Medicinal Value of Raspberries

Some friends who live in rural areas should know that there are often some delicious foods hidden in the woods beside the fields. Raspberry is one of the most familiar ones. It is a fruit that looks a little red and tastes very sweet and delicious. So many friends often go to the small woods beside the fields to look for this delicacy. In fact, raspberries not only taste good, but also have many functions. So what is the medicinal value of raspberries?

Raspberry is a kind of fruit that many people like to eat. It looks a bit like strawberry and tastes delicious. Raspberry also has great benefits. So what are its benefits? Let's learn about it together.

Raspberry (scientific name: Rubus idaeus), also known as raspberry, tree bubble, raspberry, wheat bubble (it bears fruit during the wheat harvest season, hence the name), is a woody plant of the genus Rubus in the Rosaceae family. It belongs to the fruit family. The fruit tastes sweet. The plant is a shrub, 1-2 meters high; the branches are brown or reddish brown, covered with short velvety hairs when young, and sparsely covered with thorns, a bit like strawberry.

Edible value

Raspberry fruit is edible and has been cultivated in Europe for a long time. Most of the cultivated varieties are used as fruit. Raspberry fruits are rich in nutrients such as vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, potassium, magnesium, and a large amount of fiber. Every 100 grams of raspberries are 87% water, contain 0.9 grams of protein, 4.7 grams of fiber, and can provide 209.3 kilojoules of calories. Raspberries are effective in relieving cardiovascular diseases such as angina, but they can sometimes cause mild diarrhea. Raspberry fruit is sweet and sour and tastes delicious, and is known as the "golden fruit".

Medicinal value

Raspberry can be used as medicine, and has the effects of improving eyesight and nourishing the kidneys. It enters the kidney and bladder meridians. Rubus palmatus is the only raspberry among the 194 species of raspberries that is included in the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia" and can be used as medicine.

effect

Nourishes the liver and kidneys, consolidates semen, reduces urination, and improves eyesight. It is used to treat impotence and premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea, infertility due to uterine coldness, clear and thin vaginal discharge, frequent urination and enuresis, blurred vision and premature graying of hair.

Pharmacology

1. Antibacterial effect: 100% decoction has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio cholerae using the plate punching method.

2. Estrogen-like effects Vaginal smears and endometrial sections of rats and rabbits show that raspberries seem to have estrogen-like effects.

Medication precautions

Those with kidney deficiency, internal heat, and short and astringent urination should take this medicine with caution.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Those with strong yang should avoid it."

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Pay attention to the symptoms of kidney heat, yin deficiency, dry blood and little blood."

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Do not take if you have difficulty urinating."

Civilian selection

①To treat erectile dysfunction: soak raspberries in wine, roast and grind into powder, take 15g of it with wine every morning. (Binghu Collection of Prescriptions)

②Replenish essence and nourish marrow, dredge kidney qi, no matter the deficiency or excess, cold or heat in the lower part of the body, taking it can relieve constipation: 400 grams of wolfberry, 400 grams of dodder seed (steamed with wine, pounded into cakes), 100 grams of schisandra chinensis (crushed), 200 grams of raspberry (washed with wine, remove the eyes). 100g Plantago seeds (wined and cleaned), select the freshest ones from the above ingredients, roast and dry them, grind them into fine powder, make pills with refined honey, the size of sycamore seeds. For each dose, take 90 pills on an empty stomach and 50 pills before going to bed. Take it with boiling water or salt soup. In winter, take it with warm wine. (Wu Zi Yan Zong Wan from the Wonderful Prescriptions for Health Preservation)

③Treat lung deficiency and cold: Take raspberry juice and boil it into fruit, still add a little honey, or boil it into thin sugar, and take it orally. (《Compendium of Materia Medica》)

The above is an introduction to the medicinal value of raspberries. Many friends living in cities may not know much about this kind of thing, because raspberries mainly grow in rural fields. Therefore, it is recommended that you take some time after work to go to the countryside and breathe the fresh air in the countryside, which is also very good for the body.