My Dad made Elderberry wine back in the 70’s and him and I went and picked the berries and of course he let me taste it and when he wasn’t looking I got a bit more, I was 6 ish, I almost fell asleep in my dinner plate. Too much of a good thing. 🤣 I was sent to bed.

Love this guy and his humor😂😂😂 God love you

Just harvested the berries this morning!! What a coincidence!!! Had no idea "LEAVES" had any use! So appreciated!!!

So glad to have this information.

I greatly appreciate your explanation. Bought the class/course. Looking forward to starting this winter.

Love these in depth episodes

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

Thanks Doc! Excellent information!!

Thank you for helping us make sense on how to use herbs :)

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help Terry. Glad you enjoyed it. Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

Excellent info. Thanks Doc!

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Raphael. Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

'Back to Eden' by Jethro Kloss is amazing book and I recommend it more strongly than hundres of medical schools. Even Barbara O'Neill recommends it. I liked watching your videos but after your comment discriminating this book on purpose (I guess it's because there are courses like Dr. Christopher's course that are based on principles mentioned in that book). I lost my trust in your motivation. Seems like you do it only to get as many people to do your pricey course and eliminate competition. I was thinking of doing your course but now I know where I should go to.

Just picked a big bag of flowers yesterday to dry for making tea, thanks Doc!

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Have fun Daniel. :0) Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

Hey Doctor J, just wanna say you're my favorite way to learn herbs. Commenting for the algo so more find your content.

wonderful addition to my beginning studies

Excellent talk.Thank you. 😊💚🌱🌻🐝

I love your humor 😉☺️

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adrijana. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :0) Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

Love it! Thank you To get off the stem nest is to freeze the whole cluster. When they are froze they just pop off

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. We do the same thing after we dry them. Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

Great info on elder! Also a great reminder for me to keep my eye on the berries right now (WV) and gather some when the time comes. I will gather some leaves, too! I tinctured some flowers a couple of years ago so we're good to go on that. I only have access to one elder tree so I don't get tons of berries, therefore I tincture them instead of making syrup. Elder is wonderful!

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

I can't remember the last time I used berries personally. I always use the leaf for adults. It's just always handier to get. The Beery is excellent too though. :0) Elder products: homegrownherbalist.net/?s=elder&post_type=product&title=1&excerpt=1&content=1&categories=1&attributes=1&tags=1&sku=1&orderby=date-DESC&ixwps=1

Love it thanks Doc

Thank you! I have 3 different types that I now grow. 2 I bought and I that I found here in NC! I made my first Shrub this year.

Thank you, just starting my patch

The red Elderberry is wild in Southern Colorado. It has taken me a few years to comfortably make the distinction between our wild Elderberry vs the wild Mountain Ash bushes. Thanks for all your great videos.

I already make elderberry syrup and tincture but as usual, I learned valuable and interesting information from your video, laughed, and took notes as I watched it a second time. Thank you! I'm inspired to head out back, harvest some wild grape leaves, start a tincture, and dry some just to have on hand. ☮

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching. Grape leaf is a great thing to have on hand when you need it. Have a look at the Cytokine Balance formula. homegrownherbalist.net/?s=grape+leaf&post_type=product&title=1&excerpt=1&content=1&categories=1&attributes=1&tags=1&sku=1&orderby=date-DESC&ixwps=1 Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

@CrystalQuartz

3 жыл бұрын

@@HomeGrownHerbalist, I have my grape leaf tincture going since last week and today I picked my wild grape leaves to dry them in my dehydrator. Thanks for the heads up on your Cytokine Balance Formula, I am going to make a dry blend of your formula ingredients to keep on hand. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge. I have your latest book, BTW, my sister gave it to me for my birthday...and I love it!

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you 🙏🏼

About the red Elderberry... Natives in SE Alaska have long used the berry, as long as it is cooked. You don't use the seed, but you can use the juice. It makes an absolutely wonderful jelly. I grew up having that. A real favorite . I think they used other parts of the red Elderberry as well, but don't have that info.

My pasture is full of red elders. The birds love it!

Thank you for sharing ✌️💖🤟✨️🧚‍♂️

Been a big fan of Elderberries since I was very little 5 and a half decades ago. Can't stand the taste of the raw berries, but love them as jam, jelly, syrup, pie, wine. Didn't know it's medicinal properties until a few yeare ago. Have heard a lot since then about using the flowers & berries internally & the leaves externally (oils & salves), but this is the first I've heard anyone recommend using the leaves internally. Maybe because the leaves are stronger so people have 'overdosed', had bad experience, & misunderstood? Since the leaves are so much more abundant & readily available, I'll definitely be using them more from now on. THANK YOU!

Thank you for that information. I was hearing about Russian being bad and American being good. Will be buying a plant in the spring.

I hope I get some berries this year and the birds don't steal them all😊 My plants had lots of blossoms this year!! Dried some. Mom always made elderberry juice for winter. Now I know the leaves can be used as well, thanks!

@AuntBeeBon

3 жыл бұрын

Take a piece of netting and wrap it over the green berry cluster and secure at the stem with a twistee tie. When the berries are ripe cut the stem with net covered berries.

@kleineroteHex

3 жыл бұрын

@@AuntBeeBon I cannot reach the high ones :) I have organza bags, they work well on the lower branches - this fall I will cut my elder way back - may be try and make whistles out of some bigger stems like my uncle had made for us kids :)

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Why is it that birds always think berries are ripe a day before I do? Little stinkers. Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

Had read always to heat the berries or leaves or flowers (cook in water or batter or....)

I'm interested in your school. About how many hours would you say it takes to go through?

I have been making elderberry syrup and using it and have found several articles stating those with autoimmune issues should stay away from it. What are your thoughts on this please?

Thank you Dr! Could you tell me how much of the tincture you should take? Or capsules and how often? Or do you have a course or book we can buy?

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

We have an excellent course: homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/ Also Some good books: homegrownherbalist.net/product-category/herbal-education-products/books/ Dosing for any of our products can be found on the "Info & Dosing" Tab of any product page. Doc Jones

We have a Instant Karma Elderberry and a Black Lace Elderberry, are these safe to use or are they just decorative. Having a hard time finding info on them.

Very helpful! Thank you!

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

I use flowers and I dry it .I have over 2 kilograms of dry flowers. And I make syrup also ..never used berry...but in Balkans we make jam from berries.

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

We like the jam here too. :0) Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

Doctor, what about muscadine vine leaves? Thank you for this elder info.

@valerielamar6035

3 жыл бұрын

Those are closer to grape

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Muscadine is a grape. the leaf is good medicine but has different actions. Here's a video on it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWqdj8ycXcjKmco.html

@mohairspinner7125

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Y'all!

We get the red one growing wild I have not seen the others yet I live in Ontario

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, don't eat the red berries (Sambucus racemosa). They're a little too toxic. Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

@wildedibles819

3 жыл бұрын

@@HomeGrownHerbalist i think I've seen the other kinds on the side of the road by farms But we were driving to fast to see Our woodland theres lots of the red ones Great bird food Why can birds eat them and not us? I know birds will wait for a freeze and it makes the cyanide less so just like cooking does But theres no freze when these red ones are ready Does drying them out make them less cyanide content too Enough for the birds and deer anyway not for me Just curious

Dr., What would you suggest taking internally for shingles?

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Phyllis, Shoot me an email and I'll send you some links. Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

Can you dry the leaves to use later?

Is there a way to dry the flowers and keep their milky white color? I’m air drying on a window screen and they are turning brown.

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Sunlight is the worse thing in the world for drying herbs. It completely destroys them. Dry them indoors with good air flow (a fan) and no heat and they'l be more medicinal and prettier. :0) Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

Oh dear. I think I got the ornamental type 😮!

How do you prepare the leaf and how would you use the leaf?

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Herbs don't care very much how they get into your body. Make a tea or a tincture or poke them into capsules. I take them at the first sign of any respiratory illness. Here's a bunch of our formulas that contain elder. homegrownherbalist.net/?s=elder&post_type=product&title=1&excerpt=1&content=1&categories=1&attributes=1&tags=1&sku=1&orderby=date-DESC&ixwps=1

Elderberry makes great wine!!!

@HomeGrownHerbalist

2 жыл бұрын

Elderberry is tasty about any way you try it. :0) Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

I’ve read not to use elder since I have hashimotos and hypothyroid. Thoughts?

If I dry the leaves, will they be a medicinal? Thank you.

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. That's what I do. Doc homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

I can't eat the berries even when cooked. I made elderberry syrup (cooked the berries down for a long time) for myself and several friends. One even gave it to her 2-yr-old grandchild - one had any issues - except me. I vomited after 1 tsp full. I tried it a month later to be sure it wasn't something else, and I vomited again. Maybe I'm just allergic to it.

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Seems like your innards aren't fond of it. I'd use something else. :0) Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

For corona, one needs a plethora of fermented foods. We are treating the microbiome. In everything we do, we must always be aware that we eat and drink to feed the microbes. Similarly, we feed the soil. Treat your terrain with kit gloves to stay healthy 😊

@iheartherbs

Жыл бұрын

Corona is a fucking scam. How come they've never been able to isolate the virus yet they are testing people for what exactly?? They seriously have us talking about a non existent thing and it's a form of psychosis at this point.

Do you wash your leaves before you dry them?

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

If something actually looks dirty, I'll wash it and let it dry before harvesting it. Otherwise, No. Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/

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When would you harvest the leaves? Spring and fall?

@HomeGrownHerbalist

27 күн бұрын

Any time they look healthy snd happy. Dont use the leaves in children

@connieking4167

27 күн бұрын

@@HomeGrownHerbalist Thank you so much!

Hi Dr. Jones I had heard American elderberry is safer than the European elderberry has more cyanide in it ..could you please check this out as many plant Nurseries may sell the European elderberry... thanks!

Or you can make wine with them.

My husband and mother-in-law get a tummy ache only if they take my elderberry tonic at the same time as lipospheric vitamin C. No idea why.

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe too much vitamin C acidifying things??? I have no idea. :0)

@ADAWC

Жыл бұрын

About a year ago, something serious happened to me too. I took half of vitamin C from over the counter vitamin C-elderberry. I took only half because I just wanted to strengthen my immunity a couple days after a fever. The acid was so strong, it burned my stomach, I got black stool and internal bleeding for at least a couple of days. Luckily, my Chinese doctor gave me some herbal medicine to stop the bleeding. I did some online research and found that elderberry is poisonous. It is powerful stuff. It has many medicinal uses, for internal consumption and external uses.

For some weird reason, the berries give me heart palpitations 😒 🤔

Thank you Doc Jones for addressing the misinformation around Elder. If I may, I would like to also address some misinformation about the novel corona virus. There has never been a local determination from any health official as to the infectious agent or infectious principle of the disease known as Covid 19. I hope that those who take responsibility for their health are also taking responsibility for the vigilance required to keep their local officials beholden to their obligations. Thank you for all that you do to keep us informed of the truth💜

@HomeGrownHerbalist

3 жыл бұрын

There is a coronavirus associated with Covid-19. But hte Elder doesn't get good internet so it doesn't know that it's a fancy new version so it just treats it like all the other coronaviruses. Doc Jones homegrownherbalist.net/about-the-school/