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Which Herbs Are Traditionally Used Through the Cold Season?

Natural immune support for the cold and flu season, elderberry syrups, echinacea tinctures, loose-leaf teas, capsules, throat sprays and functional mushroom powders. Built on the botanicals most people reach for as the weather turns colder. A fully vegan range with every botanical named in full.

Natural Immune Support for the Cold and Flu Season

Elderberry and echinacea are what most people reach for when the weather turns cooler, and they anchor this collection.
Elderberry syrup has been made in British and northern European kitchens for centuries, it is one of the few herbal preparations most people’s grandparents would recognise on sight. Echinacea arrived in Europe from North America, where it had long been used by Native Americans.

Around them sit rosehip, olive leaf, andrographis, tulsi and liquorice root, with functional mushrooms including chaga, reishi and maitake. The collection covers elderberry syrups and throat sprays, echinacea tinctures, loose-leaf teas, capsules and mushroom powders. Products you can store well and use every day to maintain your wellbeing.

Most people start as the weather turns rather than waiting for a reason. Our range includes products made for different age groups with guidance and dosage guidance explained. Please do speak to our herbalists for further guidance and how we can help you stay well.

FAQs

Echinacea is the purple coneflower, a group of flowering plants native to the prairies of North America. Three species are used in herbal practice — purpurea, angustifolia and pallida. and both root and aerial parts are prepared, depending on the tradition. It was used by Native American people long before European settlers adopted it, and reached Europe in the nineteenth century.

Elderberry syrup is made from the dark berries of Sambucus nigra, the common elder, cooked down and sweetened. The berries ripen across British hedgerows in late summer and early autumn. The same tree also gives elderflower in late spring, used for cordial. Berries and flowers are used differently in herbal practice despite coming from one plant.

A syrup is botanicals extracted into a sweetened base, taken by the spoonful, and keeps for months in a cupboard. A tincture is a liquid extract in water and alcohol, taken as drops in water, and keeps for years. A tea is loose botanicals infused fresh in hot water each time. The plants overlap heavily. The format determines how easily it fits your day, which is usually what decides whether anyone keeps it up.

Most people start as the weather turns in early autumn rather than waiting for a reason, largely because syrups and tinctures keep well and there's little advantage in delaying. The teas and mushroom powders are used year-round rather than seasonally.

Functional mushrooms are fungi used for purposes beyond food — Lion's Mane, Reishi, Chaga, Cordyceps and Maitake are the most established, largely from Chinese and Japanese traditions. The thing worth checking on any product is whether it uses the fruiting body or mycelium, since commercial mycelium is usually grown on grain and milled together with it.

Several are made specifically for children, and others are for adults only. Every product states its age guidance on the label and product page. The children's range collects the ones formulated for younger households.

Some herbs interact with prescription medicines, so ask your GP or pharmacist before starting rather than after. Our Recovery Tincture contains liquorice, bupleurum and sweet wormwood, each of which carries its own guidance. Our Medical Herbalists can also talk through alternatives.