Medicinal plant
Raspberry
Rubus spp.
Astringent leaf tea, nourishing fruit.
The leaf is an astringent traditionally used for loose stools and toning mucous tissues. The fruit is a nutritive food rich in fiber and polyphenols.
Properties
Astringent — Tightens and tones tissues; often drying
Uterine tonic — Traditionally supports tone and function of uterine tissue
Nutritive — Provides nourishing minerals or other nutrients
Energetics
Cooling Drying Toning
Growing and using it
Life cycle
Perennial root system with biennial canes.
What to buy
A named disease-free red raspberry cane or bare-root plant. For an easy Vermont harvest, choose a hardy primocane-bearing red raspberry such as Heritage.
Best way to start
Bare-root cane or nursery plug.
Seed starting
Not recommended for a named fruiting variety because seedlings do not reliably come true.