today, wine and elderberry jam are especially popular.

Benefits of elderberry leaves

Elderberry leaves are also medicinal. They have antipyretic, choleretic, astringent, sedative and antiviral effects. Local use of applications makes it possible to get rid of inflammation on the skin, relieve fatigue from the veins and eliminate pain in swollen joints. Elderberry leaves, which have a pronounced laxative effect - folk remedy treatment chronic constipation and prevention of prolapsed hemorrhoids. From these parts of the plant, a good elderberry tea is obtained, which is an excellent tonic and diaphoretic effect.

Elderberry tea is a great tonic.

To whom is elderberry contraindicated?

Poisonous or not elderberry? The opinion that the elderberry is a partially poisonous plant is based on a real and proven scientific basis. As a result, experts warn possible dangers associated with its use and strictly prohibit the use of shrub-based funds for certain categories of patients. Contraindications to black elderberry are considered to be:

• incidence ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome;
• diabetes insipidus;
• individual intolerance to plant components;
• kidney and liver failure.

Black elderberry poisoning is unlikely, unlike.

But given its ability to provide Negative influence, taking plant-based funds is strictly prohibited for children under 12 years of age and people suffering from decompensated forms of chronic ailments.

It is also important to note that elderberry is strictly prohibited during pregnancy, as well as during breastfeeding.

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black elderberry(pischalnik, elderberry or girlish sambuk) is a perennial shrub reaching a height of ten meters. The plant belongs to the honeysuckle family. Elderberries have dark purple or black berries. Shrubs with red fruits are widespread, but they are poisonous. Black elderberry has been used for therapeutic purposes since ancient times, so there are legends that claim that elderberry is the source of eternal youth.

Prescriptions of drugs and methods of application

Black elderberry, depending on the method of preparation, is used for various purposes. The basis for the preparation of the drug can be purchased at a pharmacy or prepared independently. Consider the basic recipes medicines from berries, shoots or roots of a shrub with black fruits.

Means	Recipe and dosage	Indications for admission
Decoction	To prepare the drug, you need 1 tbsp. l. dry flowers of black elderberry pour a glass of boiling water, after which send the container with the mixture to water bath on slow fire. After a quarter of an hour, remove the broth from the heat and leave to infuse for 45 minutes under the lid. Dilute the resulting volume with water to obtain the original 200 ml. Strained medicinal product drink three times a day, a third of a glass before meals.	Taken for the treatment of bronchitis, asthma, rheumatism and arthritis.
Tincture	To create an infusion without the use of alcohol, you need 1 tbsp. l. raw materials (berries or flowers) pour boiling water in the amount of 1 cup. Cover the resulting composition with a lid and leave to infuse for 20 minutes. At the end of the allotted time, strain the product. Take the drug for 2 tbsp. l. before meals 3 times a day.	It is prescribed for the treatment of diseases of the urinary system.
Extract	The recipe for elderberry extract is simple: pour elderberries and sugar into a glass jar in layers, alternating both components. The thickness of each layer should be approximately equal to 1 cm. Then close the jar with a lid and leave it for a month, and after 4 weeks open the container and crush the berries to get a concentrated elderberry juice called extract.	Indications for ingestion: colds, heat body, constipation, rheumatism.
Syrup	To create a syrup, you will need to lower 1 kg of elderberry berries into a saucepan with a thick bottom and pour 0.5 liters of water over them. Send the mixture to a slow fire and cook after boiling for 20 minutes. Next, squeeze the fruits so that all the juice comes out of them, and then add 1 kg of sugar. To complete cooking, bring the product to a boil again, stirring constantly, and when the sugar dissolves in the juice, pour the syrup into containers and use in medicinal purposes. Store the product in the refrigerator.	Increases hemoglobin, strengthens the immune system and relieves a strong cough.
Wine	To create a fragrant elderberry wine, you need 1 kg of berries, 800 gr. sugar and 5 l. water. Pour boiling water over fresh berries, then put the resulting mass on a slow fire and cook for about 2 hours. At the next stage, strain the future wine and add sugar to it, and then cook for another 1 hour. Next, throw raisins into the container with the ingredients, which will act as wine yeast. In the end, all that remains is to ferment the wine and you're done. Consume no more than 50 ml per day.	Useful in diseases of the liver and kidneys.

Beneficial features

For medicinal purposes, berries, flowers, shoots, buds and elderberry roots are used. Shrub flowers contain glucose, fructose and rutin. The berries are rich in organic acids, essential oils and ascorbic acid. Elderberry shoots contain tannins and carotene. These components determine the medicinal properties of berries.

• The plant has an anti-inflammatory effect, stopping cell decay and restoring damaged tissue areas. Black elderberry has regenerative properties, stimulating the body to self-heal.
• The shrub has a positive effect on digestive process. Remedies enhance the production of digestive juices, reducing the level of acid, which is important in pathological conditions accompanied by an increase in pH. Due to the content of phenolcarboxylic acid, the excretion of urine and bile from the body improves.
• Among the useful properties of the plant, the acceleration of biological processes is distinguished - infusions based on black elderberry affect metabolic processes. Similar action plant component cleanses and removes from the body natural way toxins, slags and other harmful deposits accumulated during life.
• Useful drugs based on elderberry and for of cardio-vascular system. Plant preparations are used both in preventive and therapeutic purposes. Vitamin C, contained in the composition, positively affecting the walls of blood vessels. And potassium affects the composition and function of the most liquid tissue. When using products based on black elderberry, the walls of blood vessels become dense and less prone to external influences. The components of the composition have a positive effect on the state of the blood, diluting it when great content shaped components and vice versa - thickening in case high content plasma in tissue.
• Elderberry often acts as a catalyst for biological processes, so it is used when there is a lack of milk in nursing mothers to increase lactation. The product has a diaphoretic effect, which normalizes thermoregulation and body temperature itself.
• Normalizes metabolic processes in the body. Preparations based on black elderberry are used to combat liver diseases (with panreatitis and cholestasis). Use elderberry for dyskinesia biliary tract or damage to the bladder itself.
• They eat black elderberry jam to reduce sugar levels in diabetes.
• Jam is used to prevent beriberi and enhance the barrier properties of the body. It is customary to drink a sweet drug for acute respiratory viral infections as an anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and sputum thinner. Jam is used as a therapeutic tool for bronchitis, laryngitis and tonsillitis.
• Apply remedies based on elderberry for diseases gastrointestinal tract. Effective herbal medicines with the development of an inflammatory process that affects the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines. For this reason, berries are used for gastritis with hyperacidity And various forms enterocolitis.
• Berries help in the treatment of atherosclerosis and other pathological conditions associated with circulatory disorders. The analgesic properties of the fruit make it possible to use them instead of medicines for headaches and insomnia.
• Normalizes arterial pressure with hypertension and hypotension.
• In folk medicine, compresses are prepared from elderberry infusion, which are used to combat diseases of the joints. Due to the pronounced anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, the plant is used for the prevention and treatment of bursitis, arthrosis or synovitis.
• Elderberry decoctions are used for facial skin care, preventing the development of dermatitis, acne and acne. Helps the tool to normalize the work sebaceous glands skin.

Contraindications

Black elderberry can harm the body. Possible side effects after eating elderberry: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, etc. As for contraindications, stop taking herbal preparation necessary for such diseases:

• ulcerative colitis;
• Crohn's disease;
• gastritis during an exacerbation;
• stomach ulcer;
• diabetes mellitus of the second type.

Collection and storage rules

To prepare an efficient medicinal product necessary the right way collect, dry and store elderberry.

• For making flowers whole inflorescences are cut from the shrub in late May, early June, after which they are laid out on paper and dried at a temperature of up to 45 degrees. Dried flowers are threshed and stored in sealed jars in a dark place for up to two years. Bark and leaves are prepared in the same way.
• For picking berries it is necessary to wait until they are fully ripe, which occurs in late August, early September. The fruits are cut in clusters, dried, threshed and stored in a sealed container. At the same time, the shelf life of berries is much less than flowers. Store as a blank for no more than six months, after which the fruits become poisonous.

Black elderberry (Sumbucus nigra) is a plant that has been used for centuries as a medicine and natural dye.

Today, these unpretentious shrubs or trees are also valued as a fruit and ornamental crop. Breeders annually present interesting varieties.

And since the medicinal properties of black elderberry and its contraindications are well studied, it is safe to say that the shrub deserves to grow in every garden.

Where does black elderberry grow in Russia

The area of ​​cultivation of culture is constantly expanding. Its deciduous bushes and trees are common throughout the European part of the country.

The plant can be seen in the lower reaches of the Don, and on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. They are found in the mountains of the Caucasus. The plant can form thickets in the forests of southern Siberia.

What types of plants are useful and which are poisonous

Before using plant materials, you need to find out: is elderberry poisonous or not? The difficulty is that medicinal plant sometimes confused with other related species:

• red or racemose elder (Sambucus racemosa) - has red, rowan-like berries, greenish flowers;
• grassy elder (Sambucus ebulus) - has an unpleasant odor, pinkish flowers, black fruits and white-pink branches.

Unlike the black relative, the red elderberry is poisonous. It is not used inside. Another use of elderberry is known: against rodents and insects. The branches of this species are tied around trees from mice. Bad smell repels pests.
Leaves, berries and flowers (especially fresh ones) of a herbaceous appearance contain amygdalin. This substance causes poisoning. During drying, it collapses.

What does black elderberry look like

It can be distinguished by its colors - they have a yellowish tint. Fruits become black-purple when ripe, not black. These signs are noticeable during a certain growing season.

Do not take risks if you are not sure of the correctness of the species definition. Better find out where to buy black elderberry, and use ready-made raw materials. As a rule, it is in pharmacies.

Black elder: medicinal properties and contraindications

For medicinal purposes, black elderberry is more often used. Useful properties and contraindications of this plant have been known for a long time. However, now they have a scientific justification.

It has been proven that only flowers, the pulp without seeds and the shell of ripe berries can be safely consumed inside. Other parts are poisonous.

Known medicinal properties different parts plants:

1. leaves - laxative, tonic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, diuretic;
2. bark - diuretic, emetic, laxative, bile and diuretic;
3. berries and flowers - diaphoretic, laxative, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, disinfectant, antispasmodic.

Application

• Jams and jelly are prepared from berries. For syrup, berries are covered with sugar in a ratio of 1: 1 and kept in a dark place for 2 weeks. Take liquid 1-2 tsp. a day for the prevention of influenza and colds.
• With inflammation of the joints, compresses from fresh leaves. Strengthen the compress elastic bandage and keep until the leaves dry.
• From constipation, an infusion of dry berries is prepared: 10 g is poured into a glass of cold boiled water and kept for 2 hours. After straining, take the entire portion 1 time per day 30 minutes before meals.
• With edema of various nature, a decoction is prepared from the bark and shoots. For this, 30 g of raw materials are poured into 1 liter. boiling water. Boil for 5 minutes, insist 40 minutes. Drink 1/2 cup 30 minutes after eating. The course cannot last more than a month.

Contraindications and harm

The plant cannot be used

1. at individual intolerance;
2. during pregnancy and lactation;
3. at diabetes insipidus(this is not a typo);
4. acute and chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Children are given the remedy in limited quantities, and only on the recommendation of a doctor.

Elder flowers: medicinal properties and contraindications

From dried flowers come out useful infusions, decoctions and alcohol tinctures. Medicinal properties and contraindications of elderberry flowers do not ignore traditional medicine. The raw material is suitable for compresses for skin diseases.

Useful properties of elderberry flowers

When taken orally, a decoction of flowers:

1. increases the tone of the body;
2. removes excess fluid;
3. relieves swelling in bronchitis;
4. acts as a mild laxative;
5. contributes to the normalization of weight.

Useful properties and contraindications of elderberry flowers are associated with their chemical composition. Preparations from flower raw materials are not suitable for individual intolerance, pregnancy, breastfeeding and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in acute form.

Elderberry kvass: recipe for 10 liters

Cooking during the summer delicious drink from elder flowers. Whatever it is called: children's champagne, elderflower kvass, non-alcoholic wine. The drink does not contain alcohol and really tastes like sparkling wines.

The recipe for kvass from elderflower flowers can be changed to your taste. Mint, lemon are added to the finished drink. It keeps for about a month.

Recipe for a drink from elderflower flowers (designed for 10 liters)

• Cut 40 inflorescences.
• Put the flowers in a 3-liter jar.
• Fill the bowl with cold boiled water.
• Infuse in the dark for 2-3 days (room temperature).
• After 2 days, drain the liquid into a 10-liter container.
• Pour the flowers again with water, after 2 hours drain the infusion and add it to the previous portion of the liquid.
• Discard the cake, top up the dishes with water and dissolved sugar (1 kg) and citric acid(4 tsp);
• Pour the drink into bottles, store in a cool place.

The longer the drink sits, the more it resembles elderberry champagne. This recipe calls for fresh flowers.

To have useful raw materials at hand, it is enough to buy black elderberry seedlings, and then plant the plant in your garden.

There are many interesting varieties that can brighten the landscape, such as black elder Aurea with variegated leaves. But it is possible to be treated with the help of a plant only after consulting a doctor. After all, ordinary elderberry can be both harmful and beneficial.

Berry syrup recipe, watch the video.

In the good old days, when doctors became solely by vocation, the call of the heart and soul, the healing properties of black elderberry berries and flowers were effectively used to relieve many serious ailments: tuberculosis, all forms of cancer, bile stasis, kidney disease, malaria, dropsy, gout.

And today it is part of some medicinal herbal preparations, from the pharmacy. The effective medicinal properties of black elderberry flowers are recognized official medicine actively used by traditional healers.

Many centuries folk healers, and today medical luminaries recognize the special effectiveness of the use of inflorescences, often recommended for the treatment of many ailments.

• For colds, sore throats, pneumonia, fresh, dried umbrellas are prepared healing decoctions, water infusions, tinctures on alcohol or vodka. They soften, act as an expectorant, relieve inflammatory reactions mucous membranes, relieve fever and headache.
• Extracts from flowers - warm tea, elderberry honey, decoctions and infusions are drunk to relieve puffiness when kidney disease as well as inflammation genitourinary system and hemorrhoids.
• Quickly cure joint pain in arthritis, arthrosis, rheumatism compresses from tincture of flowers on vodka, alcohol or therapeutic baths with decoctions. During exacerbations, it is recommended to drink infusions of black elderberry flowers, for which they are steamed in a thermos for 1 hour.
• Simultaneous external and internal application decoction of elderberry flowers greatly increases the effectiveness of treatment inflammatory processes any kind.
• Medicinal properties of black elderberry flowers in conjunction with linden honey excellent help against insomnia, neuralgia, atherosclerosis. (Read also.)
• Baths, lotions of black elderberry flowers cure almost any skin problems. acute diseases: sores, burns, rash of various etiologies.
• Severe climatic disorders remarkably calms.

Invigorating kvass, warm tea have unique restorative remedies for immunity.

Medicinal properties of elderberries

The fruits have a wonderful disinfectant effect. The scope of black elderberry jam, tea, decoctions, tinctures is very wide. Berry juices facilitate the treatment of stomach ulcers, intestines, hemorrhoids. In fact, with any disease, they will bring relief, due to the unique beneficial properties of black elderberry:

• berries are rich in vitamins C, PP, B, A, E, which activate the growth and reproduction of healthy cells;
• they contain easily digestible sugars: glucose, fructose, which contribute to the normalization of metabolic processes;
• they contain a lot of biologically active acids, enzymes, tannins, glycosides that prevent the development of pathogens;
• a huge amount of antioxidants that help slow down aging.
• a large number of phytoncides contained in berries, flowers, kills malicious microorganisms exclusively in short time, so the fruits and inflorescences - excellent tool from contracting any infectious disease.

Medicinal properties of black elderberry and folk recipes on its basis are widely used as a tonic for the speedy increase in immunity, improve blood composition, increase hemoglobin.

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The fruits have a high diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory, antifungal, anthelmintic, antipyretic effect. They have an excellent diuretic, choleretic, laxative effect. Tea from inflorescences, fruits will help to cope with fever, prevent the development of fever.

In Bulgaria, elderberries and flowers have long been used in the treatment of skin cancer, larynx and tuberculosis.

It is often used to effectively prevent prostatitis, rectal cancer.

In addition, black fragrant sweet and sour berries are considered unique means against atherosclerotic plaques in vessels. Just 5 fruits a day are enough for the vessels to become clean and elastic after 2 months.

Contraindications

The beneficial properties of flowers and fruits of black elderberry have long been recognized in all countries of the world, since contraindications to their use are minimal:

However, it is not useful for everyone: you can not use funds for babies, pregnant women, nursing mothers.

In addition, the use of elderberry is excluded for certain chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, allergies, and diabetes. Be sure to consult a doctor if you or your loved ones decide to start treatment.

The dosed amount of infusion from fruits, inflorescences during treatment is also required to be agreed with the doctor individually.

Elder against pests

Elderberry bushes are an excellent remedy for removing harmful mosquitoes, dung flies, voracious midges and rodents from the site - they do not tolerate them. Therefore, you can plant elderberry near compost heaps and about open window to the house. And most importantly, long years people planted black elderberry near their homes not only to get rid of diseases of the body, but also to protect against evil spirits that encroach on the immortal soul. Who knows, maybe they were right, they knew more about elderberry than we know today.