La raspberry belongs to the family of Rubus or flowering plants, for which it is a first cousin of roses, popularly known as bramble or raspberry and since ancient times it was widely used in natural medicine to treat different ailments.
La red raspberry o Rubus idaeus, It is a European variety but it is also native to Asia, which apart from being a exquisite wild fruit highly appreciated nutritionally and gastronomically, it also represents a natural medicine, generally used in the form of tea to treat different healthy conditions, such as; purify the blood, regulate menstruation and at the uterine level prepares for childbirth.
The fruit at a nutritional and medicinal level is very rich in:
Vitamin C:
All the raspberry leaves contain a large amount of vitamin C , according to "Physicians Desk Reference for Herbal Medicines«, Which favors the body for optimal growth and development, since the vitamin C is also an antioxidant and therefore protects against harmful effects of oxidation of toxins that are produced as by-products of cellular metabolism normal. Because this soluble vitamin in water is not manufactured or stored in the body, therefore it must be obtained from food and beverages such as raspberry tea.
Tannins
The tannic acids contained in the red raspberry, they are known as ellagitanninspossess natural antioxidant and anti-inflammatory propertiessay scientists from the Okayama University in Japan, but it also has a metabolite produced by humans called urolithin A. Tea made from red raspberry leaves contains up to 15 percent ellagic acid and after strawberries, according to Agriculture department American in a study published in the journal «Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry", raspberry has the highest antioxidant value among dry weight fruits, measured by the oxygen radical absorption capacity or ORAC.
Flavonoids
La red raspberry contains various flavonoid compounds, Such as kaempferol and quercetin, according to a study published in the journal «Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry«It is reported that one of the flavonoids present in the red raspberry plant called Tyroside, improves metabolism in obese and diabetic animals, also partnering with antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and liver protective properties.