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Activities (Raspberry) — Anticancer (1; JNU); Anticholinesterase (1; CAN); Antiinflammatory
(1; FAD); Antipyretic (f; EFS); Antiseptic (f; PED); Antispasmodic (1; APA; CAN; PED); Antiviral
(1; CAN); Astringent (1; CAN; CEB; FAD; PH2); Choleretic (f; KOM); Depurative (f; APA; KOM;
PH2); Diaphoretic (f; KOM); Diuretic (f; KOM); Hemostat (1; APA); Laxative (f; PH2); Myostim-
ulant (1; CAN); Postparturient (f; CAN); Stimulant (f; PED); Tonic (f; APA); Uterorelaxant (1;
APA; FAD; PNC); Uterotonic (1; APA; FAD).Indications (Raspberry) — Biliousness (f; DEM); Bleeding (1; APA); Boil (f; DEM); Cancer
(1; JLH; JNU); Cancer, colon (1; JLH); Cancer, mouth (1; JLH); Cancer, stomach (1; JLH);
Cancer, throat (1; JLH); Canker (f; APA; MIC); Cardiopathy (f; PHR; PH2); Cataract (f; DEM);
Childbirth (f; CEB; DEM; PH2); Cholera (f; CEB); Cold (1; SKY); Condyloma (f; JLH);
Conjunctivosis (f; APA; CAN); Constipation (f; DEM; PH2); Cough (f; APA); Cramp (1; APA;
CAN; FAD; PED); Dementia (1; JNU); Dentition (f; DEM); Dermatosis (f; APA; KOM);
Diabetes (f; KOM); Diarrhea (1; APA; FAD; MIC; SKY); Dysentery (1; FAD); Dysmenorrhea
(1; APA; CEB; FAD); Dysuria (f; DEM); Enterosis (1; APA; JLH; KOM; PH2); Fever (f; CEB;
EFS; KOM); Fever Blister (f; APA); Flu (1; KOM; PED); Gastrosis (f; JLH; KOM; PH2);
Gonorrhea (f; CEB; DEM); Gravel (f; CEB); Heartburn (f; DEM); Hematuria (f; DEM);
Hemoptysis (f; CEB); Hemorrhoid (1; APA); High Blood Pressure (f; DEM); Inflammation (1;
APA; FAD); Lethargy (f; DEM); Low Blood Pressure (f; DEM); Measles (f; DEM); Metrorrhagia
(1; APA); Morning Sickness (f; APA); Nausea (PED); Nephrosis (f; DEM); Ophthalmia (f;
DEM); Parturition (1; FAD; PED); Pharyngosis (f; APA; PHR); Phthisis (f; CEB); Pregnancy
(f; APA; SKY); Prostatosis (f; APA); Pulmonosis (f; KOM); Respirosis (f; PHR; PH2); Rheu-
matism (f; DEM); Sore (f; DEM); Sore Throat (1; APA; CEB; KOM; MIC; PH2; SKY); Stomach
(f; MIC); Stomachache (f; DEM); Stomatosis (1; APA; JLH; PHR; PH2 KOM; MIC); Tonsilosis
(1; FAD); Toothache (f; DEM); Ulcer (f; APA); Uterosis (f; CEB); VD (f; CEB; DEM); Virus
(1; CAN); Wart (f; JLH); Water Retention (f; KOM); Wound (1; APA).Dosages (Raspberry) — 1–2 tsp crushed leaf/cup water to 6 ×/day (APA; SKY; WIC); 1.5 g
finely cut leaf (PHR); 0.25–0.5 cup fresh leaf (PED); 6–12 g dry leaf (PED); 4–8 g dry leaf,
or in tea, 3 ×/day (CAN); 9 g dry leaf:45 ml alcohol/45 ml water (PED); 2–10 ml liquid leaf
extract (PNC); 4–8 ml liquid leaf extract (1:1 in 25% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN; SKY); 1–3 (384
mg) leaf capsules 3 ×/day (APA).Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Raspberry) — Class 1 (AHP). Should
not be used during pregnancy, and, if taken during labor, should only be done under medical
supervision. Still, raspberry leaf is widely recommended to be taken during pregnancy to help
facilitate easier parturition. Unsuitable to use as an herbal remedy to treat eye infections such
as conjunctivitis (CAN). While I thought of raspberry as astringent and maybe even binding,
Lininger et al. (1998) say it may cause mild loosening of stools and nausea (SKY).Extracts (Raspberry) — Extract appears to relax uterus only in pregnant rats and humans;
inactive on nonpregnant uterus (PNC). Contrasts with CAN, who says that uteroactivity has
been documented for a leaf infusion in both pregnant and nonpregnant rat and human uteri
(CAN). Anthocyanins and polyphenols in berries of several Ribes, Rubus, and Vaccinium spp.
have in vitro antiradical activity on chemically generated superoxide radicals. The extracts
also inhibitor xanthine oxidase. All crude extracts were highly active toward chemically
generated superoxide radicals. Ribes nigrum extracts exhibited most activity, being the richest
in both anthocyanins and polyphenols. But Ribes rubrum extracts seem to contain more active
substances (X1332092). The 10–12% tannins in the leaves make this tea competitive with the
better publicized green tea for cancer and cardiopathy. And I suspect that the wild strains
would be even better endowed, with the anticancer and cardioprotective polyphenols, than the
cultivated raspberries.