Key notes:
- Immune stimulating
- Antiviral
- Antibacterial
- Diaphoretic
- Antioxidant
- Antispasmodic
Therapeutic actions:
Sambucus nigra (Elder tree or Black elder buds) is widespread in nature. It is a plant of organic overload (excess weight, of non metabolised toxins), it is therefore recommended for obesity, and promotes the elimination of accumulated toxins in the body and helps with constipation.
It also has diuretic properties and is useful for kidney stones; it is the remedy for hydropsy.
Sambucus nigra will help decongest abdominal viscera and condylomata.
It also has anti-inflammatory properties.
Clinical indications:
Digestive: Sambucus nigra is a valuable aid in cases of low digestion by facilitating decomposition of food. Constipation (atonic in the elderly people), serous discharges, abdominal congestion, hemorrhoids, accumulation of toxins.
Uro-genital: Oedema, anuria, acute nephritis with oedema, ascites, hydropsy, nephrolithiasis, condylomata.
Musculoskeletal: Anti-inflammatory, neuralgia, rheumatism (muscular / articular).
Immune stimulating, antiviral, antibacterial. Prevention and treatment of influenza, sinusitis, bronchitis, laryngitis, herpes outbreak, croupy cough.
Consider in combination with:
Viburnum lantana, Ribes nigrum, for asthma
Rosa canina, for rhinopharyngitis
Carpinus betulus, for chronic conditions like sinusitis, rhinitis, bronchitis
HerbalGem gemmo complex that contains Sambucus nigra:
G24 ST-GEM (digestive comfort complex)