Elderberries have long been used as food, particularly in the dried form. Elderberry wine, pie, and lemonade are some of the popular ways to prepare this plant as food. Elderberry (Sambucus Nigra) may be used as a diaphoretic to break fevers, urinary complaints, edema, rheumatic complaints, colds & flu symptoms and muscle pain. There are many significant compounds are found in elderberry, the most significant being anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are dominant antioxidants and have immune stimulating properties....<Read more> |