#rubus idaeus

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#RUBUS IDAEUS - RASPBERRIES♥️🌿

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21.7.2023: Himbeere

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Wildes Wien: Schwebfliege auf Himbeerblüten

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Frambuesas

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SELEUSS - FETE GALANTE COLLECTION V9

THE PERFECTION COLLECTION FOR VALENTINES DAY!

COLLECTION V9 CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TRUFFLES:

ELIXIR D'ORANGE - GRAND MARNIER

ROSA KATOPODIS (ROSE INFUSED)

ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL (HONEY)

EIREANN D'OR - GLENCARA IRISH CREAM

IDA'S RASPBERRIES

EDEN'S ORGANIC APPLE BLOSSOM HONEY

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SELEUSS - FETE GALANTE COLLECTION V9

THE PERFECTION COLLECTION FOR VALENTINES DAY!

COLLECTION V9 CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TRUFFLES:

ELIXIR D'ORANGE - GRAND MARNIER

ROSA KATOPODIS (ROSE INFUSED)

ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL (HONEY)

EIREANN D'OR - GLENCARA IRISH CREAM

IDA'S RASPBERRIES

EDEN'S ORGANIC APPLE BLOSSOM HONEY

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[turtlesandfrogs]

One of the interesting things I've noticed (been frustrated by) is that while some herbs have a whole bunch of studies done of them, and have multiple systematic reviews and are generally well studied (*cough* St. John's Wort *cough*) others have very little research done on them.

One example of this is red Raspberry leaf and its use for treating menstrual cramps, or dysmenorrhea in the literature. Red raspberry leaf is pretty well known by people in general where I am, to the point that people who don't know anything about herbalism at all know about raspberry leaf tea for menstrual cramps. It is in many herbal books, and if you look at online forums, loads of people are saying it's effective for them, some even going so far as to say it is the only thing that works for their cramps.

Seems like something worth looking into the science of, right?

But when I go to look at the research that I can access (as a non-student, non-researcher), there's very little on raspberry for this use. I found:

One article* in the Lancet from 1941 that looked at the effects of raspberry leaf on animal uteruses, which I would recommend not reading if you're squeamish about descriptions of animal experimentation.

A paper** that referenced the above and the traditional medicinal use of raspberry, and then treated human patients with dysmenorrhea with a combination of five different herbs in one pill. It did find a positive effect, but also one of the other herbs themselves are well studied in this and has a good amount of evidence to back it up.

A review*** that says they found both mild and effective herbal treatments in the literature, but doesn't let you actually read what they are without purchasing the article, which is a massive barrier. And it doesn't reference any clinical studies on raspberry leaf. Any. Which makes me suspect there aren't any studies to reference.

Another article that just references the 1941 article and traditional knowledge.

Finally, a paper in 2002****, this time on guinea-pig ileum. They did find that it had an antispasmodic effect on the guinea pig's small intestine in test tubes.

And that is it. That's all I can find through Science Direct or Google Scholar. No large scale, double-blind, placebo controlled studies in humans. No single-herb studies in humans. No in vivo studies in humans. No review articles, because there is nothing to review. To be clear, these things all exist for other herbs, and I'm super stoked to read them.

And I'm kinda really frustrated, because menstrual cramps are really common, monthly occurrence for about half the population. They suck. If you listen to people who drink raspberry leaf tea, they say it is very effective, going so far as to prevent menstrual cramps from ever happening. You would think that this would be something that scientists have studied, because that's a huge amount of possibly preventable pain.

And yeah, we have over the counter pain medication now, but it still seems like someone would have looked into it. Because I don't think I'm the only one who would prefer having a cup of tea over the other options.

* https://www.sciencedirect.com/sdfe/pdf/download/eid/1-s2.0-S0140673600713481/first-page-pdf JH Burn, ER Withell "A principle in raspberry leaves which relaxes uterine muscle" The Lancet, 1941

** Bone, Kerry. "Phytotherapy for pain management in dysmenorrhea." Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients 258 (2005): 57-60.

*** https://www.eurekaselect.com/article/95649 Rashmi Saxena Pal*, Yogendra Pal, Pranay Wal, Nikita Saraswat and Ankita Wal, "A Novel Approach on Review of Herbal Menstrual Cramps Relievers" Current Women`s Health Reviews 2019

**** https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ptr.1040 Janne Rojas-Vera, Asmita V. Patel, "Relaxant activity of raspberry ( Rubus idaeus) leaf extract in guinea-pig ileum in vitro" Phytotherapy Research, 2002

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Rubus idaeus — raspberry

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The boysenberry/ˈbɔɪzənbɛri/ is a cross between the European raspberry (Rubus idaeus), European blackberry (Rubus fruticosus), American dewberry (Rubus aboriginum), and  loganberry (Rubus × loganobaccus).[2]

The exact origins of the boysenberry are unclear, but the most definite records trace the plant as it is known today back to grower Rudolph Boysen, who obtained the dewberry–loganberry parent from the farm of John Lubben.[5]

In the late 1920s, George M. Darrow of the USDA began tracking down reports of a large, reddish-purple berry that had been grown on Boysen's farm in Anaheim, California.[4] Darrow enlisted the help of Walter Knott, another farmer, who was known as a berry expert. Knott had never heard of the new berry, but he agreed to help Darrow in his search.

Darrow and Knott learned that Boysen had abandoned his growing experiments several years earlier and sold his farm. Undaunted by this news, Darrow and Knott headed out to Boysen's old farm, on which they found several frail vines surviving in a field choked with weeds. They transplanted the vines to Knott's farm in Buena Park, California, where he nurtured them back to fruit-bearing health. Walter Knott was the first to commercially cultivate the berry in Southern California.[4]

USDA berry quest...you could make a manga about this

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28.6.2023: Die Himbeeren sind reif!

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Photography :  ©skondal

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Just before, I reblog one of past post about #chinese court dressings #forgiveness용서 #Hong Gil Dong background music, then there're colors chinese RED and golden yellow in picture and that Korean music feelings to make I suddenly remembered that you once took photos of two red flowers that were exactly Chinese red, and the other one pic of the butterfly with mutilated and injured wings golden yellow… .. . "they're calling me" lol I guess I'm really lunatic. 🙄😆 ha! very sick I know. 🤣 anyway, let me crazy later I can be doing my leather jobs peaceful. Thanks~*

金黃豹蝶意悠悠

殘缺哀愁不曾有

好比紅花掛燈籠

綠葉相襯愛相守

─ (七絕) 殘缺的愛你可有? ‧ 仲茵 poem: Do you have incomplete love? by Chu Lan

📌 Brenthis ino 燦豹蛺蝶，是蛺蝶科裡的一個物種，在歐洲很常見，但沒有出沒於從斯堪地納維亞北部至不列顛群島等地。The lesser marbled fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The lesser marbled fritillary is present in Spain, France, Italy, central and northern Europe, Siberia, temperate Asia, northern China and Japan. It overwinters in the form of caterpillar. The larvae feed on meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris), stone bramble (Rubus saxatilis), raspberry (Rubus idaeus), Aruncus species, Spiraea species and salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor).

▪︎ a. 法國萬壽菊 （萬壽菊孔雀草混合）Tagetes linnaeus (Tagetes patula 'Linnaeus')

▪︎ c. 盾葉天竺葵 Pelargonium 'Roi des Balcons Imperial' , allow your cats away from this one flower, as It is slightly toxic if cats chew the flower. ☝ get it?! 🙏 Peace~*

[barcelonavegana]

Frambuesas

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[vintagrafica]

Red raspberry or Rubus idaeus

Rubus idaeus is a red-fruited species of Rubus native to Europe and northern Asia and commonly cultivated in other temperate regions.

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