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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Elderberries: The King

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Elderberries are ‘The King’ of the herbal medicine world according to Dr. Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen due to their all-around effects for the human body. Learn how to prepare them in today’s show. Connect with Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen, Ph.D.: Mr. Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen, chief herbalist and chemist for Medicine Man Plant Co. Medicine Man Plant Co Foraging Texas Medicina Man Plant Co on Facebook Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques, and Chris) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back everyone to the Epic Gardening podcast.

0:15.8

We have Dr. Mark, Maryweather, Vordabrugan here on the podcast.

0:20.0

He's the chief herbalist and chemist for medicine man, Plant Co.

0:23.6

So yesterday, Mark, we talked about what you were calling the game board or the human

0:28.9

immune system.

0:30.3

And today, now we're going to talk about some of the pieces on that game board starting

0:32.8

off with the king, which you are dubbing elderberry.

0:36.5

And so, you know, I've heard a lot about it, a lot of my friends grow it and they make

0:39.6

all sorts of things with it.

0:40.8

I have less experience with it.

0:42.4

So, you know, treat me sort of as a, as a newb here and explain to me why this would

0:46.6

be the king on the game board.

0:49.1

Sure.

0:50.1

When you think of chess pieces, you think each has their own particular moves and powers.

0:54.6

The king being in the most powerful, but at the same time, somewhat limited in its

0:59.8

action.

1:00.8

Correct.

1:01.8

Right.

1:02.8

So, yeah.

1:03.8

So, with elderberry, as far as immune system stimulation, nothing else comes close to its

1:10.3

power.

1:11.5

It is extremely good at speeding up the replication and production, overall production

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