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Fructus Rubi

Deciduous Shrub 2-3 m high. Twigs rounded, Reddish Brown; young twigs green, Whitish Pink, with sparse, slightly curved prickles, 4-5 mm long. Leaves Solitary or clustered, 3-5 cm long, up to 7 cm long, palmately 5-lobed, rarely 3-lobed, central 1-lobed, long ovate or oblong, apex acuminate, often caudate, lateral lobes smaller, often unequal, margin of lobes doubly serrate; main veins 5-lobed, upper Pilose, lower veins pilose; petiole slender, 3-4.5 cm long, with minimal spines; stipules 2, linear-lanceolate. Flowers solitary on top of branchlets, pedicel slender, 2 ~ 3 cm long; Calyx 5, persistent, ovate-oblong, hairy on both surfaces; Petals 5, ovate-orbicular; stamens numerous, anthers t-shaped, 2-loculed; pistil numerous, inserted on protruding receptacle. Aggregate Fruit subglobose. Florescence April. FRUIT PERIOD 6 ~ 8 months.

It is found on hillsides, on roadsides, in sunny or shady thickets and is found at elevations to middle elevations. Distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi and other places.

Function indications:

Liver and Kidney, reduce urine, Yang, Gu Jing, eyesight. To treat impotence, loose semen, Deutzia, drownings, fatigue, blindness.

Pharmacological Action ：

1, Anti-pathogenic microorganism action: Raspberry decoction on staphylococcus, Vibrio cholerae has inhibitory effect.

2. Effects on the immune system: The four components of Fructus Rubiae —— Water extract, alcohol extract, polysaccharide and N-BUTANOL -- all had significant effects on the proliferation of lymphocyte cells, with or without the aid of Mitogen Cona, raspberries have a lymphocyte effect.

3. Effects on the reproductive system: The water extract of raspberry can directly act on the LEYDIG cells, increase the activity of steroid synthetase, inhibit its enzymatic decomposition, enhance the ability of testosterone synthesis and increase the level of testosterone in the blood. The rabbit vaginal smear and endometrial section were used as the index of observation. The raspberry seemed to have estrogen-like effect。