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red rasberry leaf is said to act like a phytoprogesterone, anybody heard about this?
March 16 2009 at 7:40 PM Linn (Login linn7880)

Hi!
I just read on a web page that red rasberry leaf act like estrogen and progesterone in the body. I know this herb promote fertility and is popular among women, but has anybody heard about this before? here is the website:

http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/23/105.cfm

It stands under "a boost from two berries"



waxingmoon
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Re: red rasberry leaf is said to act like a phytoprogesterone, anybody heard about this?
March 16 2009, 9:20 PM

Hi Linn,

I just did a search about this and I can find nothing with any merit that supports the idea of red raspberry being a phytoprogesterone.

Vitex is the only herb that promotes progesterone and it does this by enhancing the natural production within the body. Wild yam is used in the lab to create bio-identical progesterone, but we cannot make progesterone from it in our bodies.

There are some herbs that bind to progesterone receptors, however in every case they actually diminish progesterone in the body by blocking these receptors.

That being said I found nothing that indicated that red raspberry was having a negative effect on progesterone. It is typically used to support pregnancy and acts as a uterine tonic. It has lots of vitamins and minerals and in the body acts mostly as a phytoestrogen.

Medical journal articles and studies on this herb were a little difficult to locate, but I did come up with a gem in my search:

http://www.ons.org/publications/journals/ONF/Volume31/Issue5/3105898.asp

This article was examining 32 different herbs and supplements in regards to their potential for increasing estrogen sensitive cancer cell growth. Although that is not our goal, it does shed some light on several herbs as well as red raspberry leaf.

Many articles I ran across touted red raspberry as a benefit to uterine health. It does not appear to be a problem herb, but I didn't find anything that supported it as a strong NBE agent. I would say give it a try if you are wanting to... it sounds very healthy. Let us know if you have any positive NBE results.

Best wishes,
waxignmoon



Linn
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Re: red rasberry leaf is said to act like a phytoprogesterone, anybody heard about this?
March 16 2009, 9:39 PM



Thanks for the answer and your search Waxingmoon! I really appreciate it.
I think I will consider this herb, but right now I have a little break after 6 months on herbs.. I will keep you informed if try it and it do any benfit for me. I think in a way that herbs that promotes fertility and the chance to conceive can be good for nbe if one has an hormonal imbalance. That was why I started to investigate that field too..




Lilly
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Re: red rasberry leaf is said to act like a phytoprogesterone, anybody heard about this?
March 16 2009, 9:53 PM

Hey girls!

Yes Red Rasberry is a uterine tonic and can be taken in the last trimester to tone the uterus and facilitate labour. It must be avoided in the first and second trimester though!! So if you are planning on getting pregnant I would avoid this one when you start 'trying'



Linn
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Re: red rasberry leaf is said to act like a phytoprogesterone, anybody heard about this?
March 17 2009, 9:16 AM

Hi, and thank's for the info I am not plannning to get pregnant though.