Raspberry Leaf Tea
Proven Health benefits of Raspberry leaf tea:
- Triggers contractions during birthing.
- Improves blood flow to the uterus.
- Boosts milk production in lactating women.
- Promotes weight loss.
- Prevents premature and overdue birth complications.
- Relieves premenstrual symptoms.
- Reduces chances of a stroke.
What is Red Raspberry leaf tea?
Red Raspberry leaf herbal tea is made from red raspberry leaf (Rubis idaeus) with a distinct black tea taste, native to North America, and is currently cultivated in the Americas and Europe. The Raspberry leaves have a slight silver lining with delicate hair.1
Red Raspberry leaf tea is caffeine-free, made when fresh or dried leaves of raspberry are infused in hot water and left to steep for five minutes. For medicinal purposes, the tea is popularly used as a uterine herbal tonic to increase the blood flow to the uterus, thus aiding in inducing labor contractions.
What is Red Raspberry leaf tea useful for?
For centuries, red raspberry leaf tea has been used for medicinal value and culinary benefits. The tea was primarily used to treat various ailments in treating digestive and bowel complications. The potassium present in red raspberry tea helps stabilize blood pressure levels, thus reducing ailing stroke risk.2
Red raspberry leaf tea is used by Pregnant women during their pregnancy and after to induce uterine contractions for delivery, thus shortening the labor, preventing overdue births, and boosting the milk production in lactating women, and strengthening the uterine muscle during contractions.3
Health benefits
- Stimulates uterine muscle contraction, thus speeding up the labor process in a delayed pregnancy, thus shortening the labor.
- Prevents premature and overdue birth complications, consequently reducing the risk of using labor-inducing interventions such as vacuum during labor.
- Relieves premenstrual symptoms such as nausea, diarrhea, and cramping due to the presence of fragarine, which inhibits uterine activity.
- Reduces chances of a stroke by keeping the blood pressure healthy due to the tea's potassium.
- Prevents cancer by promoting cell death in some types of cancer such as colon, liver, breast, and tongue cancer. This is due to its high content of ellagic acid.
- Boosts and improves milk production in lactating women.
- Reduces inflammation in the joints relieving pain associated with arthritis and gout.
- Promotes weight loss by improving fat metabolism rate.
Nutrition
A cup of raspberry leaf tea contains:
- Calories 0
- Carbohydrate 0g
- Proteins 0g
- Fat 0g
Besides, raspberry leaf tea contains tannins such as ellagic acid, flavonoids, chlorogenic acid, and phenolic acid.
Toxicity
Avoid using red raspberry leaf tea in the first trimester in large quantities as it may trigger uterine muscle contractions, increasing the chances of a miscarriage.