Wild Raspberry
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Astringents
Wild Raspberry
Latin:
Fructus Rubi
Origin:
The unripe fruit of the perennial plant Rubus chingii Hu or Rubus palmatus Thunberg, of the Rosacae (Rose) family. Native to temperate Asia, it grows wild at hilly areas in the provinces Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Zhejiang of China; and Kyushu of Japan. Picked between June and August when the fruit is still green, it is then soaked briefly in hot water before dried for later use.
Called in Chinese Fu-pen-zi, or in Japanese Gosho-ichigo.
Properties:
Sweet and sour in flavor, slightly warm in nature; it is related to the channels of the liver and kidney.
Functions:
Tones liver and kidneys, restrains semen, checks urination, sharpens vision.
Applications:
Wild raspberry is used to treat impotence, seminal emission, enuresis (involuntary discharge of urine), frequent urination, vaginal discharge, infertility and blurred vision.
Dosage and Administration:
3-10 g.
Cautions on Use:
Those with fire due to deficiency of the kidneys, causing short urination, should not take wild raspberry.
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Modern Researches:
Wild raspberry is rich in vitamin C; it also contains vitamin E, carrotin, superoxide dismutase (255.3 ug/100g), minerals calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, copper, zinc, iron, manganese, nickel and selenium; and sugar fructose and glucose.
Superoxide dismutase can clean the free radical from human body; and help the activity of skin cells.
Wild raspberry contains sufficient sugar, mainly reducing sugar (fructose and glucose) which is about 80 percent among the total sugar. Reducing sugar can be easily ingested after taking-in. Most of raspberry fruits are juicy, and with good ratio of sugar and acids, so it tastes sweet., 百拇医药