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Botanical name: Sambucus nigra
Family Adoxaceae
Therapeutic actions
Flowers:
Anti-aging:
Anti-catarrhal: reduces the production of mucus made by the body.
Anti-inflammatory: alleviate inflammation throughout the body
Anti-rheumatic: relieves inflammation and pain in the joints, muscles, and connective tissues.
Anti-spasmodic: prevents and eases spasms and relieves cramps.
Anti-viral: destroy and inhibit the spread of viruses
Alterative: restoring proper functioning to the body's metabolism
Carminative: settles the digestive system and the expulsion of gas from the intestines
Cholagogue: increases the secretion and flow of bile production
Diaphoretic: promotes perspiration -Mild
Diuretic: increases the secretion and expulsion of urine
Expectorant: expels mucus in the respiratory system
Nervine: strengthens or tones the nerves and nervous system -Relaxing
Laxative: aids bowel evacuation –Mild
Berries:
Alterative: restoring proper functioning to the body's metabolism
Anti-aging: slows the aging process
Anti-catarrhal: reduces the production of mucus made by the body
Anti-viral: destroy and inhibit the spread of viruses
Anti-inflammatory: alleviate inflammation throughout the body
Anti-rheumatic: relieves inflammation and pain in the joints, muscles, and connective tissues.
Carminative: settles the digestive system and the expulsion of gas from the intestines
Diaphoretic: promotes perspiration –Mild
Diuretic: increases the secretion and expulsion of urine
Expectorant: expels mucus in the respiratory system
Laxative: aids bowel evacuation –Mild
Sincerely,
Emilee Wright
A Mercurial Consciousness