Elderflower
Sambucus canadensis
Adoxaceae (Moschatel Family)
Medicinal Minute with Ginger Webb
A note from Ginger:
Elderflowers and elderberries have similar effects in the body, with elderflowers being more gentle and appropriate for the very young. Both can be used for colds & flu, hayfever & allergies: anytime there is mucous and inflammation in the sinuses. Best drunk as a hot tea. Can halt a cold at the first sign of sinus irritation.
Ginger Webb, Community Herbalist, Botanist, Teacher & Mentor
Ginger Webb has been practicing herbalism for nearly 30 years, as a community herbalist, clinical herbalist, herbal medicine maker, wild plant lover, botanist, and teacher. She has trained scores of people to be herbalists through her programs at Sacred Journey School of Herbalism.
Her mission is to keep alive the craft of herbalism through modeling the age-old wisdom of being in right relationship with the plants, and she teaches her students to be stewards of the Earth and the plants first, and to make medicine only when the plants wholeheartedly provide consent.
