I’m going to say this stuff saved my life I had COVID back in March dr was going to put me on a ventilator so I got up and went home i sure didn’t want to go anywhere My cousin brought me a jar and told me to take it I was so sick and couldn’t breath every time I wanted to fall asleep I quit breathing my temp wouldn’t brake taking this stuff I was out of the house in 4 days trust me it took 14 weeks to be able to full recovery but 4 days into it I survived doctors was giving me meds when I found out I had COVID was just making it worse I’m a believer
I’m so happy that you survived! There’s no telling how many are dead because they didn’t or couldn’t do as you did! It’s a shame that money means more than people’s lives! I’m so glad you made the right decision!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures my wife has copd and I found a plant here I don’t know what is called but is brought in here by the settlers for breathing problem I’m trying to find info about it you know anything about that
In the natural plant-based remedies used in China over last centuries, Sambucus (elderberry) has a Water vibration. COVID virus, being a disease organism has a Fire vibration, similar to the measles virus. So medicinally, what kind of remedy would overcome, or weaken a Fire vibration organism? Yes, Water extinguishes Fire. This is part of the ancient healing wisdom. Blessings to all!
I just made a batch of elderberry syrup. I put cloves, and a cinnamon stick in with my elderberries as they were boiling. After straining, I added a cup and a half of local honey. A swig a day keeps the germs at bay...lol
Wouldn't it sugar be better then honey? Of course, it is not healthier, but I think sugar is extremely important when canning and it should be more, not less. I think honey after some time spoils and sugar can keep juice or syrup much longer, without spoiling.
While talking about elderberry, you've forgotten an essential element. Elderberry cough syrup is great, but elderberry flowers (dried, of course) are an excellent febrifuge. I would daresay that it is critical. Used 1:1 with peppermint, I have killed the flu in hours with this treatment.
Love when people live off the land and look to nature for remedies 🌱 Also, I love using the invert method for stuff like this. Good to see others use it!!
God put a lot of plants and roots here to take care of us. Just wish I knew all of them. I really like this kind of videos brother. Keep up the great work!
Thank you. I just checked and our elderberries are ripe. I never knew we had them until you showed us the snowballs on the bushes earlier this season. God Bless y’all.
*Plant two or three, sourced from distant locations or varieties if from a seller/nursery... which is for cross pollination and more fruits... let them grow wildly for the first and 2nd years and then prune as needed in the fall and they can get 25 feet high if you let the do their thing... And they do like plenty of water and will do nary as well in prolonged drought as they best like the loamy soil rather than clay, that ponds for too long ad can cause fungus/ molds to on fruits... which is why you will often see them naturally growing beside roads with the drainage water coming their way and then away again or on the banks near streams* ..gw
You all are just great. From CA to Ga, I can’t wait to get my medicinal garden goin. The way you’ve explained it makes me want to get ready for Spring.
way back in 1985 my wife and i made elderberry jelly in quart jars to give as christmas gifts!we also gave out quarts of black cherry jelly, muskadine jelly, wild plumb jelly etc... everyone got 1 quart of each!! my grand father died in 1975, he made the best elderberry wine!!! we just cut the berry head off and put it in the pot stems and all, then strained it all!! i have a "mahi, mahi steam juicer (stainless steel) i got at an auction for $5 still in its origional box! i sent it to the Philippines when i moved there to get married and lived there, then brought it back in our luggage !! moved to Philippines in 2015!!
Just found your channel, really enjoy watching and looking forward to catching up on all the others you go on here. You are truly funny in a good way!! You make your videos fun to watch and you have a true nak as they call it I guess for the camera and being in the spotlight. Keep those videos coming. Going to share with my Facebook page see if we can get you some more subscribers to watching your channel. Hope you have a great day and God bless you and your family. Happy homesteading
Your recipe is great instruction. I clip off the whole elderberry heads or parts of just the ripe ones. They go in a Ziploc bag into the freezer. Then in January I pull them out to make jelly, syrup, pie. The berries pop off the stems easily. Also in January I trim back each shrub to about 4 to 8 inches, leaving at least 1 set of buds. Trim each branch you cut into smaller 1 to 2ft sections keeping 1 to 2 buds to plant below the ground and 1to2 buds above ground. Place each stick into the ground in January. You will have more plants! Keep the new plants watered thru dry periods in the summer. Pruning back gives you larger heads.
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures you're welcome. I live in the Ozark region of Missouri. I started with 10 plants 3 years ago, I now have over 40, plus have given many away to friends. The bucks like to use the long branches for rubs so I can't use every stem. The sticks I planted in my flower bed grew the best....better soil, better attention.😊
That is a great way to use them ! I tried a few they don't taste that great to me fresh . I wouldn't have enough to make a batch like that . Just came in from trying to get some tilling done to plant a cover crop / food plot . You always planting them so I thought I would give it a try . I hope you guys have a great day !
Good old mother nature provided you with free medicine in your abundant elderberries for colds and coughs 12 jars of colds and coughs help, free of other additives for your winter shelf. Can't get better then that.! God bless
very well explained how to video even i think i could do that now. you have to love it home 🏡 made cough syrup thanks for sharing keep the cameras rolling from Florida
While I LOVE the berries and the taste of the syrup and they are great for cough and as an anti-viral, there's a not so common, even BETTER part of the bush/tree. The FLOWERS. Elder Flower tea breaks up the mucus in the lungs AND helps to expel it. Yes, you'll cough MORE but that's a good thing! I reckon it all depends on what is causing the cough. Nose, throat, or lungs, as to whether you want to stop or aid the cough. :) Right now, mine is allergies. More exact: asthma complicated by pollen. I need to cough but I need the nose to stop running and dripping (post nasal drip) as well. I've got the nose stopped so now onto the clearing all the junk out of my lungs! I''ve found that inverting helps that a lot! (or simply bending over and letting gravity do it''s thing.) I really wish there was another herbalist in the family because this 'doctor heal thyself' is for the birds! I don't FEEL like it! :(
I definitely understand what you are saying! When you don’t feel well, it is difficult to have the energy to Dr. yourself! I definitely will try the elderflower next year when they are once more available!
my Grandparents made Deep Fried Elderberry Blossoms And Jelly & Juice too , dip into funnel cake batter and place in a pan with hot oil , remove when golden and drain on paper towel then sprinkle with powdered sugar :)
Elderberry syrup is one of our wellness go-tos. I never thought about adding lime but that's genius! Now I have all kinds of ideas swirling around in my head!
Here in southeast Nebraska (HALLAM) elderberry are plentiful. As I write this I'm less than a mile from a county roadside patch that's a solid 150' long x 5' deep. Mulberry trees thick as fleas, and hedgeapple fence rows by the miles.
My dad and I have been making elderberry wine for decades now "God red his soul" Anyway, use a fork to harvest the berries. Its just the right size. Arkansas Ozarks ingenuity. Simple and easy
If you tie a heavy string to each side of the bucket handle, you can hang the bucket around your neck, adjust the height of the bucket to about your waist.. and have both hands free to pick..you have a darling sidekick..!
Good morning Micah ! Thanks for sharing your recipe for Elderberry cough syrup. This was very informative video. Stay happy, healthy, hydrated and safe. May God continue to bless you and your family.
O my gosh thank you for showing this you did the good job.- I plant in my small backyard 4 shrubs 2 years ago and this year I collected already small bucket like yours but birds ate a lot -half of the fruit was gone .I cooked mine like a compote to drink, but I will take them out and cook them to make jelly like yours .This is extremely effective natural medicine .
Requesting canning vid. Your daughter does not have to be seen.. We just need her instructions.. meaning her voice or yours... I used to can peaches, apples and strawberries with my Great Grand Mom.. And after watching your vid here.. I remembered about the jars and tops.. I am getting old.. a refresher would be very helpful.. Either way.. thank you 4 the memories...
thanks for this tip i have never heard of using the elderberries for cough syrup , i am going to give this a go , hear in the UK these berries are used for home made elderberry wine . stay good from UK.
I was dying at your measurements because they were definitely wonky 🤣🤣🤣.. I’ve made elderberry and only 1 of my kids will take it, they say it’s gross. But thank you for the reminder because I have a bunch of wild elderberry plants that I need to go see if there’s berries on them.
I just got finished making syrup and jelly. Syrup was 1c sugar for 4 cups juice (I added lemon juice and oil, ginger, cinnamon and clove to mine to enhance the immunity boost and antiviral capacity) and jelly, using pectin to thicken was 4 1/2 c sugar to 3 cups juice. Without pectin I did even amounts sugar to juice. I have no idea how to convert pectin to arrowroot, but assuming they're equal, for the 3 cups juice, it's about 6 T pectin.
I did my elder berry syrup last week here in northwest Ga. It's great stuff! About 1 more week ill start on my honey drip sorghum. Tonight is mater canning Wahoooooo!!!!!!!
I bought a bottle of elderberry syrup. It was a local organic product sold at a health food store. It says 1tbs up to five times per Week…I was in a hurry and took that much in one afternoon. Didn’t sleep a wink that night, wide awake, and worse coughing fits in over a week of coughing.
Thanx for reminding me of elderberry harvest season im 3 weeks late ,however here in northwestern Connecticut we always seem to be 1 to 2 weeks later than most plus the coast
I am a truck driver from Jan to July 2020 was hauling food I was taking elderberries and regular vitamins….I am still do same job and same preventative I got sick with covid but at 59 mine was very light I believe elderberries and vitamins really helped .
Never saw anyone cool their canning jars upside down! ...I freeze my elderberries, and then make a tea as needed with clove, honey & cinnamon...you can also make fruit roll-ups, which store nicely and are more portable if traveling...
I tried picking elderberries last year, turns out there is a cousin to the elderberry, it has thorns unlike the elderberry bush.. it was probably safe to eat but I didn’t. Thanks for the video.
Im from Serbia..we use this often .I boil berries for 1h.I add ginger,clove and 3 bay leaves.. then smush it with potatoe musher...and also with my hands ...I add sugar 350 gr.. cook it for few minutes...and pour in hot and sterile bottles.
Jao Adrijana, imas li malo i meni da posaljes? Ali dobro, ovdje tek sada procvjetala zova. Odoh da napravim sirup od cvjetova, prvi put u zivotu. Koji je tvoj recept za sirup od cvjetova zove?
@@adrijanacenipoka4506 Ma sok od zove, ne bobica, one dolaze kasnije. Sirup od zove. Ali zasto kuvas bobice 1 sat? To izgleda bas previse. Dovoljno je 5 minuta.
Clip the entire berry clustet ofc. Then rinse it off and drop them in a freezer bag. Aftet a few days oulk out if freezer and berries eadily rub off stems. Then process.
Look into a fruit steamer. Homemade wine makers avoid crushing the berries at all cost. Bitter. Elderberry wine is high in tannin which is why it takes so long to mature (think near 5 years). Stores for a very long time and continues to improve.
Micah, I’m not gonna say you couldn’t have done this by yourself but your son sure was a great partner in this project! And you can use it as syrup on pancakes, waffle, scrapple, etc. if you like!
My favorite picking method involves freezing clumps before detaching berries. Brew berries and pulp for some weeks in 5 gallon food-safe bucket; pour off wine to drink or rack to glass jug then bottle when still.
years back the woman tried to make some marmalade jelly and it all turned into light syrup. she give it all to me and wasnt long after that i realized i had a sugar problem lol it was around 18 half pints and i drunk them all in a week or two. i need to get back on a wild food only challenge again lol
Oh my goodnes...snip off the stem and take the clump home and stem ...thst onerous to take them like thst off the tree. The first I took them off the tree like you snd it took forever...learned quick cut the stem of the clump and stem the at home
Can you just dehydrate the Elderberries or freeze dry them (or even dehydrate or freeze dry the juice after you strain it) and then turn it into powder and put into smoothies or make tea out of it? That way you don't have to worry about the added ingredients of sugar, citric acid, etc.?
We always used to just break the stem put it in the pot take it home and pluck the berries off instead of standing there doing it it's faster the other way and you get to sit down and do it, besides being more watchful as to what part of the stem Still remains into the pot or bowl.
Just a thought. Use a pair of nippers . Get a larger container. Get them to the house and use a hair pick to remove them from the stem. I use a steam juicer to extract the juice. You can delete it if you choose. It is pretty cobcertrated.
Those berrys look like poke berrys. The poke plant is a weed that southerners cook. They pick the leaves off when they're in season, and boil 3 times to detoxify the leaves, by then they're cooked. They're excellent with some garlic, black pepper, apple cider vinegar, and salt, they taste alot like spinach. The berries are highly toxic but old folks eat only 1 berry a week to help relieve arthritis pain. 1 berry a week because the toxin is that strong. I'm epileptic: when i was in highschool i noticed that that same toxin helped to stop seizures from happening.
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures In the book of Genesis it states that God made every tree, bush, and herb on the earth with healing power for every ailment that there is. That includes cannabis, opium, coca, jimson, etc. After so many years of being a Witch, i learned alot about herbalism, herbology, and the truth in Biblical scriptures. I have much knowledge of these "herbs" than i ever will experience.
The berries were indeed elderberry and not poke....Elderberry will ripped in early summer likely along a stream or wet area.... However poke seems to grow most any where as long as it is very sunny and their berries ripped in late summer and fall.....
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23 cups if I'm not mistaken my mother put in 4 cups of the sugar and your arrowroot was not enough I can tell you that right now she use gelatin but the arrowroot needs about two to three of those teaspoons per container and she would use about three or four the Sure-Jell that means about 12 of those spoons of arrowroot
We used to make pancake syrup out of them syrup for coughs, jelly, and back in the day my grandfather used to make wine. I think we probably had over 60 bushes.
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures definitely going to try. I have a child that refuses to take any kind of medicine and can only swallow tiny pills. so if I can get something that's high in vitamin c and could help a cough or sore throat and tastes good it's a win win in this house. Thank you sir for the video
My cousin makes elderberry flower wine. It is the most delicate butt whooper I ever came across. My elderberries are in the frig. Will think about cooking them down tomorrow.
Great video, I don't know where you got your recipe, and I have never made elderberry jelly but I think you used too much water for it to jell. But like you said you were making medicine and it worked great for that. We have those bushes on our property but have never tried to process the berries, but I didn't know they could be used for medicine, learn something every day. Thanks for sharing this I might try this cause store bought cough syrup just don't work that good for me.
I was raised country my Grandfather was born in 1891,my Father was born in 1922 I was born in 1951 so I ain't no kid but I was taught how to butcher chickens, hogs wild game plant crops. Although I can clean fish but I was never taught how to fish, good neighbors supplied the fish, but I could farm.
Thanks for the informative video. What is the make of your wood cook stove? We have a Home Comfort, the fire box is real small. We have to cut and split special size wood and constantly feeding it
yes, we know also in Europe, too as a good plant .... anyway I must add that elderberry has a very tiny portion of poison in it, or better say - a bit hard to digest for some - that is why it is good to consume it, when it went through fire (cooked) at least a few seconds. After this it is Ok, even for sensitive stomachs. Good health for all is ensured, it has antibacterial, antiviral and other properties, simply a good help for many health problems, see the literature. Even it heals neuralgical problems, pains ...
I got an Elderberry plant for Mom's Day and a bug ate all the leaves . I have it in a pot because I don't want to leave in in the ground and have a monster to move or leave it to the not nice landlords. I thought it was a grasshopper or a leafhopper that might have eaten the leaves. Now I have sticks in a pot ?
I highly suspect the stems are not toxic...unless the toxin is greater in fall than spring, when one makes elderberry flower fritters. Do you know where you heard the stems are toxic?
