Elder (Elderberry / Sambucus nigra)

Elder (Elderberry / Sambucus nigra)

        Elder, or elderberry , to some known as Sambucus, is a plant of the family Adoxaceae that grows in Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. Elderberry has branched shrub or tree that can be 3 - 7 feet tall. Elder branches are hollow, woody, filled with spongy pith. Elder leaves are pinnate, growing opposite. The flowers are small, with five petals, yellowish white and make flat branched inflorescence. The fruits are purple-black berries with a red and blue juice.

         The whole Elder plant has an iron, potassium and sodium, and berries, and malic acid. Bark, roots and leaves of Elderberry are harvested in the spring, flower in June, while not entirely abloom, and berries in late summer when they mature. The exterior of the peel is discarded, used only the inner, green. The flowers are picked when they are dry and warm days, certainly not after the rain. Droughts are hanged at the draft as soon as possible and stay dry yellow-white. If flower darkens should throw it away.

Elder (Elderberry / Sambucus nigra)

         Elder is used against colds, cold, flu, sore feet, middle ear infections and tonsillitis. Boosts sweating and urination. Helps with coughing, kidney disease. When kidney disease is a real tea-leaves bazgovog. From elder flowers are real tasty Elder syrup diluted makes a refreshing drink and is also good for the respiratory tract. Elder juice is also made from Elderberry.

Elder (Elderberry / Sambucus nigra)

          So Elder is used in many ways like in Elder syrup,  Elder juice, and sometimes jam. The fruit is eaten by many birds. Some have considered weeds. The fruits are called edible after cooking, but everyone else green and immature parts of the plant are poisonous due to high amounts of calcium oxalate crystals. Tea made from leaves and shoots calls are used to promote excretion of urine, accumulation of fluid in the body, for the treatment of diabetes as well as for cleaning and improving the blood.        Tea made from the flowers is called is used in the treatment of colds, bronchitis, coughs, flu, initial pneumonia, severe sneezing, measles, scarlet fever, wheezing, asthma, tuberculosis at home and in all rheumatic diseases. Bark of the branches of the trees used for preparing tea, which removes difficulty urinating, disturbances in the kidneys and bladder, heals dropsy and hard stool.

Elder (Elderberry / Sambucus nigra)