As I told you in a previous article about Echinacea, used mainly for adults, we have Elderberry syrup for children, much easier to make them drink and very effective. It will therefore also be used against any virus or infection to play the role of natural antibiotic and boost the immune system in order to get out of the illness more quickly (flu, bronchiolitis, tonsillitis, ear infection, bronchitis, etc., etc.).
To make your own syrup, you can find organic elderberries in herbalists' shops, especially online, if you can't pick them yourself. It's very difficult to find ready-made syrups, but try your luck in your local herbalists or health food stores, making sure that the ingredients are only elderberry and a sweetener, possibly glycerin, without any unnecessary additions.
For any syrup (because as we will see in other articles, we can make syrups from many plants), we generally use twice the volume of liquid when sweetening, but for Elderberry you can make do with just once.
• Weigh your plant. Generally, we start with 60g. For elderberry, which has a pleasant taste, we can increase it to 100g and put it in a saucepan.
• Pour over a liter of cold water and bring to a boil, covered, until simmering. When the mixture is simmering, remove the lid and reduce by half.
• Pass the liquid through a strainer, crushing the berries well to collect all the juice inside the pulp.
• Measure the liquid obtained using a measuring cup.
• Add an equal amount of honey or sugar to the still-hot liquid.
• Mix evenly.
• Place the syrup in a sterilized bottle suitable for the intended capacity. The less air there is, the less risk there is of the syrup fermenting.
• Close tightly, label and store in the refrigerator for approximately 1 month.
Give 1 teaspoon every 2 hours, up to 5 times a day for a child from 6 years old
For a child aged 2 to 6 years, half a teaspoon every 2 hours, up to 5 times a day.
For children up to 2 years old, a quarter of a spoon.
To avoid being caught short if your child is ill, and especially if you don't have time to make it at that time, make a syrup regularly when you have time, because after a few weeks, the syrup becomes unusable.
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