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As always, I’m going to start this article with the standard caveat: Be very careful whenever you harvest a natural or wild fruit or berry. Only 10 percent of wild berries are safe to eat. Unfortunately, the other 90 percent ...

The common cold and the flu have been around for a long time. Today, people use preventative measures as well as over-the-counter remedies to stay healthy, but what did our ancestors do before pharmacies and modern medicines were commonplace? One ...

Spring isn’t the only season that can bring dreaded allergies. For many people, fall, with its ragweed pollen and mold spores, accompanies fits of sneezing, coughing, runny noses, and watery eyes. To combat fall allergies, you can try herbal remedies. ...

There are several varieties of elderberry grown throughout the world. However, the medicinal herb we want for its powerful cold- and flu-fighting powers is European black elderberry, or Sambucus nigra L. Elder is a shrub that originates in Europe, Asia ...

Elderberries don’t get much billing in modern gardens, but these attractive plants were common fixtures in early American gardens. In fact, elderberries were so common a century ago that early settlers viewed them as ditch weeds. Several varieties are native ...

Elderberry plants have long been a part of human history, sometimes with a good reputation and other times with a bad reputation. Elderberries have been used in tarts, cobblers, pies, jams, jellies, and wine, to name just a few applications. ...