Witnessed by: TCM · Unani
Chinese raspberry (Rubus chingii), of the Rosaceae family. Deciduous bramble with arching prickly canes and palmate leaves; native range: the hills and thickets of eastern and southern China. Globally recognized as fu pen zi (覆盆子) in Chinese, ullaiq (عليق) in Arabic, and Chinese raspberry, palmleaf raspberry in English. The part used is the unripe fruit. Small green-brown aggregate fruits, firm and dry, sour with a mild sweetness.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
CHINESE RASPBERRY
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- Chinese raspberry
- Scientific name
- Rubus chingii Hu
- Family
- Rosaceae
Form
- Part used
- the unripe fruit
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- TCM
- sweet · sour
- Unani
- sour · sweet
Temperature
- TCM
- warm
- Unani
- cold & dry (1st degree)
Affinity
where in the body it travels
Organs / channels
- TCM
- Kidney · Liver · Bladder
- Unani
- stomach · kidneys · liver
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- TCM
- tonifies and stabilises the Kidney and secures the essence, restrains urine, assists the yang, and benefits and brightens the eyes through the Liver and Kidney
- Unani
- qabiz (astringent), muqawwi-e-kuliya (kidney tonic), muqawwi-e-meda (stomach tonic), habis (checks fluxes)
Cautions
- Contraindications
- yin deficiency with fire, scanty painful urination, and damp-heat of the lower burner
- Toxicity
- few reported
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