Elderflowers, whole flowers, organic
€6.50*
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Sambucus nigra L., flowers rubbed, controlled organic cultivation
History:
Elder has played an important role in medicine for thousands of years. Hippocrates from Greece, who lived from 460 to 377 BC, praised the healing power of the elder. He even called it a medicine cabinet. Elder was recommended for constipation, dropsy and women's complaints. These are uses that are still typical of elderberry today. Theophrastus of Eresos, Pliny the Elder and Dioscorides also described and praised the elder. North of the Alps, the Celts and Germanic tribes regarded the elder as a sacred tree that embodied the goddess. The good spirits of the house were supposed to dwell in the elder and protect the house and its inhabitants from harm. For this reason, the elder should neither be pruned nor cut down, because removing the elder would deprive the good spirits of their dwelling place. Since the elder can grow very large within a few years (up to 7 m high and very wide), it often takes up a lot of space in the garden. In addition to medicinal purposes, the elder was also used for numerous magical purposes. As a tea, its flowers are often used for sweating cures for fever and colds. The black berries are very rich in vitamin C and can be taken as juice, puree or jam.
Occurrence:
Black elderberry, also known as Sambucus nigra, is native to Central Europe, widespread in Europe, North Africa and West and Central Asia. Black elderberry is often found along roadsides, in riparian forests and gardens.
Plant family:
Honeysuckle = Caprifoliaceae.
Colloquial names:
Elder (engl.),Sambuco (it.), eelberry, alhorn, backholder, betschel, German lilac, eider tree, elder, eller, ellhorn, lilac, hölder, holder, holderbusch, hollerbusch, holler, hulertrauben, huskolder, keilken, kelkenbusch, kischke, schwarzholder
Botanical description:
It forms either as a shrub or also as a tree up to 7 m tall and is often very bushy and broad. The leaves are imparipinnate. The flowers are small, yellowish-white in a dense, umbrella-shaped raceme. They have a fruity, spicy scent with the unmistakable aroma of elderberry. In late summer to autumn the flowers ripen into black berries. The fruits are small, spherical and shiny black-purple. The blood-red juice is highly colouring. Elder trees like to grow close to houses. Often it really nestles up against the houses. The bark of the trunks and branches is warty and smells slightly unpleasant. The twigs are hollow and contain a soft pith. Therefore, elder twigs are also popular for making simple flutes.
Applied plant part:
Mainly the flowers and the berries.
Caution. The green part of the plant is poisonous
Active substance/gathering time:
The elder bush particularly likes to grow near dwellings, so it is usually easy to find.
Flowers: Mid-May to July
Berries: August to October
Leaves: May to June
Bark: February to March and October to November
Root: February to March and October to November
Ingredients:
The flowers contain flavonoids, rutin, quercetin, mucilage, tannins and organic acids. The holdunder berries contain vitamin C and B1, B2, organic acids, bitter substances, essential oil, glycosides and resins.
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7 reviews
4 April 2025 14:36
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Sehr gute Qualität, vielen dank.
28 March 2023 16:05
geschmacklich unübertroffen, einige verschiedene Anbieter getestet, sehr lecker !
auch gut bei Husten
4 January 2023 21:06
Einwandfrei- bin sehr zufrieden
23 January 2019 16:50
Sehr gute Qualität, gute Kommunikation und schnelle Zustellung
Gern mal wieder
31 October 2016 20:41
Ich bin zufrieden
Ich mag die produkt. Schnell versand. Danke schon.
12 January 2015 18:20
Teemischung
ist für eine Teemischung und kann ich darum nur bedingt bewerten - riecht aber gut, sieht frisch aus - und das wichtigste für eine gesunde Teemischung - BIO!
21 December 2014 18:56
mag ich gerne...
...als Teeaufguss bei leichter Erkältung
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