TCM herb raspberry used to enhance sexual functions

What is raspberry fruit(Fu Pen Zi)?
Also known as FRUCTUS RUBI, Palmleaf Raspberry Fruit, and Chinese Raspberry, medicinally it means the dried fruit of Rubus chingii Hu, a plant in the family Rosaceae. It is harvested in early summer when the fruits turn from green to yellow. Next remove its stems and leaves, slightly scald them in hot water or slightly steam them, and then take out for drying.

Raspberry aggregate fruit is composed of many drupelets. It is conical or flat conical, 0.6 to 1.3cm in height, and 0.5 to 1.2cm in diameter. Surface is yellow-green or light brown, and with obtuse top and center-recessed base. Persistent calyx is tan in color and with fruit stem mark below. Drupelets are easy to peel off. Each of them is half-moon-shaped, and with densely fuzz covered back, clearly textured flanks, and ridged abdomen. And it is lightweight, hard, and with light odor and slightly acerb taste.

Main chemical constituents of raspberry are organic acids, saccharides, and a small amount of vitamin C, ellagic acid, β-sitosterol, fupenzic acid, and so on.

Raspberry fruit benefits
Being one kind of tasty aggregate fruit, the raspberry fruit advantages are numerous. It presents a few different colors, like red, golden, and black. Raspberry acid fruit is usually consumed as a fruit or vegetable in Europe and America, or used to make a lot of yummy food and snacks, such as beer, ale, butter, cake, coulis, cake filling, fruit compote, cream cheese, drinks, extract, jello, salad, dip, fruit crisp, fruit leather, fruit bar, and so on. What’s more, its Chinese species can be used medicinally thanks to its extraordinary range of medical uses with high nutritional value. And one of its known effects is invigorating the kidney and strengthening Yang, namely enhance sexual functions.