This product is the unripe fruit of the deciduous shrub plant of the Rosaceae family, palmleaf raspberry fruit (Rubus chingii Hu.) or (Rubus palmatus Thunberg). It grows wild in the mountainous regions of temperate climate zones in Asia, particularly in the northern provinces of China such as Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang, as well as in Kyushu, Japan. The fruit is harvested when still green between June and August each year, briefly immersed in boiling water, and then dried for medicinal use.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sweet and sour, slightly warm; act on liver and kidney channels.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Benefiting the liver and kidneys, consolidating essence, reducing urination, and improving vision.

bubble_chart Indications

Used for kidney deficiency, infertility, seminal emission, spermatorrhea, enuresis, frequent urination, and other conditions.

1. Treats nocturnal emission and spermatorrhea. Palmleaf raspberry fruit can both tonify the liver and kidneys and astringe and consolidate. It is combined with medicinals such as Flatstem Milkvetch Seed, Asiatic Cornelian Cherry Fruit, Gordon Euryale Seed, etc., as in Qianjin Fang.
2. Treats enuresis and frequent urination. Palmleaf raspberry fruit is often used with mantis egg-case, Sharpleaf Galangal Fruit, Cherokee Rose Fruit, and others.
3. Treats kidney deficiency, seminal slippage, and infertility. Palmleaf raspberry fruit is combined with medicinals such as Barbary Wolfberry Fruit, Dodder Seed, Schisandra Fruit, Plantain Seed, as in the Five-Seed Procreating Pill.
4. Used to treat blurred vision. Palmleaf raspberry fruit is combined with medicinals such as Prepared Rehmannia Root, Barbary Wolfberry Fruit, glossy privet fruit, and other liver and kidney tonics and vision-improving herbs.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Bielu: "Tonifying qi lightens the body and prevents hair from turning white."
2. Yaoxing Lun: "For men with kidney essence deficiency and impotence, it can strengthen and lengthen. Women who consume it can conceive."
3. Bencao Yanyi: "Benefits the kidneys and reduces urination."
4. Bencao Tujing: "Strengthens the kidneys without the bias of dryness-heat, and secures essence without the harm of stagnation."
5. Bencao Beiyao: "Benefits the kidneys and secures essence, supplements liver deficiency and improves vision, revives impotence, and reduces urination."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

3-10 grams. Decoct in water and drink the decoction.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Kidney deficiency with heat, and those with short, astringent urination should not take it.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Palmleaf raspberry fruit is rich in vitamin C, as well as vitamin E, carotene, superoxide dismutase, and inorganic minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, copper, zinc, iron, manganese, nickel, and selenium; it also contains fructose and glucose.