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Elderberry Syrup Recipe – Fight Colds and Flu Naturally
When the Fall season arrives, I always like to make sure that I have plenty of natural remedies on hand. Making Elderberry Syrup is one of my favorite remedies for fighting colds and flu. My particular blend is especially nice because I do not include any strong spices that could irritate sore throats that often accompany a cold.
Be sure to add this to your arsenal of natural remedies and make it today…before the cold and flu season arrives!
A Word of Caution
I am not a medical doctor, so to be safe, be sure to check with your physician before taking Elderberry Syrup or any homemade natural remedy.
More Natural Home Remedy Recipes
Once you make Elderberry Syrup, you’ll see how easy it is to make your own natural home remedies, so be sure to give the recipes in this section a try.
If you get a cold or flu this fall or winter, Rose Hips Syrup and Super Mineral Broth will have you feeling better in no time! They’re two of my favorites to have on hand when we get the sniffles in our home.
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Elderberry Syrup Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Dried elderberries
- 1 cup Dried hibiscus flowers
- 1 cup Dried rosehips, crushed
- Filtered water to cover
- 1 cup Honey preferably raw
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a 4-quart soup pot and cover with 8 cups of filtered water.
- Place soup pot on stove, turn heat to high, and bring mixture to a boil. Afterwards, turn down to low and allow the mixture to simmer, covered, for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, remove the lid and allow the mixture to continue to simmer on the stove on low for 15 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and remove the soup pot from the stove and transfer to a heat-proof surface. Allow mixture to cool for a few minutes.
- While mixture is cooling slightly, prepare a heat-proof container such as an 8-cup Pyrex glass measuring cup, and place a strainer over the container.
- Place the soup pot close to the heat-proof container with the strainer. Using a soup ladle, transfer the liquid, along with the solids, into the strainer allowing the liquid to drain into the heat-proof container.
- Pour 1 cup of honey into the liquid in the heat-proof container and mix thoroughly until the honey is completely dissolved. This is your Elderberry syrup.
- Decant the Elderberry Syrup into a container and refrigerate.
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Favorite Home Remedy Making Supplies
Here are some of my favorite Natural Home Remedy Supplies. (I listed a variety of Elderberry options at different prices.)
- Organic Whole Elderberries, 1 Pound
- European Whole Elderberries, 1 Pound
- Wildcrafted Whole Elderberries, 1 Pound
- Organic Hibiscus Flowers, Cut and Sifted, 1 Pound
- Organic Whole Rosehips, 1 Pound
- 100% Certified Organic Raw Honey, 1 Pound
- Pyrex, Prep-ware 8-Cup Measuring Cup Made of glass, red
- Bormioli Rocco Fido Square Clear Jar, 101.50-Ounce
- Bormioli Fido Clear Square Canning Jar 1.5 Liter
- All-Clad Brushed 18/10 Stainless Steel Dishwasher Safe Soup Pot with Lid Cookware, 4-Quart
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Hello Mary! Great recipe and great info! Especially on projected shelf life. Most recipes state 6 months. I even saw one that said 3 months and they had an even higher honey concentration than yours. Just a note, in your instructions it says, “Add all ingredients to a 4-quart soup pot and cover with 8 cups of filtered water.” Maybe it should be re-worded to not include the honey. I know you mention the honey later, but if someone doesn’t read through the recipe first (which they should) then they might end up simmering their honey for an hour. Just thought I would mention it. Thank you again for providing these resources! ☺
Hi Monica, Thank you so much for your comment and about the tip for re-wording the recipe! Great advice. As to shelf life, yes, I just followed the recommendations of the association mentioned in the recipe. I felt they were the most reliable “official” source. Have you seen my playlist for making other immune boosting foods and natural remedies including a Super Mineral Detox Broth? You can look through it here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkRuW3pBo2U0p9nRAWldbyqYSbgwzARGd I think you will like these videos.
Do you enjoy making traditional foods? If so, I have a playlist of some of my videos titled “Mastering the Basics of Traditional Nutrient Dense Foods Cooking”. It’s a series of 15 detailed videos that covers How to Make Bone Broth, Cultured Dairy, Ferments, Sourdough Starter (my foolproof stater), Sourdough Bread, Soaked and Sprouted Nuts and Beans, and How to Soak and Sprout Grains to Make your own Sprouted Flour at Home. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkRuW3pBo2U3b4eu0QraZReKlGzA11h3y And please share the playlist with any other folks you think might be interested in learning about these types of things. I’m passionate about the book Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon (of the Weston A Price Foundation) and want to help as many people as I can learn how to make Traditional “Nutrient Dense” Foods.
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How funny that you responded this morning and I came here just now needing to reference your recipe because I am making more syrup today. We ran through our first (smaller) batch quick since my husband was sick and now I’m getting symptoms too. Thank you, again!