Frontier Co-op Raspberry, Red Leaf, Cut & Sifted, Certified Organic, 16 Ounce (Pack of 1) Bulk Bag

This tea has saved my life

Where do I begin?? I've had terrible periods all my life. Heavy to the point where I cannot function, work or go out. My life literally revolved around my period. I'm 28 years old, and I was seriously considering a hysterectomy because I couldn't take it anymore. Someone my age shouldn't even have to think about something like that being so young. I was so miserable, and I was willing to do anything to make it stop. I've been to so many doctors, and they had no idea how to help me. I've even had two surgeries, that were supposed to help and they did nothing. I had done some research on some holistic remedies for menorrhagia, and I came upon raspberry leaf tea. I figured I would give it a try because what did I have to lose? I purchased this tea back in February of this year. I would make a large batch of it and keep it in the fridge to drink everyday. I would use 1 cup of packed tea leaves (which I wrapped in cheesecloth) to 2 liters of water. I would bring it to a boil and let the tea steep in the water overnight. When filling the pot, I always added a bit more than two liters to make up for any evaporation. I stored the tea, once chilled, in a BPA free plastic pitcher in the fridge. I would go through 2 liters of tea each week and I drank it religiously. After a couple of months, I still didn't see any improvement but I did not give up. Finally, in June of this year, it happened. There was a change in my period. It was lighter! Much lighter! Honestly, I couldn't believe it. I'd never had a period like that before. I'd say the severity went down by at least half. I didn't have to wear multiple pads and giant tampons and be running to the bathroom every 45 minutes to change. I'm sorry if this is getting to be a bit too TMI, but who knows, this might help someone. Ever since June of this year, my period has improved so much. Honestly, even now I still find it strange that I can fully function like a normal person when it's that time of the month. Seriously, this tea has been a godsend. I still drink it, not as often, but often enough to maintain all the progress I've made. So if you've been drinking it for some time and see no improvement, just be patient! Update 11-14-14: In the interest of seeing if I would have to drink this tea for the rest of my menstruating life, I stopped drinking the tea to see if the good effects would wear off. IT DOES. I reverted back to biblical periods and mind numbing cramps. So my advice to anyone in the same predicament, DO NOT STOP DRINKING THE TEA. It's annoying to keep up with, but its better than the alternative. I've started drinking the tea again and I am hoping it yields the same results as before

467 persons found it helpful

Quality control issue!…

This was my favorite tea and I've ordered it many times, but recently have found so much debris mixed in with it, including a piece of foam rubber, vinyl string, small styrofoam balls (packing material), and an unidentified garden weed shaped like wheat. Why does Frontier have such terrible quality control? I'm not even going to bother posting photos, just check your tea thoroughly before steeping it, and rinse it in a colander first, which is what I'm going to do with what's left of my Frontier bag. Other than that, the red raspberry leaf tea itself was good, except for the debris which was not a one off, but a continuing problem with carcinogenic bits which I do not appreciate... who knows what we have drank and didn't know. I am ordering another brand now due to terrible quality control. :( Come on Frontier, hire better quality control support since your lack of it lost you this customer

194 persons found it helpful

Exceeds Expectations

Excellent quality and at a great price. I severely underestimated how much a pound is; it's a HUGE bag. I make a big pitcher with the Teavana infuser pitcher and keep it like iced tea in my refrigerator so I can get my recommended three cups a day. Tastes almost like regular black tea, and I've been drinking it since I reached 20 weeks pregnant with my son and I haven't made a dent in the bag. I highly recommend it! EDIT 03 Feb 2018: My son was born at just over 7 pounds and 19 inches long in November. I had drank this tea all the way up to his birth and ended up having an 8 hour labor! I will definitely be drinking this again with my next child

100 persons found it helpful

Perfect baby boy after ablasion!

I googled risks and home remedies for a pregnancy after an ablasion. We were told we had "options" in the beginning, but we were not going to abort. We were told @ 25 weeks that the docs didn't think we would make it past 16 weeks. And on the 38th week... Docs and nurses of 20 years said they had never seen a baby being born after an ablasion. Wife used this product at various points through pregnancy. DO YOUR RESEARCH! She gave birth to a perfect baby boy. No health issues at all! BUT... I can't give all the credit to this product though. We PRAYED OUR REAR ENDS OFF DAILY! So all the praise to Christ on this one. But I believe his plants (organic) helped

80 persons found it helpful

graphic warning helped me pass a large clot afterbirth

This will be rather an odd story . ***Forewarning: this is an afterbirth story and will be rather graphic (only sharing to potentially help others in same situation). I am 8 weeks post partum. I had c section and tube removal. After c section I hemorrhaged for 24 hours (almost needed a transfusion, but the doctors gave me 3 different meds that forced uterus contractions and i recovered). Hemhorage was because my uterus wasn't contracting well. Since birth I have been having a heavy, bloated, pinching feeling at my cervix every time I went to the bathroom. 5.5 weeks post partum had a normal gyno visit, which included a normal pap. I am still bleeding lightly at this point. A few days later I start having period cramps, but only at night. I start my period, but it is only heavy when I'm cramping at night (very odd). Cramps stop around 7 weeks, but still period-like bleeding. 7.5 weeks, cramping restarts, but lasts all day, still bleeding, but blood is brown and much less. 8 weeks post partum I receive this tea. I follow directions (steep two teaspoons in boiling water for 10 minutes). Drank at 5 pm. By 11 pm I felt constipated, the urge to go #2, strong uterus pain, and back pain (heat alleviated the pain a lot, but it was obvious something was wrong). *(Warning-graphic)* Woke up at 10 am the next day and a golf ball sized clot came out. It was an old clot (looked brown and white and was hard). I feel SO MUCH BETTER. The pinching/heavy feeling is gone. I believe my cervix closed before this clot was able to escape (during post partum hemhoraging). That the pinching was the clot, and the "period" I had was my body trying to pass the clot unsuccessfully. This tea made my uterus contract so well (which must have been the pain I was feeling at 11 pm the night prior) that it enabled the clot to push out. My bleeding is red again, but more like spotting now (today us the day the clot came out). I am so surprised that this tea worked so well after only 1 cup. Thanks!

75 persons found it helpful

Tastes great, and may help provide a better labor experience

Started making this by the gallon at 36 weeks. Drank around 4-6 cups a day, sweetened with honey and stevia, and sometimes added a little orange juice or a True Lemon packet. The taste is very refreshing, especially with the added citrus taste. I actually craved it! As for claims of faster labor, of course I can't say for sure based on only one experience drinking it. However, my first labor (before which I drank no raspberry leaf tea), was an induction, and I labored for about 18 hrs with 3.5 hours of pushing. Not ideal! This time, my water broke at home, and I started active labor around 4 hours later. My contractions were very short (never longer than 30 seconds), but still painful and effective! When I was admitted to the hospital, I was not dilated at all. When I was pain enough to request pain meds, I was dilated to 5. 14 minutes later, I was at 9 and pushing! Baby was here 10 minutes later! The nurses and midwife were absolutely amazed and said I won labor & delivery for 2017! I dilated so fast there was no time for meds, so I ended up having a natural labor. Though painful, The experience was so much better than my first birth, and I even got an early discharge from the hospital. 7 days postpartum now, so the experience is still fresh in my mind. Obviously I would recommend drinking this tea, and will definitely do so if we conceive again in the future

68 persons found it helpful

Great for pregnancy

As a FTM, I wanted to be prepared as much as possible. I read many blogs and forums and some moms said drinking this tea helped them with their labor and prepped their milk supply. I'm not sure if it worked but I had an all natural labor at the hospital. From feeling super painful contractions to giving birth took about 3 hours for me. The pain didn't go away but I think this tea helped with giving me productive contractions. Right after birth, I was able to produce colostrum and my baby was nursing well. I drank about 1-3 cups of hot tea everyday during my last trimester during the hot summer in Houston! If you're looking for something to strengthen your uterus during labor and help prep your milk supply, give this a try

67 persons found it helpful

Excellent tea!

Women! Listen up! This tea is for you! This tea has so many good properties, it is simply amazing! You get lots of health benefits from drinking it daily: it is said to help with nausea, ease labor and delivery, and post- partum recovery. It is also helpful for regulating menstrual periods and controlling diarrhea. And as if that were not enough, it also acts as an astringent on irritated skin by tightening the top layers of skin or mucous membranes, it reduces secretions, relieves irritation, and improves tissue firmness. As a mouth wash, you can use it to soothe mouth and throat irritations. It does not have much flavor, but you can pair it with mint leaves and it will tate very nice. The color of this tea is amazing, considering that the leaves are just green! It yields a nice, golden hue

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This is a wonderful herb…

While studying herbs I ran across an eyewash recipe that required red raspberry leaf as one of the ingredients. I ended up buying the one pound bag because the pricing was so much better than the smaller quantities. One pound of red raspberry leaf is a lot of herb--at the time, I never thought I'd be able to use it all. I did some research and found that this herb, when drunk as a tea, is good for a plethora uses. Nausea, diarrhea, fevers, flu, hemorrhoids (yes, drinking tea helps hemorrhoids!) diabetes, and virtually any problems involving a woman's reproductive system just to name a few. I serve this tea to all of my guests and recommend it to virtually everyone. The cut and sifted is kind of fuzzy looking, but it works very nicely when brewed. It has a very light and mild flavor that requires little or no sweetener added. I just ordered my second one pound bag. Try it--it's wonderful

54 persons found it helpful

Great value

Great value for a lot of red raspberry leaves. I drank this throughout my third trimester and drank it in the first few weeks postpartum. It's hard to draw a causal link, but I did have an easy delivery this time around (compared to my first time, and I did not drink the tea). To make the tea effective, my midwife said that you need to use 1 oz per 24 oz of boiling water and let it steep overnight or a few hours. It will get very strong (an infusion), and once it's made, you can dilute it with water to make it more palatable and then drink a lot of it. Whether or not it was effective, it is not bad tasting and quite refreshing if cold, so I figured why not drink it if there's a chance it could help with labor

40 persons found it helpful