Elder berry, 1 kg, Kharkiv region.

The healing properties of black elderberry are widely known around the world. This fact also contributed to the certain decorative prevalence of the plant: elder is often planted in summer cottages to decorate the territory. Its prescription is very broad - from gout, rheumatism and other joint diseases to inflammatory processes and diseases of the respiratory tract. Elderberry flowers are used to treat bladder diseases, as well as skin diseases. The beneficial effect of this part of the plant on the skin is so great that it serves as the main ingredient in many skin care products. Elderberry also helps regulate metabolic processes in the body and eliminate their disorders. In addition, the color of elderberry has also found application in gynecology. Black elderberry is important not only as a decorative ornament. It is no less widely used in the food industry - the fruits of this plant are used to prepare all kinds of boiled,jams, jelly, for the production of drinks. However, the amazing healing properties of elderberry deserve to be mentioned even more. Its main medicinal raw material is inflorescences, collected in May-June, before sprinkling. In them you can find such useful components as ascorbic acid, tannins, carotene, organic acids, glycosides, essentialoil and many others. Elderflower flowers also contain flavonoids, alkaloids, mineral salts, sugar, resins, and mucilaginous substances. Thanks to them, preparations prepared from flowers have expectorant, antipyretic and general strengthening properties. They are used to treat colds and acute respiratory infections, ascites and edema, to improve metabolism and get rid of oral diseases.