Black elder - flower - 250g
Product characteristics
Contents: dried flower
Country of origin: EU
Classification: Sambucus nigra
Weight: 250g
Preparation proposal: Place two teaspoons of flowers into 250ml of boiling water and let stand for 10 minutes.
Description
BLACK ELDER - dried flowers - 250g
Plant description Plant species of the Adoxaceae family. The species is widespread in Europe and North America. It has violet-black fruit. The hermaphrodite flowers have 5 stamens and are borne in large, flat corymbs 10–25 cm diameter in late spring to mid summer, the individual flowers ivory white, 5–6 mm diameter, |
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Properties - flowers are used in herb medicine - they have diuretic, antipyretic, expectorant, and externally also anti-inflammatory properties - flower infusions are used for colds, for the treatment of various types of rheumatism and inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract and rheumatic diseases. - externally infusions of flowers are washed in the skin by dermatitis and burns, rinses the mouth and throat with inflammation and cleanses the eyes of conjunctivitis - it is believed that infusions of elderberry flowers are much more potent in colds than lime infusions - black elderberry flowers together with chamomile are used to reduce menstrual pain. |