NOTE: Should not be taken in large amounts during pregnancy or with history of miscarriage. Discontinue use if early contractions occur. SUGGESTED USE: 1/8th teaspoon (0.62 ml) 1 to 3 times a day,

Red Raspberry Leaf

Health Builder, Reproductive System Toner

Helps protect and build health. A gentle uterine toner used for centuries to support women during menstruation and pregnancy. Has minerals and antioxidants for everyone.

BODY SYSTEM: Endocrine/Women
SUPPORTS: Female Reproductive Health
ACTION: Building

Bodily Influence: Mild alterative (cleansing), anti-abortive, anti-emetic (lessens nausea), anti-spasmodic, astringent (has a constricting or binding effect), cardiac (heart tonic), diaphoretic (induces sweating), emmenagogue (facilitates & regularizes menstural flow), hemostatic (stops bleeding), laxative, oxytocic (stimulates contractions, acclerating childbirth), parturient (stimulates uterine contractions inducing & assisting labor), refrigerant (produces coolness & lowers fevers), stimulant, stomachic (strengthens stomach function), tonic.

Red Raspberry, where mothers & babies are concerned, is an herb made in heaven. It can be taken throughout the pregnancy with good results. It builds tissue to the extent that it prevents tearing of the cervix of the uterus during birth. During childbirth, hemorrhaging is prevented, the contraction of the uterine muscles are regulated during delivery & it also reduces false labor pains prior to birth.

Red Raspberry leaves are high in iron & enrich early colostrum found in mother’s milk. It also cleanses & prepares breasts for a pure milk supply for the nursing infant by cleansing & purifying the blood.

Red Raspberry was used by American Indians as an astringent. They used an infusion of the root bark & applied it to sore eyes. The fresh fruit of Red Raspberry was used for dissolving tartar on the teeth.

Red Raspberry can be used for children’s stomachaches, diarrhea, dysentery, bleeding gums, mouth sores, as a sore throat gargle, an astingent for the flu & vomiting, & as an effectieve eyewash for swelling or inflammation.

For centuries, crude raspberry leaves have been used to aid in morning sickness, & to ease many menstural problems. It is also very useful for ridding the body of mucus. In cases of diarrhea, Red Raspberry, as an astringent, helps to control the bowels.

Raspberry leaves have been used to clean cankerous conditions of the mucous membranes throughout the body. Raspberry has been a long established remedy for dysentary & diarrhea, especially in infants.

-Raspberry helps to promote painless & bloddless childbirth. It helps quiet nausea & acts to stop diarrhea, especially in children.
-Raspberry leaf can be taken throughout pregnancy.
-Red Raspberry leaves have a manganese content double that of any other herb, making it one of the richest sources of herbal manganese.
-Raspberry strengthens the walls of the uterus & the entire female reproductive system.
-Raspberry decreases profuse menstrual flow.
-Drinking Raspberry leaf tea helps relieve painful menstruation & regulates the flow.
-Raspberry leaf is a preventative for hemorrhaging during labor. It reduces false labor pains, makes delivery easier & relieves after-pains.
-Raspberry leaf tea increases & enriches milk for lactation.
-Raspberry leaf is soothing to the stomach & bowels & cankerous conditions of mucous membranes in the alimentary canal.
-Raspberry leaf is an excellent herb for children to use for cleansing colds, slowing diarrhea, easing colic, & fevers.