Elderberry Medicine
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Join me (Herbalist Yarrow Willard) in a mini-intensive on Elderberry, one of the most popular herbs for working with cold's and flu's as well as so many other health issues.
In this video you will learn:
The Benefits of Elderberry
Best Practices for Harvesting
How to make it into syrup
History and Folklore
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We got into elderberries about 2 years ago. my wife has several medical issues modern medicine had her on 24 different medications after starting to drink the elderberry juice she is now off all but 2 medications. We now have planted 60 bushes on our farm and are working with a friend to put in a 5 acre farm dedicated to the elderberry so we can spread the love of the elder as wide as we can.
I'm going to use these to try the same as your wife, though, I'm not on that many meds-that being said- I don't trust Big-Pharma. I wish you wife good fortune.
Beautiful!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Congratulations to your wife. That is Awesome! I may need to research a bit deeper. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful!
That’s so wonderful
Hi from the Old World. My grandma used elder leaves to relieve pain in her knee, which occured occasionally. She would take fresh leaves, put them directly on, wrap it all ovenight and the next day she was fine. We also have a saying in Czech: "You take your hat off before chamomile, but you kneel before elderberry." I think it says a lot.
I'm from Austria, elderberry is food around here. We make syrup and tea from the blossoms and also fry them in dough. The berrys are used for syrup and jelly, canned as "Hollerkoch", dried for tea, and made into soup. My Family uses up 100 Liters of flower and berrysyrup in one year.
The leaves are fermented in water to repell mice that eat roots in the garden. The wood is used for toolhandles such as schovels, because the skinn will not blister( the wood gives of some kind of wax or fat and is very smooth). On the deadwood there grows a mushroom we call Judasohr( Ear of Judas) that we like to eat.
The bush either grows voluntarily besides the compostheap or is planted there, it brings order to chaos and attraktes beatles that chew the wood in the compost to little pieces.
It is a saying here that you should take of your hat when passing a Elderberrybush.
Oh i forgot the liquor and salve.
I'd think twice before using this if you have an autoimmune condition.
In 2012 I contracted H1N1 and hit the elderberry syrup. 3 days and I was all better. The 3 days were filled with fever (102-104), very sore body aches, and an unquenchable thirst. When I awakened on day 4 it was like I had never been ill at all. Amazed me. I just gave so much gratitude to my friend elderberry (and flower). Still do!
The black elderberry grows wild here in MO. I planted 10 plants 4 years ago. I prune them down each year to 6 to 8 inches. The deer like to rub their antlers on the branches in the fall, so the ones the deer don't rub, I take those branches and cut them into 12 to 24 in sticks, pruning with 2 buds (nodes) to plant below the ground and 1 to two buds above. This is done in January here. I have 95% success rate, over 100 plants now. Pruning back gives you larger heads too. I freezes the berries in ziplock bags, then when I'm ready to use them the berries pop right off those little stems.
Thank you. Great info, especially like the freezing helping the berries pop right off of those little stems.
Many years ago I nearly died from gangrene. After I was on the mend, my doctor wrote prescriptions for elderberry syrup. He told me I needed it. That was 40 years ago, seems he was right.
Wow interesting
wulfgar3000 in some countries they do...
Don't worry Tammy, the ignorant don't want to learn. They think they know everything.
@wulfgar3000 That wasnt very nice to say? She said many years ago. Doctors DID. Hope you find some happiness somewhere....
Some doctors do reco elderberry. Love it❤️
I made elderberry wine when I was younger and it was so bad you couldn’t hardly drink it. One day we had a calf that was lying down and barely breathing. We dumped most of a bottle of that wine down it’s throat and the next day it was back with the other cows like nothing happened.
Jeff Fender /thathappened
Did you make it properly? Maybe you vinegared it, Ive heard its quite nice
I also made an elderberry wine, it turned out extremely bitter. Since then I have discovered it needs to be aged for a minimum of 2 years, because of the abundance of tannin.
You guys were trying to kill that poor fuckin' cow. But instead, you saved it. I hope Aunt Esther hits you with her purse hard. Really fucking hard.
@@oovii808 it was a cure ya or kill ya situation . Would they have tried that on the grama, maybe.
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I have a lot of trees here in Hungary. I pick and fork the berries off the stems, wash them and boil them up with a spoon of sugar. When boiled for a few mins, I turn the power off and let them cook a bit longer and cool. Then I mash them up a bit more and strain them and push the pulp through a seive. I pour the juice into 275 ml bottles (little piccalo champers bottles) and freeze them, then cap them when frozen. Easier for me. Then In winter, I take out one each week and swig a mouthful each morning after my 3klm jog. Never ever get sick now.
👍👍👍
Interesting! How many bottles do you make a year then? 52 or 26 or less?
@@Iamicequeenice ...Hi...I make about 20...as I don't finish a bottle each 2 weeks exactly...It's longer, as I am away at various times, etc. It would be better to make iceblocks and store them...or some other way, as once the bottle is thawed, I poured a weeks supply into another empty bottle/jar and froze the remainder again. It's a pretty drink in summer, a dash of juice with ice, lemon and sodawater too.
I have 3 freezers, 2 big ones and a smaller one in the fridge, so am able to store the juice ok.
I make a Syrup with elderberry, ginger, orange zest, clove, star anise, cinnamon sticks, honeycomb, and vodka. Next time I will try the brandy.
What's the life time of this? Frig or shelf
I went nuts and made all kinds of cooked jellies and jams but elderberry is my favorite I never added stuff like you though. So does all that drowned out the elderberry flavor ,or act as an enhancer ?
I did make syrup to ,it was my beautiful shade of the gold I can taste.
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d abdella no. The other spices enhance the elderberry. You can taste each ingredient individually and it’s divine. I saw another recipe that adds rosehips so I’m going to try it with the rosehips and brandy this time! I’m so excited! I keep
Mine for a month in the fridge . I’ve seen people say as long as 6 months
@@mercyrn35 ok i may get the courage to add one .
It's such precious liquid from those tiny berries.
Ya can't back up.
Thank you
Dd
d abdella I agree! Do a mini batch of the other ingredients in a separate pot. Reduce it down and add a little of your elderberry reduction to it and try it. You won’t be sorry.
God made every plant for enjoyment, nutrition and medicinal purposes. Give credit where it is due to our Creator for what He has provided to & for His Creation !!! Thank You Father God for being so good & generous to us. For being So thoughtful in all that you have made for our nutrition & enjoyment!!! Looking forward to the New soon to come - recreated uncontaminated earth mentioned in Revelation 21. 💖
Praise God! We are to worship the creator, NOT the creation!!! Jesus is Lord!
@@evelina.gukasyan Yes Amen !!
Amen
I like to add oil of oregano in my elderberry extract. It doesn’t taste the best but it’s very powerful! I love the way you explain things. Thanks for the video.
Great idea thank you
So cool I was thinking thyme maybe ?
I’ve watched this video before but wanted to re watch it when re visiting the elderberries, as today out walking giving gratitude for life and appreciation to the universe and Mother Earth I stumbled upon a very large elder that I’ve walked passed a few times and was just blown away and wanted to share this story as moment of gratitude and appreciation with anyone who it can resonate with have a great day
I make Elder flower cordial in June and Elderberry spiced cordial in September, remember to always ask permission and thank the Elder bush!
Nonsens THANK THE CREATER not his creation! He is a Jealous God!
Thank the one who made the plant! It did not come into existence on its own.....
Hush now stop acting like god
Does it ever say no
@@ladeda7033 Why would an allegedly omnipotent deity be jealous about it's own creation?
What fear is it that you have regarding working with the plants we were given?
Why do right-wingers have such poor spelling and grammar?
Thank you Yarrow! We started an elderberry farm in Traverse City, Michigan - I haven't had the flu since '07 thanks to elderberry. It truly is an amazing plant/medicine.
I've been infusing apple cider vinegar with the mother with the elderberries. Makes the shot of vinegar a lot more palatable w/o any added sugar and has helped me ward off all kinds of cold and flu that made its rounds in my house.
Revisiting this video 2 years later on the dot. And I can't express my gratitude for this information you share with us, Yarrow. It is more relevant than ever. Thank you so much for your care and wisdom of these plants. I hope more people turn back to this knowledge when Western medicine fails. Blessings to you and your tribe.
I've watched about 10 Herbal Jedi vids so far.
This one has been my favorite!
I'm inspired to grow some elderberry.
Thanks Yarrow
I liked the cleavers 1
Find wild too.
My favorite is the one on the Yarrow plant!!
In my home village, my aunt still cooks elderberry melasa. I looked around and no one did this, so it seems to be unique there. So on a wood fire she cooks berries for 3 days straight and what you get is a thick brown gel, which is then poured in jars. So in winter time you make a simple drink of one tea spoon of this melasa with warm to hot water, mix well and drink. It is supposedly healthy, inflamatory, antivirus drink. I do not know the water berry ratio or any other details since it is a family recipe. Liked the video a lot.
Kiki Keltska. BUT..........what does it taste like? I am unable to eat or drink anything I don’t like the taste and texture, because I vomit it straight back. I need to know before I take anything!
It tastes like anything else I have ever tasted, no texture since melted in water.
Kiki Keltska. Ok, thank you. You mean it tastes like any other berry? Because some berries are sweet and some very sour!
Oh, my bad english... it tastes like nothing else. Melasa has a special taste, unique, berries are not sweet, more watery and unique too, can’t describe really, with small seeds inside. Berry tea is very nice too.
Kiki Keltska. Right thank you Kiki
Thank you! I’m in England and when my children were young I would make elderberry syrup - there is no better cough medicine or immune support, thank you so much for the reminder and for sharing your method 🙏
Love the fact you gave an offering to the tree first, thank you for that...AHO!
The fork method is nice, I have been freezing the heads and then shaking the berries off, then drying them.
You got the right method bro. Freezing them is the best way. Those stems will put you in the hospital!
That's a great idea ! Freeze and save them to make the syrup at a later date !
I use my fingers carefully comb, I did the fork method and I had way too many tiny stems. It was so much more cleaner when I was all done.
I make my syrup with my own honey. I’m a beekeeper. I boil the elderberries down for quite awhile then I strain them. At this point I add my honey and I just stir it in and stop there. I don’t boil it again as most recommend, because that would kill a lot of good properties in the honey. Good stuff and tastes great too!
I do the same with the honey. If you're going to heat it you might as well use cane sugar.
Does it go to mead like he said? I have just made some like you have said but am wondering if I need to add alcohol?
@@TheDharmaLife Very good point, most don't think.
What temp can I add honey so it don't kill the good stuff in the honey ? I like honey in my elderberry tea but don't wanna drink it cold so how hot can I still use honey?
@@brianreffner3548 if you want ALL the health benefits of honey then you need to eat it in it’s RAW state up to a temp of about 98°... the temp of an avg hive. Heating it even up to 104° will start to break down some enzymes. That said, putting it in your cup of tea may break down some enzymes but you will still enjoy the lovely sweetness along with some trace minerals and amino acids... they shouldn’t break down at that temp...
Here in Sactown, in Cali the Elders in my yard are 25'tall, they come up all over. We are blessed🌟sweet video.
I’m in Ohio and looking to plant Elderberry in our garden. Went with Dad many years ago to gather in the wild, he was making Elderberry wine. Knew I was in the right place when you made an offering to her. Thank you and Blessed Be 😊⭐️🌿
Elder, nettle and yarrow...top three hands down! Thanks!
Made jam last night and syrup this past weekend. Folks in my area of Colorado have enormous trees! It was really a great joy to harvest so much. This berry has helped us tremendously throughout the years. Great video!
This plant rocks!!! I along with my family have been using it for years, especially during cold and flu season. It always shortens my cold/flu symptoms to a matter of 1 to 3 days vs. weeks. I've tried not to take it a few times just to see how long it would take me to recover, and every time I ended up being sick for a couple of weeks. It's one of the best medicinal plants around by far.
Me and my family prefer the taste of the red elder blossoms and berries. This is the first year of using them and none of us had a problem with them.
I Wish you could actually show how to prepare the syrup. Maybe in the future episodes. Love your channel, great info and history. Thanks
jim hoo I will be creating more herbal pharmacy content in the future and will be sure to add in syrup making to the list of videos.
there were a couple of recipes in the video tho !?!
@@Herbal_Jedi you have made a two part video on making elderberry syrup, i just recently made some following along with it but instead of using the stove used a slow cooker.
Many blessings - here is a recipe I came across. Hope it is beneficial to you. ua-cam.com/video/w20EeRViTxA/v-deo.html
Peace, Love & Light to ALL.
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On another site, the lady froze the bunches of berries before striping the berries off. This allowed the berries to come off easier and had fewer stalks with the berries. FYI
I would harvest a bunch every October when I lived in Oregon, and put it in my freezer. I would fill up about two five gallon buckets with elderberries. Once frozen they can easily be removed from the stems. Then I would boil 'em down and it would look like blood. I would make about a gallon of syrup every week all winter long. My syrup was just elderberry decoction with sugar to taste. It makes great cocktails for the holidays. I just take it off the stove, still hot, and add vodka and have vodka and elderberry drinks. Soooo good! Also, instead of cranberry sauce for thanksgiving, I would make elderberry sauce. Yum yum yum. I just did it for the taste; not getting sick ever was a side benefit.
My friends would also make elderberry wine. Elderberry wine is part of the culture where I lived in Oregon. So good. I love elderberry.
Another friend of mine made flutes out of the branches since they are hollow, and he even made saxophones by attaching a saxophone reed to a stem.
The autumn is such a good time to harvest medicinal herbs that get you through the winter.
A tea I made to give to family and friends for holiday gifts was wildcrafted dried elderberries, wildcrafted dried rose hips, wildcrafted dried manzanita berries. Just put some in a pot of water and make a decoction on your stove. You can keep adding water and keep getting more cups of tea. It looked all yuletide these nice bright red and dark purple berries rich in vitamin C and immune boosting properties and anti-oxidants.
Got some black elder berry cuttings from Amazon in March, dipped them in rooting hormone, and amazingly, I now have a 3 foot tall young elderberry that looks like it may even have some berries. So excited to see how big it gets next year.
By year 3 they will be 10-12 feet tall and full of berries. After year three prune them back severely in late winter, to 4 or 5 feet in height. The berries grow on the new shoots. They will bounce back to 10+ feet within the growing season. Do this every year for your most bountiful crop.
@@nonewherelistens1906 Awesome! Thanks.
Thank you, I have an elderberry tree that didn’t produce as much this year, will cut back this winter.😁😃😀
Make sure you prune it. To keep it a height you can harvest from.
Nonewhere Listens. That’s what you do with Buddliea! But of course, there’s nothing to eat from that....just the bees and insects in the centre of the flowers!
Your videos are the best out there, thanks for your passion and work spreading great and mostly forgotten information..
Thanks for your lecture. Yesterday I made a pudding with elderberry, plums and apple cinnamon and a bit of sugar! Tuning in for autumn.
Elderberry tincture is great medicine. Can't remember last time I had the flu. My mother and sister suffered from cold sores that could get quite bad. Not after elderberry!
Oil of oregano works wonders on cold sores too, might wanna give it a try :)
St. John’s tincture made from the fresh flowers, is excellent for anything viral.
@@humanbeing4368 im gonna try it, thank you!
You are so right. It dries them up so quick
You have reminded me that herbs are living and due their honor! It’s been times I took and used herbs for their medicinal benefits and thought I was gonna be very sick!!!! A prayer and an offering goes a long way when using herbs. 🙏🏽 thank you so much!
I make my syrup as a 1:1 ratio but I haven't used alcohol which I might consider (it's just so expensive to get here). I use elderberry, clove, ginger and cinnamon...it's like Christmas syrup.
I have an Elder tree in my garden & wanted to harvest the berries but was unsure how to make a syrup for health with it so this video was just perfect timing. Thankyou so much for sharing your amazing knowledge x
I am a German descent farm girl.My Mother and Grandmother made elderberry jelly from wild elderberries.Some parts of plant, were not to be eaten.The jelly was wonderful.💕
Here in Eastern Washington State I just harvested elder, I also noticed wild rose hips were ready for harvest too. I thought it was so lovely that both these plants are used for increasing immunity and just so happen to be ready for harvest going into the colder months. So I put them together in an alcohol extract.
- Cheap vodka is the best thing to use for tinctures. Just make sure the vodka barely covers the herbs (berries, in this case).
I used whiskey in this case because thats what I had available and it made the sweetest smelling and tasting tincuture ive ever had
@I C - Sometimes alcohol doesn't extract everything you want from a herb. Things that are water soluble are not always able to dissolve properly in alcohol. For general extractions a water alcohol combination is best. For extremely resinous things pure alcohol is better than 190 proof alcohol. Yes I know it is 95% pure but 200 (100) beats 190 (95).
Rosehips are heavenly.
Sounds like a lovely combination! I have a Rowan/Hawthorne cross (from One Green World) which is loaded with berries this year, and I'm thinking would make a good healing syrup or tincture.
Just made my first ever Elderberry syrup following Yarrow's other UA-cam... so good! I used organic dried berries I bought. By the way, overlooking the energetic heart of Saturna Island is...you guessed it, a grandmother Elder!
I usually make an elderberry and flower tea when autumn starts. That way I can build up my immune defenses for the oncoming winter! Tastes amazing!
Do you dry the flower from spring?
s.w. Green yes!
My queen elder (that’s what I started calling her as she’s established and grown so beautifully in my baby food forest. She’s) definitely is showing my other young food forest plants how to do it! She’s guiding the way.
I felt like she did that to me because she’s one of the first really growing big and giving me a glimps of what’s to come. But now that you’ve mentioned that the elder is helping and showing other plants how to do it, to grow strong and healthy.. I can picture it. Totally!
Thank you for the rich information.
This years my first elderberry harvesting time (flowers i’ve been doing for few years now) and am getting even more excited to cook up that elderberry syrop for my little household.
You gest has been having ongoing daily fevers since his first covidinfection in march’20, and it comforts me to hear maybe this can help support the calming down of his immuunsystem, can help his circulation (tired legs, etc) and maybe even can help us get a little more viral recocnition help to our bodies…..
*runs into the garden to check if there’s another batch of berries to pick*
; )
I love your show!!! I love how you connect to the plants and share so much information. Thank you so much for making them!!!! I’m so grateful.😊
Love all of the history and the respect and appreciation you show for the plant!
I have to use dried Elderberries, I just made 2 quarts of Elderberry syrup, I take a tablespoon every day, and didn't get a cold last winter I put Echinacea and eucalyptus leaves in it as well
I really love watching your videos. I appreciate that you teach us about the whole plant as well as provide a bit of history on it. I've been into herbal remedies for a long time but have now just diving into making them on my own.
I have an immune disorder. Since diagnosis I've noticed just how sensitive I am to everything I put in and on my body. First it was processed foods, then dairy, then meats... Most recently I've become more and more in tune with essential oils, herbs, and their medicinal properties. And my quality of life is on the rise.
I'm so grateful this channel popped up. I only wish I didn't live on a concrete slab. I'll have to visit the shop... Thanks for the knowledge. For someone like me it's nearly a life or death matter. My body won't tolerate modern medication for too long (it took only 4yrs for meds to injur my kidney where most notice nothing). Not only do I need to nourish myself but I also must rebalance my body... Give back what medication and illness have stripped from it.
Much Love 💚
You can think about getting a big plant pot and plant elderberry if you don't have a back yard.
Mullien in the syrup for coughs
Love the video on Mullen!
Need to watch it, I have asthma, so need it big time, thank you
What is Mullien? I’ve never heard of it. And what does it do?
A lot of magic, the birds eat all my berries 😂
My uncle used to make flutes for us when I was a kid. Mom made elderberry juice every year. Do I wish I had known that fork trick as a kid!!!
Maybe ya mum knew the fork trick but wanted to keep u kids occupied for a while 😜
Anyway, it would have been good for your attention and fine motor skills so perhaps best that ya got that opportunity 👍
My mum had us picking the juicy pomegranate pips out with a pin for many a hour or few, kept us quiet and out from under the feet during the summer hols and I quite enjoyed making my way through this strange shaped fruit with it’s amazing and intriguing design 😍😋🙏 Blessed 🙏
Lovely to see that you give offerings of gratitude before you pick. Thank you.
I have seen big twenty feet tall trees . The flowers are beautiful and smell sweet . Thanks again for all your help and support.
I love Elderry berry, gives me a gentle uplift and nourishes the mind body spirit. Great information on the virus and rna, cheers
Makes a nice cup of fruit tea with Rosehip, a few brambles a bit of honey and some elder berries squeezed in.
I love European folklore and would love to learn more about herbal medicine. Finding this video was such a treat. Thank you.
anyone who has not incorporated this into their herbal remedies is missing the boat!
You guys have some good videos too.
We had an elderberry syrup for when we were sick. I loved that stuff and would try to get more than the spoonful without overdoing it lol. Yummy
Hi Stacy! I watch ALL your videos! YOU and Doug ROCK! I sure do hope you get to the million mark by Dec. 31st so you can give away that log cabin! LOVE YOU GUYS!
last year an elderberry tree magically appeared outside the front door, just in time for Covid. I promptly tuned into this vid and used your recipe. The little tree yielded enough berries to get us through the summer, fall, winter. Now that one little tree has multiplied. Little flower branches are beginning to form. Looking forward to making more syrup. Thanks so much for making these informative videos.
That's super cool!
I do 1 part decoction, 1 part elder tincture, 1 part honey that's had elderberrys in it for a year. Along with other spices
MrMrwilson11 that sounds like a great way to capture the essence of this herbs medicine.
Brilliant! All sorts of menstruum in one recipe.. I need to do that!
@@Herbal_Jedi it does!!!
Hi Yarrow, this is my first year making Elderberry Syrup...i have been using it May 2020...i like the taste and its medicinal properties. I made it with honey, anise and ginger 🙌 I've also made some tinctures and Mullins ear oil. I've actually collected quite a bit of natural herb this year!!!
Wow so this video is 100% the reason I correctly identified a wild stand of Blue Elderberries here in Utah about 3 days ago, and now am in the process of making hundreds of pounds of jams, syrups and liqueurs from them. Props to not only the video, but the seasonality that naturally comes from demonstrating your craft out in nature/a garden. Helps viewers know the time of season to be keeping a wild edible in mind on hikes!
Sounds like you're overharvesting from a wild stand
@@dysay It's a massive patch, probably 100+ mature shrubs, 20-50 years old I'd guess. I'd imagine in total that area produces 3-5000 lbs a year, its by far the best patch I've found. I only harvest a small fraction, I've seen one tree sized shrub in Oregon with easily 200 lbs on it and this patch has several that have over 100 lbs.
Sounds to me like you've never seen a good grove of elderberries in the wild before.
@@HaveYouSeenMyGardens never been to Oregon, had no idea such expanses of wild food still existed on the west coast. Cheers and happy harvesting to you. Do you leave offerings or a gift for the plants during harvest?
Yes, this is a great video! I just made some syrup earlier. To mine I add ginger and cinnamon. One of the best herbs.
Going in my video library and I'm writing this down! Your many hrs of research are greatly appreciated. 😎 Thanks.
This was one of the best explanations I've watched on elderberries. Loved the traditional stories and folklore, you are a great storyteller!
I have elderflower in my back yard smells so good and fresh. I just pick up in the morning and add hot water with no sugar added. Good for Immune system never have a cold or sick in the winter time.
I love it you are teaching about the significance of the offerings for the plant
I get so excited when I see that you've made a new video! You do such an incredible job. Thank you so much for sharing your time and talents.
This video is awesome & you seem chilled and knowledgeable about elder.
We planted sambucas nigra many years ago & dry out the berries for storage.. adding methi, jeera/curcumin, and fennel seeds, star anise, whole cloves, bay leaf, a spot of cayenne chilli, green & black cardamom pods, ceylon cinnamon bark/sticks, a tip of honey, with turmeric & other spices if we have available. Haven't been to the doc in decades x
Edit: also cleared my lungs of chronic bronchitis, and all diabetes gone, zero meds for anything now!
Thanks for your videos. I really appreciate learning from them and being entertained at the same time. It’s fantastic to see others connecting with the flora around us and teaching others to do the same. I hope you continue for a long time.
Amazing teacher! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and inspiring my learning journey!
This is another incredible video
Thank you for showing us how to have a relationship with the plants.
Love how animated, positive and informational you are. So glad I found your channel
I read a book back in the 80s called The Crib. It was about a crib that every baby that used it, died in it. This explains it even further for me. It's a great book and I had completely forgotten about it, until now.
Thank you so much for your videos. They’re throughly fueling my passion for plants :)
This is an amazing plant thank you for all the helpful information
Thank you for sharing your beautiful knowledge!!! Elderberry is a powerful anti-viral, and it works like magic whenever I feel myself coming down with something
We used blackberry brandy it worked so well. Im an autoimmune patient and am on immunosuppressive medication. Because of the way it works i decided that was exactly what i needed for the cold and flu season. I was exposed 5 different times and not one single time did i get anything close to getting sick v/s before i tried it. It worked so well when i saw my rhumatologist in late winter i was super excited to tell him about it. He was very interested in it. Pleased with the elderberry syrup isnt even close to how i feel about it. Thank you Yarrow you saved me this winter. It was the best winter in forever.
I enjoy these videos so much I purposely sit through the adds. Keep it up! Great video
Just harvested a ton of elderberry today! Also found that the flower tincture works really well too.
I don't know about all this magic stuff I just like it for its medicinal qualities....great video
When I was a child a friend’s mother made elderberry wine. I never got to taste it but they really enjoyed it!
My favorite! Love the fun stories with it and great info!
Thank you Elder for your Gift
I was always taught to be respectful to my elderberries, and to offer to escort them across the street and carry their packages.
LOL...I am respectful to my elderberries too.
🤣
Don't forget to offer them your seat on the bus!!!
Paula G Don’t do anything to offend the Elderberry gods..... lol 😝
Thank you for making me laugh! 💜
So I made some elderberry syrup using the brandy recipie. My husband and his boss both got sick from a coworker. We started taking a shotglass of it daily. he was better in 3 days I never got sick. Now I must point out that I take 50 mg shot of enbrel once a week for RA. I didnt get sick. I did not have an increase in RA symtoms. I actually feel awesome. Im allergic to the flu vaccine. it truly tastes delicious (I used blackberry brandy. Thank you Yarrow you are my hero. My husband and I want to come up and do the harmonic arts thing with you and Angela.
Please DO a video on making elderberry syrup. I'd love to make some for my family this autumn. Thanks. Your educational videos are so helpful
I've been making gallons of elderberry jelly this year. There's elderberry trees in abundance all over the forest around where I live, so I'm making use of em! I heard that natives used to use the branches for blow darts too. Thanks for sharing, I really enjoy watching your videos. I'm also making some elder and pear wine, can't wait to see how it turns out
I love the information, and herbal and Naturopathic medicine saved me from Cancer....powerful medicine! The new age stuff, not a fan...I'm an herbalist....but a Christian....but cant not watch! Lol.....hooked! Thank you for your knowledge.....you make it exciting!
Vincent Von Macht seek Jesus the Christ for guidance. He talked to plants...
@@lilolmecj I carry Jesus with me always....
Vincent Von Macht I agree with your statement. I fast forward because I know he practices strange gods. Most places dealing with herbs and natural stores and doctors do, not all but many.
By the way, Jesus carries me, not the other way around.
Thanks for your share.. I understand that philosophy and spirit medicine can sometimes blur the perspective on all sides. I love and worship the one god as well, I just call it nature, or Mother Earth. I also like to explore and appreciate the many ways people of all religions have found spirit and learned to embrace the power and potency of prayer and meditation.
@@Herbal_Jedi , thank you for your explanation.....I understand much better now....much appreciation! And I'm thankful for you and the work you do! Herbal medicine saved my life! I fought Cancer for 7 years, eventually became stage four! No hope.....I refused chemo and radiation, and started researching. I found an amazing naturopathic doctor, and she immediately put me on herbal medicine, and district diet...7 months later, I was Cancer free....that was five years ago now. So, when you get excited over these amazing plants, I do as well! Because we both know their power, and the gift they really are! So, thank you kind sir for your knowledge, and your teaching......and God created nature......so, we are in total agreement! Thnk you for sharing your views, and easing my mind.....I love what you do....and you do it so well, and with such live and excitement........you are a gift to us!!! God bless!!!
I could be listening to this guy all day long. Reminds me my dad telling me bed stories 😂 Amazing! Thank you so much for all your fantastic wisdoms you share with the world ❤️
Thanks for an incredible education on Elderberry! Love your videos so much!
I am lucky enough to have a beautiful tree in our garden so I make syrup in the winter and cordial in the spring. What's interesting is that we have a communal garden for 3 ground floor flats and opposite each door is a tree growing through the privet hedge. This year the birds have already stripped the berries from all the bushes so we could well be heading for a hard winter here in the UK.
I just wanted to let you know just how many different erbs and plants I have been foraging for all summer, thanks to you. I love elderberry, but had no idea it was so medicinal. Once again, I'm off to go forage, for elderberry today! thanks so much Yarrow. Love your channel. :)
Thanks Herbal Jedi. Your videos are one of the few positive, life affirming things in my life. Much appreciated. 😊💪👍🙏🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
I bought a giant comb, for a dollar, has big teeth,,,,just for my elders,,,another great vid, thank u
Oh! Thank you again Herbal Jedi! It so happens that I bought a bottle of elderberry syrp - cough misture - which arrived just yesterday, so you see, it IS magical. How did it know ?
Thank you for your recipe.
I love your films! LOVE herbs.
Thanks for all the great info! We love to include wild cherry bark and ginger in our elderberry syrup. The wild cherry adds cough suppressant action into the mix which is so vital during cold and flu season.
I planted an elder 2 years ago... The first year, I missed the small amount of berries that grew. This year, I harvested them too soon... Next year will be my year with this amazing plant. Up until this point, I've only worked with dried elderberry. I do not add alcohol to my syrups however, because I give it to my small children. Yarrow, you make the best herbal videos. Thank you
Thanks for the video! Just found a huge stand at an abandoned farm. Have you ever started a bush from cuttings??
Great Video! I make elderberry syrup from dried elderberries as they don't grow here
in the south very well.
I add fresh ginger, cinnamon bark, and other warming spices to the syrup. It has never failed to knock out a cold/ flu when taken at the onset of symptoms. I did (reluctantly) give a very small amount to a friend who had been sick for a few weeks with a lingering upper respiratory infection. The prescription antibiotics did nothing for him and the nighttime coughing prevented sleep. After taking elderberry syrup for a day, he started coughing everything up and started feeling better quickly. It really does move things up and out of the body. Thank you for all the great information! ☺️
Great video! Always get pumped when you upload a video. Would love to see a lions mane video. A few nights ago my family and I just let your videos play for a few hours. Loved every min of it!
Jeremy Wendelin well.. I am headed to China soon and hope to see some while I’m there. Possibly will get a chance to make a video on it.
Thank you Yarrow as always you truly are a Jedi