Raspberry

The leaves are commonly used as a "blood and skin cleanser". They actually have diaphoretic, diuretic and choleretic properties. Due to the concentration of tannins they are used in gastroenteritis and intestinal inflammation and topically in oropharyngeal inflammation and rashes and skin inflammation. Like with blackberry leaves, those of raspberry also are reported to have hypoglycaemic actions. Raspberry leaves also have an interesting particularly effective antispasmodic action in cases of dysmenorrhoea, facilitate childbirth, and in spasms of the digestive tract. Its preparations are used during pregnancy in the treatment of nausea and vomiting. But it is especially the gemmoderivative with its antispasmodic action on a uterine level, due to the presence of a set of muscle relaxant substances, which justify their use in dysmenorrhoea. The fruit is particularly rich in vitamin C. There are 34 calories per 100g. Rich in citric and malic acid, there is also a small percentage of oxalic acid (15% mg).