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Elder black

Elder black is a branchy bush, up to 3-4 meters high. All well know elder on a peculiar and slightly stupefying smell and on a set of inflorescences of dairy color. Elder black grows in parks, near houses, on coast of the rivers and many other places, it not so whimsical to soil. Elder is often cultivated as an ornamental plant. Elder black is quite valuable and effective plant. With the medical purpose use flowers (inflorescences), leaves, bark, roots and fruits. Elder in May-June blossoms, fruits ripen in August-September.



Inflorescences of elder collect during blossoming, dry on dense paper spreading a thin layer in a shadow, in the fresh air. Dry flowers (an elder inflorescence) crush in hands, sift, and throw out pedicels. This very good cold medicine. Flowers and other dried-up raw materials can be stored in cardboard boxes or in paper paper bags till 2 — 3 years.

Bark of elder is collected in the period of a sokodvizheniye, by leaves — during blossoming. The prepared raw materials should be dried in shadows, as well as other plants. Berries of elder are picked mature, connected in bunches and suspending dry. Fruits can also be dried also in furnaces at a temperature up to 60 °C, or on the sun. It is possible to make jam of berries of elder, by the way quite tasty, useful and medical. And still fruits of elder can be ground with sugar and to store in the refrigerator in the raw.

Elder black, fruits In the ancient time considered elder as a sacred tree and its berries applied as the means promoting longevity, raising an organism tone, purifying blood, exciting hormonal glands. Elder black possesses sudorific, bactericidal, anti-inflammatory, poorly disinfecting, diuretic actions.

Infusion of flowers of elder is used as expectorant, emollient cure for cold, flu, quinsy, bronchitis, dry cough, at an inflammation of a mucous mouth, and also at the skin diseases connected with violation of exchange processes. By warm infusion do rinsings. At hypostases of a kidney origin, diseases of kidneys, a renal failure, an inflammation of a bladder accept inside warm infusion of flowers of elder.

Elder bark broth — strong diuretic also yields good results at hypostases of kidney and warm character. The leaves boiled in milk use at hemorrhoids, furuncles, burns, an intertrigo, dislocations, internal fractures.

At hemorrhoids recommend to accept inside infusion of leaves of elder - to take 8 pieces of leaves of elder, 1 tablespoon of a sage, to fill in with 1 glass of boiled water, to insist 1 hour and to add 1 teaspoon of honey. To accept 0,5 glasses of infusion a day within a month. Apply bandages from broth of flowers of elder and a camomile sore joints as emollient means. Compresses from broth of flowers, and also flowers of a camomile, hot with addition, put on sore points at arthritises, polyarthritises, gout, rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis or do bathtubs.

At radiculitis use such recipe: 1,5 table. black to throw spoons of flowers of elder into a thermos (0,5 l), to fill in with boiled water to top, to insist 1 hour and to filter. To drink at an exacerbation of radiculitis 1/2 glasses, 3-5 times a day to food, for 10-12 days. After a week break, if necessary, it is possible to repeat a course.

Broth of young leaves possesses styptic and soothing action. Do trays at sleeplessness, a headache of broth of roots, flowers. The broth of leaves and bark accepted for the night is a purgative intestines. It can be applied at gastric diseases and atherosclerosis. Broth of flowers of elder black is drunk at a climax. Along with berries infusion of flowers influences endocrine glands, intensifies their functions.

Bark, flowers and berries of elder influence function of a pancreas and are applied at diabetes. Broth of bark, branches and roots is used for bathtubs at skin rashes. From bark and roots of elder powder with powder wounds, the becoming wet ulcers, burns. At an erysipelatous inflammation do of bark bathtubs, lotions.

Juice of berries of elder is applied as a disinfectant. Fresh berries and juice use at hepatitis, stomach ulcer of a stomach and intestines, and also at locks, hemorrhoids, a varicosity. Infusion of flowers of elder: to take 1 tablespoon of the crushed dry flowers, to fill in with 1 glass of boiled water, to insist 30 min., to filter. To accept 1-3 tablespoons, 3 times a day to food.