# From "The Hidden History of Beverages" by Alexander Lukashev

## 17. Raspberry and Blackcurrant Leaf Tea

Part Two (recipes), chapter 17 · Drunk whenever you like
Page: https://herbalmind.bar/recipes/raspberry-blackcurrant-leaf-tea/

everyday leaf tea · taste: soft and astringent, with the scent of blackcurrant · preparation time: 12 minutes

Plants:
- blackcurrant leaf (Ribes nigrum L.) — European Medicines Agency monograph EMA/HMPC/745353/2016: traditional use for minor joint pain and for increasing urine volume in minor urinary complaints
- raspberry leaf (Rubus idaeus L.) — European Medicines Agency monograph EMA/HMPC/44211/2012: traditional use for minor menstrual spasm, mild inflammation of the mouth and throat, and mild diarrhea

From “Before You Begin,” the book’s safety page (free: https://herbalmind.bar/before-you-begin/):
- Fifteen of the recipes are drunk whenever you like. Make them at whatever frequency suits you, within the limits each chapter gives.
- Pregnancy: Twenty-six of the twenty-eight recipes here are restricted in pregnancy — most because safety has not been established rather than because harm has been shown, but the answer is the same either way. The two that carry no restriction are the rosehip brew of Chapter 26 and the sea buckthorn of Chapter 28, both of them fruits eaten as food across Europe.

The recipe itself — amounts and preparation, who should not drink it, how much and for how long — is in chapter 17 of the book: https://books.apple.com/book/id6756108723

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