ELDERBERRY COUGH SYRUP
Ingredients
¼ cup dried Elderberries 1 ½ cups of water ½ cinnamon stick 1 ½ whole cloves ½ teaspoon of ginger ¼ cup of honey or maple syrup
Method
- Place berries, water and spices in a saucepan bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes or until a syrupy thickness
- Smash the berries to release remaining juice and strain the mixture
- Allow liquid to cool. Stir in raw honey only after it has cooled to preserve the enzymes and good living food in the honey
- This will last for 2-3 months stored in the fridge
Note: honey shouldn’t be given to a child under 1 as there is a small risk that it can contain spores of the clostridium botulinum bacterium which could cause infant botulism. After a baby is a year old the intestine has matured, and the bacteria can’t grow.
Maple syrup can be used instead of honey as it comes directly from inside the maple tree. It is the sap of the maple tree that creates maple syrup and contamination with botulism is almost impossible.