Fu Pen Zi - 覆盆子 - Fructus Rubi

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Fructus Rubi
Common English:	Chinese Raspberry Fruit Paint-Leaf Raspberry Fruit Rubus / Palm‐leaf raspberry

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Astringent (Sour)	Neutral (Slightly Warm)	Kidney Liver	2-12g Tincture: 1-3ml 6-12g (Secondary source)

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
*Tonifies and stabilizes the Kidneys and astringes Jing* and urine**	Urinary frequency, enuresis, impotence, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation or wet dreams due to Kidney Yang Deficiency
*Tonifies Yang* and improves vision**	Poor vision, soreness of the lower back and impotence due to Liver and Kidney Deficiency

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Use caution for those with Kidney Yin Deficiency patterns with Heat signs.
Contraindicated for those with burning urination due to Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao.
Contraindicated for those with frequent erections.
Contraindicated when urination is difficult.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Ootheca Mantidis Sang Piao Xiao Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Yi Zhi Ren	Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi	Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum Lu Rong Rx. Morindae Officinalis Ba Ji Tian Hb. Cistanches Rou Cong Rong
Urinary incontinence and frequency due to Lower Jiao Deficiency.	Impotence and spermatorrhea due to Kidney Deficiency.	Impotence or infertility due to Kidney Yang Deficiency.
Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong	Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi	Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi Fr. Ligustri Lucidi Nu Zhen Zi
Low back pain and coldness in the lower extremities due to Kidney Deficiency.	Lower back pain and impotence due to Kidney Deficiency.	Poor vision due to Kidney Deficiency.
Sm. Astragali Complanati Sha Yuan Zi Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu Sm. Euryales Qian Shi	Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Yi Zhi Ren Fr. Rosae Laevigatae Jin Ying Zi	Ootheca Mantidis Sang Piao Xiao Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu Rx. Linderae Wu Yao Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Yi Zhi Ren
Spermatorrhea, nocturnal emission premature ejaculation and impotence.	Urinary frequency or enuresis.	Diabetes insipidus with frequent urination.
Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi Sm. Astragali Complanati Sha Yuan Zi Faeces Vespertilionis *Ye Ming Sha*
Impaired vision.

It augments Qi, lightens the body, restores what has been severed, strengthens Yin and Yang, makes the skin glossy, quiets and harmonizes the Yin and Yang organs, warms the Middle, builds strength, remedies injury from consumption, tonifies the Liver, brightens the eyes and prevents the hair from turning white.
According to some sources, it generates seminal fluid and nourishes true Yin by astringing Yin Qi.
Fu Pen Zi and Ootheca Mantidis Sang Piao Xiao both tonify, restrain and constrain, treating Kidney Deficiency that causes enuresis, urinary frequency, spermatorrhea and impotence. Fu Pen Zi, sweet and neutral, is stronger at enriching true Yin, while Sang Piao Xiao, being salty, is stronger at reinforcing Yang.

Fu Pen Zi (raspberry) — Chong Mai herb: Per Wang Haogu, raspberry builds the Chong Mai because it builds blood; berries in general (e.g., Gou Qi Zi/goji) nourish a little blood. (Yuen)