Elderberry Syrup

Homemade Elderberry Syrup Ingredients:

2/3 cup black elderberries

3.5 cups of water

2 T fresh or dried ginger root

1 tsp cinnamon powder

1/2 tsp cloves or clove powder

1 cup raw honey (or food grade glycerin)

Pour water into medium saucepan and add elderberries, ginger, cinnamon and cloves (do not add honey!)

Bring to a boil and then cover and reduce to a simmer for about 45 minutes to an hour until the liquid has reduced by almost half. At that point, remove from heat and let cool enough to be handled. Pour through a strainer into a glass jar or bowl.

Discard the elderberries (or compost them!) and let the liquid cool to lukewarm. When it is no longer hot, add 1 cup of honey and stir well

When honey is well mixed into the elderberry mixture, pour the syrup into a pint sized mason jar or 16 ounce glass bottle of some kind.

Standard dose is 1/2 tsp to 1 tsp for kids and 1/2 Tbsp to 1 Tbsp for adults. If the flu does strike, take the normal dose every hour the first day, every 2 hours the 2nd day, every 4 hours 3rd day proceed to take 2-3 X a day for 8-10 days as you would an antibiotic.

Our Elderberry  Immune Syrup is enhanced with 18 anti-viral/anti-bacterial herbals as well as essential oils that kill viral and bacterial infections. Available here: