Elder Season

Written on December 17, 2009 at 12:50 pm, by admin in Blog

We are now in full fledged flu season, and H1N1 season to boot. Elder offers us some of the easiest, tastiest and downright most powerful protection for the seasonal flu. Both the flowers and the berries have magic to bring to your medicine cabinet. The flowers are more diaphoretic: they induce sweating and excretion.

The berries modulate the immune system helping it to more appropriately respond to your environment and circumstance. Elder fights cold and flu viruses aiding them flush through body quickly all the while strengthening the mucus membranes. Elder acts as an adaptogen improving energy and stress handling. It does all this and it tastes great. Not much more you could ask for in a medicine, hu?! (more…)