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Common name: |
Elder tree |
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Family: |
Caprifoliaceae |
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Parts used: |
Flowers & Berries |
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Chemistry: |
Flowers – flavonoids (rutin(strengthen broken capillaries/veins), quercitin(anti-histamine) and kaempferol), tannin, Triterpenes including ursolic and oleanolic acid, volatile oils, sterols. Fixed oil, containing free fatty acids; mainly linoleic, linolenic &palmitic acids, pectin Berries – Anthocyanins (sambucin, sambucyanin), flavonoids, viburnic acid, tyrosin, Mg, Ca, vit C, iron, EO, tannins |
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Main actions: |
Cooling Diaphoretic, Anti- inflammatory, Diuretic. |
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Other Actions: |
Flowers – diaphoretic, anti-catarrhal, emollient- externally, alterative, anti-inflamatory, anti-spasmodic. Antidiabetic Berries – Diaphoretic, anti-viral, immune enhancing, antioxidant, aperient, diuretic, alterative |
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Dosage: |
2 – 6ml TID |
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Safety: |
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