Flavonoids are another ingredient that places elderberries in the category of antioxidant-rich, capable of preventing cell damage. One study suggested that the elderberry extract called Sambucol could shorten flu duration by up to three days. Other traditional uses of elderberry flowers are as external antiseptic washes and poultices to treat wounds, and as an eye wash for conjunctivitis and eye inflammation.
JUNIPERO SERRA and the Sacred Expedition. Lived: 1713-1784. Explored California in: 1769-1784. Exploring for: Spain. Explored: by land from San Diego to San Francisco. Father Serra was the spiritual leader of the Sacred Expedition, the first Spanish attempt to found a settlement in Alta (Upper) California.
In March 1768, Serra and his missionary team boarded a Spanish sloop at San Blas, on Mexico's Pacific coast. Sailing over 200 miles up the Gulf of California, they landed at Loreto two weeks later. Gaspar de PortolÃ¡, governor of Las Californias, welcomed them at the Loreto mission, founded by Jesuits in 1697.