![]() ![]() Historically, it was used as a mouthwash to heal canker sores, cold sores, and gingivitis. The leaves were used for stomach complaints in children and to prevent morning sickness. Midwives have also used the leaves to prevent postpartum hemorrhage. Many midwives have used red raspberry leaf to prevent miscarriages and to assist in achieving pregnancy. The leaves have been used for diarrhea, to wash the eyes, and for a female tonic, especially in pregnancy. The fruit has also been used for anemia, gum disease, reducing a fever, easing digestion, sobering drunkenness, and stomachaches. According to, “Gerard believed ‘the fruit is good to be given to those what have weake and queasie stomackes’.” Historically, a cordial of the juice has been used for gastroenteritis in humans, pet birds, and livestock in Australia. The juice from the berries was used for fevers, childhood illnesses, and cystitis. They have also been used to ease rheumatism and indigestion. In large quantities, the berries have been used as a laxative and diaphoretic. ![]() Raspberry vinegars have been used for sore throats and coughs. The fruit used to be widely used to flavor other unpleasant tasting preparations. A decoction of the flowers has been used for pimples, hemorrhoids, malaria, and as a poultice for eye inflammation, as well as to reduce fevers. In England, the roots were boiled and eaten like turnips.Īll parts of the raspberry plants were used for their many medicinal properties. The fruit has also been used for mild drinks. The fruit is a popular fruit eaten in the summer months and sometimes into the fall. Red raspberry has been used for many years throughout the world both as food and medicine. Archeological findings show that the Romans spread the raspberry seed throughout their empire including up into England. Rubus idaeus was native to Turkey and was used by the people of Troy. In fact, raspberry was used interchangeably with blackberry by the Greeks, Chinese, Ayurvedics, and American Indians to heal complaints such as diarrhea, dysentery, and the healing of wounds. Raspberry is a member of the Rosaceae family and is often listed with other species of Rubus in herbals and botany books. The name comes from the Latin word “rubus” which means red and the Latin word “ida,” which is the name of a mountain in Phrygia where the plant grew abundantly. Rubus idaeus is the scientific name for red raspberry. ![]()
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