How to make
The flowers of the white elderberry are collected and they are dried in a shade or in a dryer.
They are stored in paper envelopes in a dry and ventilated place.
The flowers are made in the form of an infusion.
Pour two teaspoons of the dried herb with 250 ml of boiling water.
Leave them to soak for 15-30 minutes. The strained infusion is taken 2-3 times a day.
The white elderberry tea, from the flowers of the dried herb, is very suitable for children (or adults) with an epidemiological disease.
This practice is good in the treatment of measles, chicken pox, scarlet fever and similar diseases characterized by rash and high fever.
For high fever in young children (and adults too), you can induce sweating by infusing a handful of elder flower in a liter of water.
The aromatic tea is drunk as hot as possible to induce profuse sweating.
You wrap the patient well and after sweating you change their clothes and in the morning they will certainly feel better.
The flower tea helps the rash to break out - and this is the better option than keeping the high temperature locked in the body.
If the elderberry flowers are used at the beginning of the inflammation of the throat and tonsils, they will speed up the treatment, because they strengthen the circulation and cleanse the body.
The flowers are anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic, secretolytic and expectorant for respiratory tract inflammation, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia.
They are prescribed for inflammation of the kidneys and urinary tract, gastrointestinal disorders, liver diseases.
Folk medicine also recommends the herb for high blood pressure, shortness of breath and difficulty urinating.
The flowers also act as a diuretic and help to remove the poisonous substances that accumulate in arthritis and gout.
It is also used to treat wounds, cuts and inflammation. Elderberry tea is also good for weight loss, because it accelerates the metabolism and the release of excess water from the body.
