Elderberry is a berry native to Europe and North America. The fruit is dark purple and rich in antioxidants such as anthocyanin and high in vitamin C. Elderberry is believe to have medicinal properties, such as treating colds and flu, and may also help prevent and treat certain diseases.
Because Elderberry is beneficial to the body and has nutritional value, this fruit is popularly use in cooking, beverages, and for producing dietary supplements. Starting with eating fresh elderberry as a general fruit and using it to cook a variety of dishes, including making health drinks and using elderberry extract to mix with many dietary supplement products, such as Promotion ufabet, health jelly.
Benefits and properties of elderberry
- Helps whiten and brighten skin, prevents wrinkles and makes you look younger.
- Helps reduce weight because it is high in fiber and low in calories.
- Helps reduce skin inflammation, reduces allergic rashes and various irritations.
- Strengthens the immune system, inhibits viruses, inhibits the secretion of inflammatory substances in the body.
- Nourishes the heart, helps blood circulate well and reduces blood clots.
- Helps fight free radicals.
- Helps care for brain and nerve cell health, can reduce dementia from blood vessels.
- Enhances memory efficiency.
Elderberry nutrients and vitamins
Anthocyanins are important substances found in elderberries: They are highly effective antioxidants in the flavonoid group. They help prevent and inhibit the adhesion of viruses to cells in the body, slow down the growth of viruses in the respiratory system, and can help strengthen the immune system.
Quercidin is an antioxidant that can fight inflammation very well: It can prevent allergies and has the effect of inhibiting histamine, which is a substance that causes inflammation and various allergies in the body. It helps slow down cell degeneration and helps prevent heart disease.
Rutin is outstanding in treating allergic diseases: Rutin slows down the secretion of histamine, helps improve symptoms of allergies and asthma, and strengthens capillaries and veins. Therefore, it is effective in treating bruises, varicose veins, and hemorrhoids, which are inflammations of the veins in the rectum and anus.
Vitamin A is an antioxidant that nourishes the eyes: helps improve vision, and helps prevent night blindness.
Vitamin C helps strengthen the body’s immune system: fights free radicals, and helps in collagen synthesis. Effectively protects the skin.
Vitamins B1, 6, 12: help the nervous system to function efficiently and Vitamin C also helps enhance the functioning of white blood cells.
Precautions for consuming elderberry
Elderberries are popularly eating fresh, but should be eaten only when ripe, or cooke before consumption for safety reasons, such as making desserts, teas, jams, and syrups for drinking. This is because raw elderberries, bark, leaves, and seeds contain cyanide. Exposure to this toxin is not life-threatening, but it can cause stomach pain, nausea, vomiting , and fatigue.