Drug name: Raspberry
Nickname: Wujizi, small tray
Source: Annotations to the Compendium of Materia Medica
Classification: astringent drugs
Origin: Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei and other places
Taste: Warm in nature, sour and sweet in taste
Meridian: Kidney, bladder, and large intestine meridians
Effect: Benefiting the kidney and consolidating essence, reducing urine, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight
Indications: Insufficient kidney qi, cold deficiency in the lower element leading to nocturnal emission, slippery semen, enuresis, frequent urination, impotence, infertility, as well as liver and kidney deficiency, blurred vision, and unclear vision
Character identification
This product is an aggregated fruit, formed by the aggregation of most small drupes, in a conical or flattened shape, with a height of 0.6-1.3cm and a diameter of 0.5-1.2cm. The surface is yellow green or light brown, the top is blunt and round, the center of the base is concave, the persistent sepals are brown, and there are fruit stem marks below. Small fruits are easy to peel off, with each fruit appearing in a crescent shape. The back is densely covered with gray white hairs, and there are obvious mesh patterns on both sides. There are raised edges on the abdomen. Lightweight and hard in texture. Slightly sour and astringent in taste.
Usage&Taboos
Internal administration: Fried soup, 1.5-2 yuan; Soak in wine, boil cream, or take pills or powder.
Taboos: Those with kidney deficiency and fire, and those with short and astringent urine should take it with caution.
chemical composition
Raspberry contains organic acids, sugars, and a small amount of vitamin C. The fruit also contains triterpenoids, raspberry acid, tannic acid, and β - sitosterol.
pharmacological action 
1. Raspberries have a delaying effect on aging.
2. Raspberries also have estrogenic effects on animals.
3. Anti pathogenic microbial effects: Raspberry decoction has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio cholerae.
Chinese herbal formula
1. To cure yang, one cannot afford to drink raspberries, soak them in wine, and grind them into powder. Each serving of wine costs three yuan. ("Bianhu Ji Jian Fang")
2. Treating Lung Deficiency Cold: Raspberry, take the juice and fry it into fruit, still add less honey, or boil it until it becomes thin and tender, take it lightly. (Translated into English)
Ancient book records
Famous Doctor's Record: Benefiting Qi and lightening the body, making hair not white.
Bencao Bei Yao: Benefiting the kidneys and consolidating essence, tonifying liver deficiency and improving eyesight, causing impotence, and reducing bowel movements.
The Compendium of Materia Medica: Raspberry, sweet and smooth, enters the kidneys, rises yang to treat impotence, solidifies essence and absorbs drowning, strengthens the kidneys without the bias of dryness and heat, solidifies essence without doubt the harm of astringency, it is also a precious product.