RED RASPBERRY TEA — FOR PREGNANCY (AND ALL THAT AILS YOU TO BOOT)

Red raspberry represents a remarkable story of success—the success that stems from the validating power of scientific research. Over the centuries, until modern times, red raspberry played only a minor healing role, overshadowed by the blackberry, its fellow plant in the “bramble” family. Then, in the wake of a study that appeared in the British medical journal Lancet in 1941, which showed red raspberry to have significant uterine relaxant properties, it became the preeminent herb for pregnant women, an ideal natural preparation for childbirth.

More generally than this, though, raspberry is brimming with powerful antioxidant compounds called anthocyanosides, which help repair the damage caused to the body by harmful free radicals. In addition, for reasons not yet totally understood by science, these compounds have a very beneficial effect on the eyes, helping relieve problems like cataracts.