Wellness Elderberry Syrup and Tea
Ingredients
4 cups filtered water
1 cup dried organic elderberries
2 tablespoons Grated organic Ginger root (or ½ teaspoon ground ginger)
2 tablespoons grated organic turmeric root (or ½ teaspoon ground turmeric)
1 teaspoon Ceylon cinnamon (or 2 cinnamon sticks)
6 organic cloves
Organic orange peel (1×4 inch)
½ – 1 cup raw and unfiltered honey (depending on desired sweetness)
Instructions
- Add elderberries and water to a pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat, add in rest of ingredients except honey, cover, and let steep an additional 20-40 minutes. Strain syrup through a fine mesh strainer (or nut milk bag).
- Add to a glass container along with desired amount of honey. Mix up well.
- Allow to cool completely before storing in refrigerator for up to 3 weeks or place in ice cube trays in the freezer for up to 2 months. Dosage depends on individual. A suggestion is to take 1 teaspoon – 2 tablespoons per day. Do not give raw honey to infants.
Notes
Syrup and Tea makes 52 servings of 1 tablespoon or 26 servings of 2 tablespoons.
Per serving:
Calories: 380
Total Fat: 0.8g
Total Carbohydrate: 100.8g
Dietary Fiber: 4.8g
Sugar: 87.8g
Protein: 1.1g
Ingredients Highlights
For thousands of years, folk healers have relied on elderberry for treating viral illnesses including the common cold and influenza as well as its associated symptoms such as congestion, cough, and sore throat.
Garlic is a member of the allium family (which also includes onion, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives) and is clinically shown to support the immune system.
Ginger acts as a powerful anti-inflammatory and an antioxidant. Its digestive actions help cleanse the build-up of waste and toxins in the colon, liver, and other organs.
Raw honey is a good source of many vitamins and is rich in antioxidants. Its antioxidant and anti-bacterial properties can help improve overall immune function.
Orange is best known as being a good source of vitamin C, but is often overlooked for its other amazing benefits, such as supporting the immune system.
Turmeric is a beautiful golden spice that’s originally from Southern India. It is often used because it not only tastes good, it also has tremendous health benefits that come along with it. It helps cardiovascular health and digestion and it’s also known to improve cognitive function along with detoxifying the liver.
Correction: The recipe calls for WHOLE CLOVES not Garlic Cloves. Sorry for any confusion. Our team will update this shortly.
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I don’t see garlic mentioned in the ingredients, but listed in the ingredients highlights. I wasn’t thinking of garlic when I saw “organic whole cloves” in the ingredients.
Hi Kathie,
We're sorry about that. The ingredients to the recipe have been updated to reflect organic garlic cloves. Again we apologize for any confusion.
We hope you decide to give this recipe a try. Wishing you a happy & healthy day!
FYI, in the "Ingredients Highlights," you list Garlic, I think it should be clove.
Thanks for the recipes,
chris
Hi Chris,
We're sorry about that. Thanks for your feedback.
Please know, that the ingredients to the recipe have been updated to reflect organic garlic cloves. Again we apologize for any confusion.
We hope you decide to give this recipe a try. Cheers to your good health!
Under ingredients highlights, it has garlic but I assume the cloves in the recipe would not be garlic cloves. Is this correct? Or do we add garlic?
Hi Janae,
Thanks for your feedback.
Please know, that the ingredients to the recipe have been updated to reflect organic garlic cloves. We apologize for any confusion.
We hope you decide to give this recipe a try. Wishing you a happy & healthy day!
Looking forward to making this just finished my last bottle of elderberry cough syrup