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Elderberry juice...input from the Healthy of the Hive please

Anyone take this? Anyone have any evidence as to its properties, health benefits, etc? SIL wanted me to take it, but I put her off since supplements are pretty dicey with everything else I take. She did, howveer, drop off a bottle for Hubby (her brother) and the Dude. Hmmmm...

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Permalink Reply by StitchyWench on October 10, 2009 at 8:35pm

I didn't know elderberries were real. Sorry - I'm no help!

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Permalink Reply by Ylimemagic on October 10, 2009 at 8:53pm

Dude! It's all the buzz here in the Hippy Mama circle. They're all saying it blocks H1N1 and now it's sold out at the local health food store. I do hear it helps boost immune function like echinacea. And supposedly it's safe for kiddos. I do know someone I trust whose entire family got "the swine" and a tincture with elderberry extract did seem to help cut the length of time it took to recover.

At least here, it's the new trendy supplement du jour.

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Permalink Reply by Bigkrygowski on October 11, 2009 at 3:00am

Don't know about elderberries but if you can find them, smurf berries can cure/prevent just about anything.

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Permalink Reply by Mamawho on October 11, 2009 at 5:47am

All I've got is "your mother was a hamster and you father smells of elderberries!"

But laughter is the best medicine, so I'm willing to wager than Monty Python has curative powers, and by extension, so does elderberry juice. QED.

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Permalink Reply by mightyninjamom on October 11, 2009 at 9:19am

Obviously I can't vouch for the information on this site, but I think it's pretty basic...you could probably double check it though.

http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-elderberry.html

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Permalink Reply by kommishoner on October 11, 2009 at 11:37am

No idea. I have a friend whose sister makes fancy artisanal cocktail mixers, however, and her elderberry water concoction is delish.

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Permalink Reply by sabine louise on October 11, 2009 at 1:43pm

Thanks. This made my day. I loved that cartoon. If only Gargamel had taken a wee ticture of elderberries....

Bigkrygowski said:

Don't know about elderberries but if you can find them, smurf berries can cure/prevent just about anything.

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Permalink Reply by sabine louise on October 11, 2009 at 1:47pm

Sounds good. The problem for me, specifically, is that I don't want to promote the vim and vigor of the cells the chemo is trying to kill. But maybe I can get hubby & Dude to try some. Or if SIL comes back at me, I can put it off on hubby. She's his sister, after all. Sounds like, if nothing else, I can sell it for top dollar among the Hippy Mama crowd in Ylime's 'hood!

mightyninjamom said:

Obviously I can't vouch for the information on this site, but I think it's pretty basic...you could probably double check it though.

http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-elderberry.html