Homemade Wild Cherry Bark Syrup
If you have trouble getting your little ones to take their medicine, you won’t have to struggle with this recipe!
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup wild cherry bark
- ¼ cup mullein leaf
- 2 TBSP dried elderberries
- 1 cup raw honey
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- Combine water, herbs, and berries in a saucepan and bring it to a boil.
- Reduce heat to simmer and cook until liquid has reduced to approximately 1 cup (about 30-40 minutes).
- Strain the herbs through a coffee filter. If the liquid has boiled down to below 1 cup, add enough water to reach that level.
- Cool until the liquid is warm, and stir in honey. (Adding honey to hot liquid will destroy the live enzymes and degrade the natural health benefits.)
Notes
This wild cherry bark syrup will last a few weeks to months if you keep it in the refrigerator. Due to the honey in the recipe, do not give this syrup to children under one year of age.
Doses are:
- Adults can take a teaspoon up to once an hour.
- Children can take ½ teaspoon as needed, up to once an hour.