Elderberries are an adorable fruit that is packed with antioxidants, flavonoids, beta-carotene, naturally occuring vitamin C, calcium, and phosphorus. In folk medicine elderberries are used to treat influenza, sciatica, common colds, allergies, improve bowel function, reduce blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and the list goes on... 

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Hippocrates, the Greek father of medicine referred to Elderberry as the "medicine chest" for its wide variety of uses.