Elderberry

So you can almost think of lingonberry and cranberry as American and European counterparts.

Uh, not unlike we have a Sambucus canadensis, our native elderberry.

In Europe, they have Sambucus nigra.

Some taxonomists consider them to be the same species, so it's pretty similar overall in the taste and, and uses and everything like that.

Um, but yeah, very closely related.

Mindy.

And hey, yes, Elderberry works every time, by the way.

But what struck me that never really hit me as hard is that now after losing the love of my life, you know, we are just passing through.

You know, we are all just passing through, all of us.

Yeah, the crutches are those wooden sticks used by gardeners to prop up young shrubs.

And Elderberry hobbles by, chatting with some young quinces about the weather.

But then she sees her first fairy.

It's a street boy fairy running up the walk, closing the weeping trees.

It is one of the biggest immune boosters out there.

Elderberry is also another one, which a lot of people do.

Like elderberry syrup.

Now they make everything into a gummy.

Echinacea is also one of the longest herbs around for boosting the immune system.

For someone who has a weakened immune system, I would recommend that you take these kind of regularly.

Elderberry is safe to take all the time.

Echinacea, you don't only take for two weeks.

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Elderberry Syrup If you've spent any time at all in the herbal world, you already know the name and you probably already know what we're talking about this week.

It's the plant everyone reaches for when the cold and flu season comes knocking.

Just look on social media right now, and many herbalists, including the well-respected Matthew Wood, have been talking about elderberries.

Please don't eat them raw off the bush, however tempting and dark and jewel-toned berry might be in the light of September.

Once you've done that, once the berries are ripe and cooked, you're working with one of the most well-regarded immune allies in the whole hedge-grow apothecary.

Elderberry has a long history of use for cold and flu season specifically.

It's rich in anthocyanins, the deep purple-black pigment compounds that give the berries their color, along with vitamins and other plant constituents that have made it a first reach for herbalists and home kitchens alike when the first sniffle of the season shows up.

It's to support the terrain beforehand.

Elderberry is a famous one with a long folk history.

through exactly these months and it makes a beautiful syrup you can take by the spoonful.

Astragalus is one herbalist's reach for the support system through the whole season taken steadily rather than in a panic and time the same time as in your kitchen.

A mug of oat straw and chamomile before bed.

Instead of the third, scroll through your phone.

Elderberry syrup off a spoon while you look out at the frost.

Small, warm daily habits that will carry you through further than a single supplement.

These are, after all, some of our very favorite episodes that we've ever produced.

The replay this week is going to be from episode 265, and it's called Elderberry Syrup Isn't Everything.

Now, listen, elderberry syrup is fantastic.

We do like it.

Yes.

But while cold and flu season is coming, you might be going around thinking, all right, you know what? I'm all prepared.

I'm ready for cold, flu, COVID, whatever comes my way because I've got my bottles of elderberry syrup.

I'm all set and good to go.

So, you know, it's filled with berries.

Elderberry is coming in.

And of course, elderberry is amazing for this time of year in protecting us against, I mean, we've talked about this in the past, but protecting us against cold and flu.

And of course, with back to school time, that is a concern of the cold and flu season.