Red raspberry leaf is the mineral-rich leaf of the same bramble that gives summer its berries — and in home herbal practice it is famous as a women's herb. Families have reached for it for generations around the monthly cycle, for crampy discomfort and for keeping the cycle's rhythm supported, and it is best known of all as a traditional late-pregnancy tea, sipped in the last months as women prepared their bodies for birth and afterwards as they recovered. Mild, earthy, and nourishing, it is also simply a good daily tonic leaf.

Everyday uses:
• Nourishing daily tonic tea, rich-tasting and mineral in tradition
• Cup traditionally reached for with menstrual discomfort
• Traditional late-pregnancy tea in folk practice
• After-birth recovery tea in tradition
• Warm gargle traditionally used for a sore mouth or tender gums

How to use: Steep 1 tablespoon in a cup of hot water, covered, 15–30 minutes, and strain — the longer steep makes the traditional nourishing tonic. It is often blended with spearmint or nettle.

A note: Red raspberry leaf is widely used traditionally in the later months of pregnancy, but anyone who is pregnant should check with their care provider before using it. Check with your care provider as well if you are taking medication.

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